Traffic and Highway Engineering

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Edition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-12-12
Publisher(s): CL Engineering
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Summary

The new edition of Garber and Hoel's best-selling text focuses on giving students insight into all facets of traffic and highway engineering. Students generally come to this course with little knowledge or understanding of the importance of transportation, much less of the extensive career opportunities in the field. Transportation is an extremely broad field, and courses must either cover all transportation modes or focus on specifics. While many topics can be covered with a survey approach, this often lacks sufficient depth and students leave the course without a full understanding of any of the fields. Garber and Hoel's text focuses exclusively on traffic and highway engineering. They begin with a discussion of the pivotal role transportation plays in our society, including employment opportunities, historical impact, and the impact of transportation on our daily lives. This approach gives students a sense of what the field is about and an opportunity to consider some of its challenges. Later chapters focus on specific issues facing transportation engineers. Using a pedagogical tools such as worked problems, diagrams and tables, reference material, and realistic examples demonstrate how the material is applied. The new edition has been updated to reflect recent changes in guidelines set forth by HCM 2000 and AASHTO. Professional engineers have also found this material helpful, making it a great reference for practicing engineers in the field.

Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. The Profession of Transportation Engineering
2. Transportation Systems and Organizations
PART II: TRAFFIC OPERATIONS
3. Characteristics of the Driver, the Pedestrian, the Vehicle, and the Road
4. Traffic Engineering Studies
5. Highway Safety
6. Fundamental Principles of Traffic Flow
7. Intersection Design
8. Intersection Control
9. Capacity and Level of Service of Two-Lane Highways, Multilane Highways, and Freeway Segments
10. Capacity and Level of Service at Signalized Intersections
PART III: TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
11. The Transportation Planning Process
12. Forecasting Travel Demand
13. Evaluating Transportation Alternatives
14. Transportation Systems Management
PART IV: LOCATION, GEOMETRICS AND DRAINAGE
15. Highway Surveys and Location
16. Geometric Design of Highway Facilities
17. Highway Drainage
PART V: MATERIALS AND PAVEMENTS
18. Soil Engineering for Highway Design
19. Bituminous Materials
20. Design of Flexible Pavements
21. Design of Rigid Pavements
22. Pavement Management

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