TRAFFIC ENGINEERING: THEORY AND PRACTICE

THE BOOK CONSISTS OF FOUR SECTIONS WHICH COVER A TRADITIONAL, CURRENT TREATMENT OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AS WELL AS A SERIES OF SPECIAL TOPICS WHICH MAY BE ENCOUNTERED BY PRACTICING TRAFFIC ENGINEERS. A REVIEW OF THE ELEMENTS OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING INCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF THE ASPECTS OF THE ROAD USER, THE VEHICLE AND ROADWAY, AND THE SECTION ON TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STUDIES AND ANALYSIS DESCRIBES THE NATURE OF THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING MECHANISM, THE RELEVANT ISSUES WHICH GUIDE ITS PROCESS, AND THE INFLUENCE OF THIS PROCESS ON THE PATTERN OF URBAN LAND. IT ALSO INCLUDES A REVIEW OF ORIGIN AND DESTINATION STUDIES, HIGHWAY ECONOMY STUDIES, TRAVEL TIME AND DELAY STUDIES, AND SPOT SPEED AND VOLUME STUDIES. A LIMITED SELECTION OF RELEVANT WORK WITH EMPHASIS ON UTILITY IN OPERATIONS IS PRESENTED IN A REVIEW OF TRAFFIC THEORY (FLOW AND CONTROL). INTRODUCTORY AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE SUBJECT OF HIGHWAY CAPACITY IS PRESENTED, AS WELL AS A MORE DETAILED TREATMENT OF THE CAPACITY OF FREEWAYS AND EXPRESSWAYS, URBAN STREETS AND ARTERIALS, AND RURAL HIGHWAYS WITHOUT ACCESS CONTROL. PEDESTRIAN, PARKING, AND ACCIDENT STUDIES ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. TRAFFIC SIGNS AND MARKINGS, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, AND STREET AND HIGHWAY LIGHTING ARE THE CHAPTERS PRESENTED IN THE SECTION ON TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS. IT ALSO INCLUDES AN INTRODUCTION TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND A CHAPTER ON TRAFFIC LAWS AND ORDINANCES. THE ASPECTS COVERED IN THE SECTION ON CONTROL MEASURES INCLUDE COORDINATION OF SIGNAL SYSTEMS, SPEED CONTROL AND ZONING, CURB PARKING CONTROLS, ONE WAY STREETS AND RESERVED TRANSIT LANES, AND APPLICATIONS OF CONTROL MEASURES FOR LIMITED ACCESS FACILITIES AND HIGHWAY SAFETY.

• Corporate Authors:

  Prentice-hall, Inc

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• Authors:
  • Pignataro, L J
  • Cantilli, E J
  • Falcocchio, J C
  • Crowley, K W
  • Mcshane, W R
  • Roess, R P
  • Lee, B
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 502 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; City planning; Crashes; Economic analysis; Highway capacity; Laws; Origin and destination; Parking; Pedestrians; Road markings; Speed; Spot speed; Street lighting; Studies; Traffic control; Traffic engineering; Traffic flow; Traffic volume; Transportation planning; Travel time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Speed laws
• Old TRIS Terms: Parking studies; Spot speed study; Traffic control systems; Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226735
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 1974 12:00AM