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Highway Traffic Control - HOME Highway Traffic Control Highway Engineering by Paul H. Wright, X Comprehensive book focusing solely on highway transportation. Contains treatment of highway administration and planning, evaluation, driver needs, geometric design, the nature of traffic flow and control, pavement design, and an extensive description of how highways are constructed and maintained. * Offers the very latest AASHTO codes and guidelines for highway design, construction, and beautification. * Dr. Wright is widely recognized as an expert in highway safety. Airport Engineering by Norman J. Ashford, This new revised Third Edition of Airport Engineering, the basic classroom text ...
Caltrans Traffic Cam - HOME Caltrans Traffic Cam Garmin GTM 10 Receiver Works on an FM sideband signal, which utilizes RDS (Radio Data Service) technology. Digitized and coded real-time traffic broadcasts are received via a "silent" FM data channel, which means that drivers can still listen to music or news programming on their car radios, without interference from the incoming FM traffic data transmissions In most areas, depending on the service provider, TMC traffic broadcasts are continuous there's no waiting for scheduled traffic news updates or random alerts. You see traffic developments in real time, ...
4 Highway Traffic - HOME 4 Highway Traffic Airport Engineering by Norman J. Ashford, This new revised Third Edition of Airport Engineering, the basic classroom text for airport planning and design, shows professionals and students such key essentials as: The structure and organization of air transportForecasting of air transport demand, using both traditional and new methodsAirport systems planningAirport master planningAir traffic control, lighting, and signingAirport capacity and configurationPassenger terminalAir cargo facilitiesAirport accessDesigning for safetyEnvironmental impact of airportsReflecting the latest FAA, ICAO, and IATA recommendations and guidelines, and mirroring the changing climate of air travel in the 1990s, ...
Ottawa Traffic Cam - HOME Ottawa Traffic Cam The Cam Handbook by Harold A. Rothbart, Packed with hundreds of detailed illustrations! THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO CAM TECHNOLOGY! The transformation of a simple motion, such as rotation, into linear or other motion is accomplished by means of a cam -- two moving elements mounted on a fixed frame. Cam devices are versatile -- almost any specified motion can be obtained. If you work with industrial applications where precision is essential, the "Cam Design Handbook is a key resource you'll need handy at all times. You'll find thorough, detailed coverage ... and inventions. Written with tremendous practical insight by engineering experts, the "Cam Design Handbook gathers the information you need to understand cam manufacture and design. Garmin GTM 10 Receiver Works on an FM sideband signal, which utilizes RDS (Radio Data Service) technology. Digitized and coded real-time traffic broadcasts are received via a "silent" FM data channel, which means that drivers can still listen to music or news programming on their car radios, without interference from the incoming FM traffic data transmissions In most areas, depending on the service provider, TMC traffic broadcasts ...
California Highway Information Traffic - HOME California Highway Information Traffic The Pacific Northwest by Carol M. Highsmith, The Pacific Northwest--Oregon, Washington State, parts of northern California, and Canadian British Columbia--is a region of staggering beauty. From the area's stunning expanse of forests to its wild seashore to its innumerable lakes and rivers to the imposing snow-clad peaks of Ranier, Hood, and Shasta, the area is--without much hyperbole--spectacular, panoramic, and sublime. "Pacific Northwest: A Photographic Tour takes the reader on an extraordinary journey faithfully captured by the lens of photographer Carol M. Highsmith. It ... of the world's most magnificent floral paintings. These and many more points of interest await the reader. With its wonderful photos and informative text, "Pacific Northwest: A Photographic Tour makes an excellent giftfor anyone who has visited or wishes to visit this incomparable region. Introduction to Transportation Engineering by Jon D. Fricker, Combining topics that are essential in an introductory course with information that is of interest to those who want to know why certain things in transportation are the way they are, the book provides a strong emphasis of the relationship ...
Highway 5 Traffic - HOME Highway 5 Traffic Ubiquity: Why Catastrophes Happen by Mark Buchanan, Why do catastrophes happen? What sets off earthquakes, for example? What about mass extinctions of species? The outbreak of major wars? Massive traffic jams that seem to appear out of nowhere? Why does the stock market periodically suffer dramatic crashes? Why do some forest fires become superheated infernos that rage totally out of control? Experts have never been able to explain the causes of any of these disasters. Now scientists have discovered that these seemingly unrelated cataclysms, both natural and human, almost ...
