PublishedMcgraw-Hill Book Co, September 2018 |
ISBN9781260019575 |
FormatHardcover, 336 pages |
Dimensions24.4cm × 18.3cm × 2.2cm |
Traffic, highway, and transportation design principles and practical applications
This comprehensive textbook clearly explains the many aspects of transportation systems planning, design, operation, and maintenance. Transportation Engineering: A Practical Approach to Highway Design, Traffic Analysis, and Systems Operations explores key topics, including geometric design for roadway alignment; traffic demand, flow, and control; and highway and intersection capacity. Emerging issues such as livable streets, automated vehicles, and smart cities are also discussed. You will get real-world case studies that highlight practical applications as well as valuable diagrams and tables that define transportation engineering terms and acronyms. Coverage includes:
An introduction to transportation engineeringGeometric designTraffic flow theoryTraffic controlCapacity and level of serviceHighway safetyTransportation demandTransportation systems management and operations*Emerging topics
