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The Negro Motorist Green Book (also, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, or Green-Book) was a guidebook for African American roadtrippers. It was founded by Victor Hugo Green , an African American, New York City postal worker who published it annually from 1936 to 1966.
Green Book is a 2018 American comedy-drama film about a tour of the Deep South in the 1960s by African American classical and jazz pianist Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) and Tony Vallelonga (Viggo Mortensen), an Italian American bouncer who served as Shirley's driver and bodyguard.
Some noteworthy AASHTO publications are: [9] A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, often called "The Green Book" because of the color of its cover.This book covers the functional design of roads and highways including such things as the layout of intersections, horizontal curves, and vertical curves.
The FHWA oversees projects using these funds to ensure that federal requirements for project eligibility, contract administration and construction standards are adhered to. Under the Federal Lands Highway Program (sometimes called "direct fed"), the FHWA provides highway design and construction services for various federal land-management ...
Victor Hugo Green (November 9, 1892 – October 16, 1960) was an American postal employee and travel writer from Harlem, New York City, [1] best known for developing and writing what became known as The Green Book, a travel guide for African Americans in the United States.
11th edition of the MUTCD, published December 2023. In the United States, road signs are, for the most part, standardized by federal regulations, most notably in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and its companion volume the Standard Highway Signs (SHS).
The Bluefield Green Book Historic District comprises two buildings in Bluefield, West Virginia, that were used as hotels and apartments catering to African-American travelers during the segregation era of the mid-20th century. The Traveler's Inn Hotel was built in 1920, and the Hotel Thelma was built in 1948-49 on an adjoining lot on Wayne Street.
The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (usually referred to as the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, abbreviated MUTCD) is a document issued by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) to specify the standards by which traffic signs, road surface markings, and signals are designed, installed ...