Transportation Factoring - HOME Transportation Factoring Air Transport: Horizon 2020: Key Factors and Future Prospects Air Transport: Horizon 2020: Key Factors and Future Prospects The Human Factors of Transport Signs The Human Factors of Transport Signs Location Efficient Mortgage - Location Efficient Mortgage is a special mortgage given to people who buy homes in locations where they don't need to rely on cars as much or at all for transportation. Location Efficient Mortgages allow people to buy more expensive homes than they normally would be able to by factoring in the money they'll save on ...
Transport Cases - HOME Transport Cases Modern Transport Geography by B. S. Hoyle, This book should be in the library of every transportation researcher. Ronald Sheck Intermodal and guideway research program director, Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of Florida There is no escape from transport. By sea, air, road or rail, we rely on transport to connect individuals, businesses and cities. At a time when deregulation and privatization are becoming global trends and concerns grow about sustainability, what is the future of transport for the 21st Century? The best-selling first edition of Modern Transport ...
Buoyancy Flow Induced Transport - HOME Buoyancy Flow Induced Transport Transport Phenomena: A Unified Aprroach Vol. 2 by Harry C. Hershey, This book teaches the basic equations of transport phenomena in a unified manner and uses the analogy between heat transfer and mass and momentum to explain the more difficult concepts. Part I covers the basic concepts in transport phenomena. Part II covers applications in greater detail. Part III deals with the transport properties. The three transport phenomena-heat, mass, and momentum transfer-are treated in depth through simultaneous (or parallel) developments.Transport properties such as viscosity, thermal ...
National Highway Traffic Safety Board - HOME National Highway Traffic Safety Board Concrete Bridges: Inspection, Repair, Strengthening, Testing, and Load Capacity Evaluation by V. K. Raina, An indispensable guide to inspecting, maintaining, and rehabilitating all types of concrete and composite bridges Given the age and condition of some of our nation's bridges, the need for a practical guide to bridge management and maintenance has never been greater. This state-of-the-art reference meets this need by providing a tool-kit approach to repairing and strengthening concrete and composite bridges. It also discusses emergency measures you can take to ... be rehabilitated. Filled with practical data, detailed examples, and helpful illustrations, this sourcebook provides civil and structural engineers with step-by-step methods for conducting safety inspections, condition surveys, performance monitoring, and dynamic tests for bridge maintenance. Included are relevant codes and standards from the U.S. Transportation Research Board (TRB), the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO). You'll find essential information on such important topics as maintenance policies; distress in various types of bridges; cracks in concrete--types, causes, and repair; ...
Transport Cases - HOME Transport Cases Modern Transport Geography by B. S. Hoyle, This book should be in the library of every transportation researcher. Ronald Sheck Intermodal and guideway research program director, Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of Florida There is no escape from transport. By sea, air, road or rail, we rely on transport to connect individuals, businesses and cities. At a time when deregulation and privatization are becoming global trends and concerns grow about sustainability, what is the future of transport for the 21st Century? The best-selling first edition of Modern Transport ...
Highway Traffic Accident - HOME Highway Traffic Accident Down the Asphalt Path: The Automobile and the American City by Clay McShane, Imagine a world without automobiles, traffic lights, and interstate highways. Or the words commuter and parking. For a nation that prides itself on the freedom of movement and the long weekend, this seems nearly impossible. In Down the Asphalt Path, Clay McShane examines the uniquely American relation between automobility and urbanization. Writing at the cutting edge of urban and technological history, McShane focuses on how new transportation systems - most important, the private automobile - and new concepts ...
National Highway Traffic Safety Association - HOME National Highway Traffic Safety Association Concrete Bridges: Inspection, Repair, Strengthening, Testing, and Load Capacity Evaluation by V. K. Raina, An indispensable guide to inspecting, maintaining, and rehabilitating all types of concrete and composite bridges Given the age and condition of some of our nation's bridges, the need for a practical guide to bridge management and maintenance has never been greater. This state-of-the-art reference meets this need by providing a tool-kit approach to repairing and strengthening concrete and composite bridges. It also discusses emergency measures you can take to ... be rehabilitated. Filled with practical data, detailed examples, and helpful illustrations, this sourcebook provides civil and structural engineers with step-by-step methods for conducting safety inspections, condition surveys, performance monitoring, and dynamic tests for bridge maintenance. Included are relevant codes and standards from the U.S. Transportation Research Board (TRB), the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO). You'll find essential information on such important topics as maintenance policies; distress in various types of bridges; cracks in concrete--types, causes, and repair; ...
