Transportation Engineering: A Practical Approach to Highway Design, Traffic Analysis, and Systems Operation — Beverly T. Kuhn (2019)

Book Description

Traffic, highway, and transportation design principles and practical applicationsThis 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

Book Details

• Author: Beverly T. Kuhn
• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Published Date: 2019-03-01
• Published Year: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN-13: 9781260019582