Transportation Engineering: An IntroductionOffers practitioners a detailed, current, and interdisciplinary introduction to transportation engineering and planning. This up-to-date know-how drawn from current literature and practice references the latest computer programs in the public and private sectors. Includes coverage of geometric design that reflects the latest revisions of AASHTO's Geometric Design. Discusses Transportation Economics, Traffic Flow, and Transportation Systems Management. For practitioners in transportation engineering and planning. |
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APPENDIX | 2 |
TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS | 31 |
THE LANDUSETRANSPORTATION SYSTEM | 61 |
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AASHTO accidents adjustment factor alternative analysis approach assumed auto bicycle buses Calculate capacity chapter characteristics computed congestion consumer surplus cost curve deceleration delay demand Determine distribution driver elasticity energy Equation estimated evaluation Example facilities flow rate free-flow speed freeway ft/sec² function grade green headway Highway Capacity Manual hour impacts improvements increase intersection Khisty land land-use lane group left-turn level of service light-rail marginal cost maximum miles minimum modes movement multilane operating parking pc/h peak-hour pedestrian phase planning platoon population queue rail residential road roadway routes safety saturation flow shock wave shown in Figure sight distance signal Solution space stop street superelevation Table tion traffic engineering traffic flow traffic stream transit transportation engineering transportation system trip distribution trips trucks U.S. DOT V₁ values veh/hr veh/mi volume width Worksheet zone