Transport Case - HOME Transport Case Modern Transport Geography by B. S. Hoyle, This book should be in the library of every transportation researcher. Ronald Sheck Intermodal and guideway research program director, Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of Florida There is no escape from transport. By sea, air, road or rail, we rely on transport to connect individuals, businesses and cities. At a time when deregulation and privatization are becoming global trends and concerns grow about sustainability, what is the future of transport for the 21st Century? The best-selling first edition of Modern Transport ...
Odot Traffic Cam - HOME Odot Traffic Cam Garmin GTM 10 Receiver Works on an FM sideband signal, which utilizes RDS (Radio Data Service) technology. Digitized and coded real-time traffic broadcasts are received via a "silent" FM data channel, which means that drivers can still listen to music or news programming on their car radios, without interference from the incoming FM traffic data transmissions In most areas, depending on the service provider, TMC traffic broadcasts are continuous there's no waiting for scheduled traffic news updates or random alerts. You see traffic developments in real time, ...
Congestion Highway Interstate Road Traffic - HOME Congestion Highway Interstate Road Traffic Reading the Road: U.S. 40 and the American Landscape by Thomas J. Schlereth, "Thomas Schlereth ... opens our eyes to one of the nation's first and most fascinating highways and helps us see things the interstate highways will never allow". -- James H. Madison, Indiana University Once known as the National Highway, U.S. 40 has long been a major east-west route across America. In this fascinating and profusely illustrated book, Thomas J. Schlereth explores the historic landscapes and cultural legacies that are evident alongside the 156 ... title U.S. 40: A Roadscape of the American Experience and was hailed at that time as a pioneering study in "above-ground archaeology". As Schlereth explains in his new introduction, the book works on many levels. "It is", he writes, "a brief history of American road transportation, a primer for investigating the past and present of the contemporary landscape, a portfolio of documentary photography from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and a personal assessment of the cultural role that the road has played in the American experience". Schlereth's innovative approach allows ...
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - HOME National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Highway Engineering by Paul H. Wright, X Comprehensive book focusing solely on highway transportation. Contains treatment of highway administration and planning, evaluation, driver needs, geometric design, the nature of traffic flow and control, pavement design, and an extensive description of how highways are constructed and maintained. * Offers the very latest AASHTO codes and guidelines for highway design, construction, and beautification. * Dr. Wright is widely recognized as an expert in highway safety. Concrete Bridges: Inspection, Repair, Strengthening, Testing, and Load Capacity Evaluation by V. K. Raina, An indispensable ...
Transport Method - HOME Transport Method Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles (Includes Unit Operations by Christie J. Geankoplis, X The comprehensive, unified, up-to-date guide to transport and separation processes Today, chemical engineering professionals need a thorough understanding of momentum, heat, and mass transfer processes, as well as separation processes. "Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles, Fourth Edition" offers a unified and up-to-date treatment of all these topics. Thoroughly updated to reflect the field's latest methods and applications, it covers both fundamental principles and practical applications. Part 1 covers the essential ...
National Highway Traffic Administration - HOME National Highway Traffic Administration Highway Engineering by Paul H. Wright, X Comprehensive book focusing solely on highway transportation. Contains treatment of highway administration and planning, evaluation, driver needs, geometric design, the nature of traffic flow and control, pavement design, and an extensive description of how highways are constructed and maintained. * Offers the very latest AASHTO codes and guidelines for highway design, construction, and beautification. * Dr. Wright is widely recognized as an expert in highway safety. Concrete Bridges: Inspection, Repair, Strengthening, Testing, and Load Capacity Evaluation by V. K. Raina, An indispensable guide ...
