Transportation Engineering Planning and Design,9780471173960

Transportation Engineering Planning and Design

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Edition: 4th
ISBN13: 9780471173960
ISBN10: 0471173967
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-01-06
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary

Traveling along the path of the previous editions, "Transportation Engineering Planning and Design," follows the United States transportation system from its development, to its operations and control of the vehicle used to its planning (planning process, data collection, finances, procedures for future developments and evaluation of transportation plans) and on to the design of land, air and water transportation facilities (which includes highways, railways, runways, pipelines, terminals, harbors, ports, lighting for these areas, sizing and more.)

Author Biography

Paul H. Wright is the author of Transportation Engineering: Planning and Design, 4th Edition, published by Wiley. Norman J. Ashford is the author of Transportation Engineering: Planning and Design, 4th Edition, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS 1(66)
1. The Transportation System of the United States
3(24)
2. Governmental Activity in Transportation
27(22)
3. Administrative Structure and Finance
49(18)
PART 2 OPERATION AND CONTROL OF TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES 67(118)
4. Operational and Vehicular Characteristics
69(44)
5. Traffic Control Devices
113(36)
6. Human Factors in Transportation
149(36)
PART 3 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING 185(156)
7. An Introduction to Transportation Planning
187(28)
8. Transportation Studies
215(50)
9. Transportation Modeling
265(30)
10. Development and Evaluation of Transportation Planning Options
295(30)
11. Traffic Impact Analysis
325(16)
PART 4 DESIGN OF LAND TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES 341(158)
12. Design of Roadways, Railways, and Guideway Systems: Location and Route Layout
343(44)
13. Design of Roadways, Railways, and Guideway Systems: Sections and Intersections
387(40)
14. Design of Roadways, Railways, and Guideway Systems: Drainage, Earthwork and Pavements
427(48)
15. Design of Land Transportation Terminals
475(24)
PART 5 DESIGN OF AIR TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES 499(80)
16. Airport Planning and Layout
501(24)
17. The Airport Passenger Terminal Area
525(20)
18. Airport Design Standards and Procedures
545(34)
PART 6 DESIGN OF WATER TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES 579(82)
19. Introduction to Water Transportation
581(22)
20. Planning and Design of Harbors
603(30)
21. Planning and Design of Port Facilities
633(28)
APPENDIX 661(6)
INDEX 667

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