Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering (17.41 MB)
Synopsis
This new book, a worthy successor to the widely acclaimed first volume of O'Flaherty's Highway has been expanded and thoroughly updated to reflect the many changes that have taken place in this topical area. Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering is a comprehensive textbook on the relevant principles and practice. It includes sections on transport policy and planning, traffic surveys and accident investigation, road design for capacity and safety, and traffic management.
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This new book, a worthy successor to the widely acclaimed first volume of O'Flaherty's Highway has been expanded and thoroughly updated to reflect the many changes that have taken place in this topical area. Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering is a comprehensive textbook on the relevant principles and practice. It includes sections on transport policy and planning, traffic surveys and accident investigation, road design for capacity and safety, and traffic management.
Table of Contents
About the contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Ch. 1 Evolution of the transport task 2
Ch. 2 Transport administration and planning 21
Ch. 3 Transport policy 42
Ch. 4 Economic and environmental appraisal of trasnport improvement projects 80
Ch. 5 Principles of transport analysis and forecasting 103
Ch. 6 Transport planning strategies 132
Ch. 7 Developing the parking plan 154
Ch. 8 Planning for pedestrians, cyclists and disabled people 170
Ch. 9 Technologies for urban, inter-urban and rural passenger transport systems 181
Ch. 10 Planning for public transport 201
Ch. 11 Freight transport planning - an introduction 214
Ch. 12 Issues in survey planning and design 222
Ch. 13 Observational traffic surveys 232
Ch. 14 Participatory transport surveys 252
Ch. 15 Accident prevention, investigation and reduction 261
Ch. 16 Introduction to traffic flow theory 272
Ch. 17 Road capacity and design-standard approaches to road design 281
Ch. 18 Road accidents 299
Ch. 19 Geometric design of streets and highways 320
Ch. 20 Intersection design and capacity 356
Ch. 21 Introduction to computer-aided design of junctions and highways 400
Ch. 22 Design of off-street parking facilities 409
Ch. 23 Road lighting 435
Ch. 24 Regulatory measures for traffic management 450
Ch. 25 Physical methods of traffic control 465
Ch. 26 Signal control at intersections 484
Ch. 27 Signal control in networks 506
Ch. 28 Driver Information systems 517
Index 532
Product Details
* ISBN: 0470236191
* ISBN-13: 9780470236192
* Format: Paperback, 560pp
* Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
* Pub. Date: March 1997
* Edition Description: Subsequent
* Edition Number: 1
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