National Highway Traffic - HOME National Highway Traffic Down the Asphalt Path: The Automobile and the American City by Clay McShane, Imagine a world without automobiles, traffic lights, and interstate highways. Or the words commuter and parking. For a nation that prides itself on the freedom of movement and the long weekend, this seems nearly impossible. In Down the Asphalt Path, Clay McShane examines the uniquely American relation between automobility and urbanization. Writing at the cutting edge of urban and technological history, McShane focuses on how new transportation systems - most important, the private automobile - and new concepts ...
Electron Transport - HOME Electron Transport Power Electronics Handbook by Muhammad H. Rashid, Power electronics is a broad subject that deals with every aspect of electronic systems and devices. Any computer, machine, controller, game, etc., that is available today is dependent on the power electronics in those systems and devices to operate. Power electronics systems deal with the process of converting electrical power from one form to another. Power Electronics Handbook is specifically designed for the professional engineer in industry and includes contributions of over 60 authors primarily from industry. Power electronics is most frequently thought of ... with power engineering devices and challenges such as surge protectors and power failures. However, the field of power electronics is involved in all electronic devices and sytems. Examples include residential (refrigeration, heating, cooking, audio/video), commercial (lighting, office equipment, elevators), industrial (pumps, compressors, fans, robots, lasers, welding), transportation (automotive electronics, electric trains, battery chargers), and telecommunications (battery chargers, power supplies). All engineers involved with system and device design must deal with the fundamentals and advances of power electronics. This Handbook is the result of an intensive search to develop a new major reference ...
National Highway Traffic Safety Institute - HOME National Highway Traffic Safety Institute Down the Asphalt Path: The Automobile and the American City by Clay McShane, Imagine a world without automobiles, traffic lights, and interstate highways. Or the words commuter and parking. For a nation that prides itself on the freedom of movement and the long weekend, this seems nearly impossible. In Down the Asphalt Path, Clay McShane examines the uniquely American relation between automobility and urbanization. Writing at the cutting edge of urban and technological history, McShane focuses on how new transportation systems - most important, the private automobile - and ...
National Highway Traffic Safety Admin - HOME National Highway Traffic Safety Admin Down the Asphalt Path: The Automobile and the American City by Clay McShane, Imagine a world without automobiles, traffic lights, and interstate highways. Or the words commuter and parking. For a nation that prides itself on the freedom of movement and the long weekend, this seems nearly impossible. In Down the Asphalt Path, Clay McShane examines the uniquely American relation between automobility and urbanization. Writing at the cutting edge of urban and technological history, McShane focuses on how new transportation systems - most important, the private automobile - and ...
Mdot Traffic Cam - HOME Mdot Traffic Cam Garmin GTM 10 Receiver Works on an FM sideband signal, which utilizes RDS (Radio Data Service) technology. Digitized and coded real-time traffic broadcasts are received via a "silent" FM data channel, which means that drivers can still listen to music or news programming on their car radios, without interference from the incoming FM traffic data transmissions In most areas, depending on the service provider, TMC traffic broadcasts are continuous there's no waiting for scheduled traffic news updates or random alerts. You see traffic developments in real time, ...
Phoenix Traffic Cam - HOME Phoenix Traffic Cam Pushing Tin/Flight Of The Phoenix Double Feature contains "Pushing Tin" and "Flight Of The Phoenix." "Pushing Tin" - In the tradition of Grosse Pointe Blank comes an unconventional comedy about two air traffic controllers whose intense rivalry and penchant for one-upmanship causes hilarious havoc with their careers, their marriages-and the planes in their airspace! Nick Falzone (John Cusack) is the busiest, and the best, air traffic controller on Long Island-until Russell Bell (Billy Bob Thornton) roars into town like a motorcycle-riding cowboy. Fueled by caffeine ...
Highway Traffic Safety Sign - HOME Highway Traffic Safety Sign Highway Engineering by Paul H. Wright, X Comprehensive book focusing solely on highway transportation. Contains treatment of highway administration and planning, evaluation, driver needs, geometric design, the nature of traffic flow and control, pavement design, and an extensive description of how highways are constructed and maintained. * Offers the very latest AASHTO codes and guidelines for highway design, construction, and beautification. * Dr. Wright is widely recognized as an expert in highway safety. Observational Before-After Studies in Road Safety: Estimating the Effect of Highway and Traffic Engineering Measures on ...
