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ISBN10: 1260019578 | ISBN13: 9781260019575

ISBN10: 1260019578
ISBN13: 9781260019575
By Beverly T. Kuhn

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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 engineering
Geometric design
Traffic flow theory
Traffic control
Capacity and level of service
Highway safety
Transportation demand
Transportation systems management and operations
Emerging topics


1. Introduction
2. Human Factors and Geometric Design
3. Traffic Flow Theory and Capacity
4. Traffic Control
5. Transportation Safety
6. Transportation Planning and Demand
7. Transportation Systems Management and Operations
8. Emerging Transportation Topics
Index

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