TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAY ENGINEERING. SECOND EDITION

This textbook, while intended primarily for use as an undergraduate text, can also serve as a reference for practicing transportation engineers and for students in graduate courses. The introductory chapters present material that will help students understand the basis for transportation, its importance in society, and the extent to which transportation pervades our daily lives. Later chapters present information about the basic areas in which transportation engineers work: traffic operations, planning, design, construction, and maintenance. The chapters are categorized into five parts: Part 1, Introduction; Part 2, Traffic Operations; Part 3, Transportation Planning; Part 4, Location, Geometrics, and Drainage; and Part 5, Materials and Pavements. The second edition reflects many changes that have occurred since the book was first published in 1988. Chapters have been added on safety and intersection design, and each chapter has been expanded and updated to reflect new methods, procedures, and technology. The number and variety of homework problems have been increased, and the chapters on highway capacity have been updated to reflect the new Highway Capacity Manual. Recent references in traffic, planning, design, materials, and pavements have been added. An appendix has been added that compares new geometric design standards and formulas in metric units. An index is provided.

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• Corporate Authors:

  PWS Publishing Company

  20 Park Plaza
  Boston, MA  United States  02116
• Authors:
  • Garber, N J
  • Hoel, L A
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 1126 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drainage; Geometric design; Highway engineering; Highway operations; Materials; Pavement design; Traffic engineering; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway location
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Materials; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00760140
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0534953387
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 4 1999 12:00AM