National Highway Traffic Safety - HOME National Highway Traffic Safety Down the Asphalt Path: The Automobile and the American City by Clay McShane, Imagine a world without automobiles, traffic lights, and interstate highways. Or the words commuter and parking. For a nation that prides itself on the freedom of movement and the long weekend, this seems nearly impossible. In Down the Asphalt Path, Clay McShane examines the uniquely American relation between automobility and urbanization. Writing at the cutting edge of urban and technological history, McShane focuses on how new transportation systems - most important, the private automobile - and new ...
Transport Case - HOME Transport Case Modern Transport Geography by B. S. Hoyle, This book should be in the library of every transportation researcher. Ronald Sheck Intermodal and guideway research program director, Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of Florida There is no escape from transport. By sea, air, road or rail, we rely on transport to connect individuals, businesses and cities. At a time when deregulation and privatization are becoming global trends and concerns grow about sustainability, what is the future of transport for the 21st Century? The best-selling first edition of Modern Transport ...
Wsdot Traffic Cam - HOME Wsdot Traffic Cam Garmin GTM 10 Receiver Works on an FM sideband signal, which utilizes RDS (Radio Data Service) technology. Digitized and coded real-time traffic broadcasts are received via a "silent" FM data channel, which means that drivers can still listen to music or news programming on their car radios, without interference from the incoming FM traffic data transmissions In most areas, depending on the service provider, TMC traffic broadcasts are continuous there's no waiting for scheduled traffic news updates or random alerts. You see traffic developments in real time, ...
Highway Traffic Act - HOME Highway Traffic Act Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis Highway Engineering by Paul H. Wright, X Comprehensive book focusing solely on highway transportation. Contains treatment of highway administration and planning, evaluation, driver needs, geometric design, the nature of traffic flow and control, pavement design, and an extensive description of how highways are constructed and maintained. * Offers the very latest AASHTO codes and guidelines for highway design, construction, and beautification. * Dr. Wright is widely recognized as an expert in highway safety. Highway Traffic Amendment Act, ...
Deldot Traffic Cam - HOME Deldot Traffic Cam Garmin GTM 10 Receiver Works on an FM sideband signal, which utilizes RDS (Radio Data Service) technology. Digitized and coded real-time traffic broadcasts are received via a "silent" FM data channel, which means that drivers can still listen to music or news programming on their car radios, without interference from the incoming FM traffic data transmissions In most areas, depending on the service provider, TMC traffic broadcasts are continuous there's no waiting for scheduled traffic news updates or random alerts. You see traffic developments in real time, ...
Westchester Traffic Cam - HOME Westchester Traffic Cam 25 Bicycle Tours in the Hudson Valley: Scenic Rides from Saratoga to Northern Westchester County by Howard Stone, This new series highlights low-traffic scenic roads, both dirt and paved, suitable for riding on both mountain and road bikes. Garmin GTM 10 Receiver Works on an FM sideband signal, which utilizes RDS (Radio Data Service) technology. Digitized and coded real-time traffic broadcasts are received via a "silent" FM data channel, which means that drivers can still listen to music or news programming on their car radios, without interference ...
Highway 50 Traffic - HOME Highway 50 Traffic Down the Asphalt Path: The Automobile and the American City by Clay McShane, Imagine a world without automobiles, traffic lights, and interstate highways. Or the words commuter and parking. For a nation that prides itself on the freedom of movement and the long weekend, this seems nearly impossible. In Down the Asphalt Path, Clay McShane examines the uniquely American relation between automobility and urbanization. Writing at the cutting edge of urban and technological history, McShane focuses on how new transportation systems - most important, the private automobile - and new concepts ...
Boston Traffic Cam - HOME Boston Traffic Cam Beacon Hill: The Life and Times of a Neighborhood by Moying Li-Marcus, Since Boston's Legendary Beacon Hill was first settled nearly 400 years ago, the neighborhood's spirited residents, generation after generation, have created and maintained a unique environment that is both timeless and forward looking. They have responded to social, economic, and political changes over the centuries by integrating the best legacies of the Hill's past into plans for the community's future growth and vitality. In this well-crafted and lavishly illustrated work, Moying Li ... memorable moments in the Hill's long and colorful saga, including the traditional candle-lighting and caroling on Christmas Eve, the annual Window Box Contest, battles to save the cherished brick sidewalks, the Charles Street Fair, the Mothers March against Storrow Drive, and the persistent problems with traffic, parking, zoning, and housing. The vital and sometimes controversial role of the Beacon Hill Civic Association, one of the nation's oldest and most tenacious neighborhood groups, in forming the area's living history is also thoroughly discussed. Published on the eightieth anniversary of the ...
