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Overview

This unique book presents comprehensive and in-depth coverage of traffic engineering. It discusses all modern topics in traffic engineering, including design, construction, operation, maintenance, and system. For anyone involved in traffic studies, engineering, analysis, and control and operations.
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A textbook applicable to an advanced undergraduate or graduate engineering course. Covers the basic design, operation, and maintenance of a safe and efficient transportation system. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR booknews.com
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Broad, detailed coverage includes traffic studies and characteristics, highway capacity and level of service analysis, and the control, operation, and management of traffic facilities. Reflecting developments since 1990, the second edition addresses topics such as intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technologies; developments in automated data collection/analysis; and updated standards and criteria from the latest editions of the AASHTO Green Book, MUTCD, ITE manuals. New chapters on simple signal timing and traffic simulation have been added. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780134613369
  • Publisher: Pearson Education
  • Publication date: 12/24/1997
  • Edition description: Older Edition
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 714
  • Product dimensions: 8.23 (w) x 10.33 (h) x 1.30 (d)

Meet the Author

Dr. Roger P. Roess is Department Head in the Department of Civil Engineering at Polytechnic Institute of NYU.

Elena S. Prassas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Polytechnic Institute of NYU. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science from Polytechnic University, and her Bachelor of Arts from the State University of New York, Oneonta. She is a Member of TRB's Highway Capacity and Quality of Service Committee (HCQSC), the Chair of the HCQSC Signalized Intersection Subcommittee, and a Member of both the ITE and WTS.

William R. McShane is the Vice President of Operations and Dean of Engineering at Polytechnic University. He earned his B.S.E.E from Manhattan College and his M.S. and Ph.D. In Systems Engineering from Polytechnic University. His areas of interest include quality control, controls and simulation, and engineering economics.

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Table of Contents

Preface
1 Introduction to Traffic Engineering 1
Pt. 1 Components of the Traffic System and their Characteristics 16
2 Road User and Vehicle Characteristics 17
3 Roadways and Their Geometric Characteristics 38
4 Introduction to Traffic Control Devices 71
5 Traffic Stream Characteristics 105
6 Intelligent Transportation Systems 120
Pt. 2 Traffic Studies and Programs 130
7 Statistical Applications in Traffic Engineering 131
8 Volume Studies and Characteristics 159
9 Speed, Travel Time, and Delay Studies 203
10 Accidents: Studies, Statistics, and Programs 236
11 Parking: Studies, Characteristics, Facilities, and Programs 263
Pt. 3 Applications to Freeway and Rural Highway Systems 289
12 Capacity and Level-of-Service Analysis for Freeways and Multilane Highways 290
13 Weaving, Merging, and Diverging Movements on Freeways and Multilane Highways 335
14 Two-Lane, Two-Way Rural Highways 389
15 Signing and Marking for Freeways and Rural Highways 424
Pt. 4 Applications to Urban and Suburban Street Systems 444
16 Introduction to Intersection Control 445
17 Basic Principles of Intersection Signalization 470
18 Fundamentals of Signal Timing and Design 500
19 Elements of Intersection Design and Layout 540
20 Actuated Signal Control and Detection 565
21 Analysis of Signalized Intersections 585
22 Applications of Signalized Intersection Analysis 650
23 Analysis of Unsignalized Intersections 666
24 Signal Coordination for Arterials and Networks 684
25 Analysis of Arterial Performance 726
26 Arterial Planning and Design 740
27 Traffic Planning and Operations for Urban Street Networks 759
Index 779
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