This volume explains the nature of traffic breakdown and congestion through three-phase traffic theory. Readers will find a new method of highway traffic management and the background needed to research the complex system dynamics in traffic flow and transportation networks.
Discusses the basic principles underlying material behavior, pavement design and maintenance. This book covers various types of pavement material and construction techniques and concentrates on the fundamentals of performance. It is suitable for practicing engineers.
Deals with the engineering and numerical design aspects of pedestrian facilities, such as footways, uncontrolled and controlled crossings along roads and at junctions, roundabouts and driveways where pedestrian and vehicular traffic interact. This title focuses on the dimensional aspects of pedestrian facilities.
Gives the information needed by every road worker, highway technician, incorporated, graduate or chartered engineer. This work explains the theory of road construction and its associated activities, illustrating its application with practical working methods that are in use in everyday engineering practice.
Answers the questions of those who have ever wondered about the many strange devices found along the roadside, from utility poles to satellite dishes. This book covers more than 150 different roadside technologies, and each detailed entry describes what the device does, how it works, and also includes a photograph for easy identification.
Traces the Region's motorway development, outlining the benefits that have resulted in terms of traffic, safety, economy and environment. The colour photographs and diagrams illustrate the author's story of what was an achievement, often carried out under difficult circumstances, of which the personnel concerned can be proud.
Useful for students of transport, transport planning, traffic engineering and road design, this is a comprehensive textbook on the relevant principles and practice. It includes sections on transport policy and planning, traffic surveys and accident investigation, road design for capacity and safety, and traffic management.
Road traffic represent a significant burden in the developing world and will continue to become more prominent without an effective response to the myriad problems it presents. This book provides a discussion on effective measures in safety, modelling and the impacts of road traffic on society.
Integrates vehicle, signal, and road lighting into a system. This book conveys the role lighting plays in road safety and examines how it could be used effectively. It explains the thinking and scientific reasoning behind various forms of lighting and analyzes their contribution to the driver's understanding of real and potential road hazards.
Gives students insight into various facets of traffic and highway engineering. This work begins 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. It also focuses on specific issues facing transportation engineers.
Traffic congestion in big cities is a growing problem, and in the Swedish capital of Stockholm a seven-month long trial period with congestion taxes was carried out in 2006. This work scrutinises and analyses the political and administrative processes of the first Swedish congestion experiment and its aftermath.
Pavements are omnipresent in our society. From roads and airports to parking lots and driveways, every civil engineering project requires applications of this complex subject. This book covers a range of pavement construction, from soil preparation to structural design and life-cycle costing and analysis.
Designed to be teamed up with "Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering", this book covers road location and plans, roadwork materials, surface and subsurface moisture control, pavement design and construction, thickness design of bituminous and concrete pavements, and road maintenance and rehabilitation.
This handbook deals with the ongoing task of maintaining Britain's network of roads in a safe and satisfactory condition. It provides a commentary on a range of maintenance areas, and analyzes both concrete and bituminous carriageways, highlighting the advantages or problems of each.
Developing countries in the tropics have different natural conditions, institutional and financial situations to industrialized countries. However, most textbooks on highway engineering are based on experience from industrialized countries with temperate climates. This text provides a description of highway engineering in developing countries.