Traffic and Highway Engineering - HOME Traffic and Highway Engineering Traffic and Highway Engineering by Nicholas J. Garber, Traffic and Highway Engineering Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis Time Highway Radio - TIME Highway Radio or THR was the name of Malaysia's first private commercial radio station, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The station was the initiative and for some time the flagship station of the TIME Engineering conglomerate, and as the name suggests the station was targetted at road/highway users with traffic report and entertainment. Traffic engineering (transportation) - ...
Canadian Highway Traffic Act - HOME Canadian Highway Traffic Act Burnout Revenge Xbox 360 This time it's not about winning. It's not about riding on dubs or gaudy neon lights. It's about an utter disregard for the rules of road and total domination. This time it's personal. This time it's about revenge. The sequel to 2004's racing game of the year, Burnout Revenge straps gamers into the fastest, most dangerous racer on the road. Fight dirty or go down in flames - the only rule is complete automotive anarchy. Built for unprecedented destruction, Burnout Revenge challenges gamers to exact their revenge on rush hour traffic, vindictive rival racers and anything else that gets between them and the finish line. Featuring multi-level tracks designed for fighting, wicked vertical takedowns, explosive new crashbreakers, new gameplay modes and wide open "crash courses" for epic crash sequences that put Hollywood to shame, Burnout ...
Health and Safety Training - ... severity, industrial occupational health and safety and cost of workplace injuries industrial occupational health and safety and illnesses. Yet less than half of today's 420,000 midsize industrial companies have any safety industrial occupational health and safety and health program in place ... And road engineering, psychology Traffic engineering, traffic medicine, advanced statistics Advanced technology, systems analysis, sociology, communications Terms used about unwanted events Collision Accident Crash, casualty Suffering, costs Premise concerning unsafety Transitional problem, passing stage of maladjustment Individual problem, inadequate moral and skills Defective traffic system Managing transport system Main disciplines involved Law ...
Bay Bridge Traffic Cam - HOME Bay Bridge Traffic Cam What is a Bridge?: The Making of Calatrava's Bridge in Seville by Spiro N. Pollalis, Author in the News: On July 31, 2003, the architect Santiago Calatrava was chosen to design a new PATH railway terminal on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. Calatrava is internationally noted for his accomplishments in transportation architecture; "The New York Times's Herbert Muschamp writes that he has "taken this genre of design to the level of genius." Calatrava's reputation is largely the result of several distinctive bridge projects, all of which exhibit both his singular design style and his ...
Cctv in System Traffic Vessel - HOME Cctv in System Traffic Vessel Fundamentals of Air Traffic Control Appropriate for both future air traffic controllers and for pilots who need a better understanding of the air traffic control system, this text is the only college-level textbook to explain the "hows" and "whys" of the system. Michael Nolan's FUNDAMENTALS OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL presents a history of air traffic control, with a strong emphasis on the logic that has guided its development. He also provides current, in-depth information on such topics as navigational systems, the air traffic control ...
Dallas Traffic Cam - HOME Dallas Traffic Cam Final Destinations: A Travel Guide for Remarkable Cemeteries in Texas, Oklahome, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Arkansas by Bob Bersano, "Every cemetery is worth visiting, and the people in them are worth trying to remember. They were much like us". Thus the writers of The Dallas Morning News set out to explore the cemeteries of Texas and the surrounding states for the newspaper's Travel section. The stories serve as history lesson and travelogue to the cemeteries, chronicling the resting places of famous people and the tragedies borne by ordinary people. The compilation reaffirms our fascination with cemeteries and their status as tourist attractions. People visit cemeteries in large numbers. Evidence of crowd control abounds from signs directing traffic to the grave marker of President Clinton's mother in Hope, Arkansas, and the large steel cage protecting the tombstone of Billy the Kid at Fort Sumner, New Mexico, to the monument in New Orleans made famous by the movie Easy Rider and Bonnie Parker' ...