Highway

Edward Burtynsky’s photograph Highway #1, Intersection 105 & 110 made in 2003 is apart of Burtynsky’s OIL: Extraction and Refinement, Transportation and Motor Culture and The End of Oil series which showcases the life cycle of oil and its effect on our society. The photograph gives a birds eye view of a busy highway intersection. Burtynsky uses line to help define the dimensions and movement of the piece. The curving overlapping lines formed by the highways and roads gives the photo a sense of…

play Tomson Highway uses his play The Rez Sisters to show the impact of white culture on Native culture and to show that there is a hope for Native culture. The women of the play are influenced by materialism and white societal beliefs especially in their materialistic dreams. They overcome these influences, and return to their roots at the climax of the play: Marie-Adele’s death scene. The play shows the aftermath of the cultural collision between white culture and Native culture. Highway uses…

Tollway Fee Removal Many people in the United States use car transportation to travel throughout the country. The most common roadways traveled through are highways and along with highways comes a toll charge. Many states use tollways to refund to the damage done on roads throughout years, but this is also very expensive for travelers. As stated by the Illinois Toll Way “The average toll rate on the Illinois Tollway is 6 cents per mile. The typical rate for a passenger vehicle at a manned toll…

Human Factors are what show our capabilities and limitations on what we can and can’t do, but how do we deal with those bad human factor designs that limit us way more than they normally should? The toothbrush for example when brushing our teeth we can do so horizontally or vertically, yet when it comes to brushing our teeth In the direction that we are most dominant that hand must be bent in a very awkward position. This causes a weird form of brushing our teeth compared to when we brush them…

Billions in federal dollars are committed each year to support education, infrastructure, and research. The role of the federal government in these investments is often greatly debated due to the varying congressional perspectives. Federal funding is often aligned with federal regulatory requirements ensuring proper resourcing for mandates to the states in areas of federal interest. Funding for investments is provided directly or through state or local government grants with the 2017 budget…

With World War II ending, there was a peacetime economy. The peacetime economy stopped war rationing and those people had extra resources to use for new inventions. Suburbs were formed as safe alternatives for living in the inner city. Also, segregation was thought of as unfair. The 1950’s was a decade of progress. The 1950’s was a decade of progress because the people ended the “separate but equal”. Five-year-old Sara Roberts had to walk past many white schools in order to get to the “equal”…

opposite direction on the highway. Every highway was once Freshly paved but quickly becomes filled with potholes you need to avoid. Del is constantly trying to avoid the potholes in his life and not get stuck which he is able to successfully able to do. However his father is constantly hitting the potholes in his lane because he is a "'sad, and sorry person'" (woodruff 83). When a highway does get filled with potholes it needs to be fixed. When construction workers pave the highway they close…

The maximum speed for vehicles travelling on Australian highways is currently 110km/h. It is argued that this speed is too slow for a highway and may cause more road accidents and increase the road toll due to the drivers being restricted by the speed limit. When the speed limit is slow, drivers are left dangerously stuck behind and in-between trucks. The drivers are also too frustrated about not going above the low speed limit which can act as a distraction. (Tucker, 2015) Therefore, the…

are very different pieces, the song “Life is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts and the poem “Live Life to the Fullest” by Renee Alexandria Ho are similar in that they both discuss how life is a journey of ups and down. They illustrate the temporary nature of life in order to teach the audience to value the everyday little things. The incisive use of poetic devices,…

“The bottom line is that when we look at the research, raising the driving age saves lives”, Adrian Lund said, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Currently, the legal driving age is 16 in most states, some people feel that the legal driving age should be changed to at least 18. Nonetheless, it has to be taken into consideration the “side effects” of raising the driving age. By keeping teens from driving, they would only become less responsible and more dependable on their…