Traffic Engineering: Design, Principles and Practice - Brossura

Slinn, Mike; Matthews, Paul; Guest, Peter

 
9780340676479: Traffic Engineering: Design, Principles and Practice

Sinossi

A concise introduction to traffic engineering, this book covers practical design considerations as well as managerial, legislative, social and environmental aspects of the subject. The author discusses important current topics such as traffic calming, bus priority, transport telematics and sustainable development and fully explains the effect these features have on traffic design. 'Traffic Engineering Design' is written by three practising consultants, who have brought their experience and up-to-date knowledge to the book, making it ideal reading for the student of transport, civil engineering and urban planning.

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Recensione

"...a concise introduction...a readable style...",Proceedings of the Chartered Institute of Transport, Vol 7, No. 4,

Contenuti

Introduction * Traffic surveys * Parking surveys * Estimating travel demand * Capacity analyses * Traffic management and control * Highway layout and intersection design * Signal control * Parking - design and control * Road safety engineering * Traffic calming * Public transport priority * The transport engineer and the development process * Designs for sustainable development * Transport telematics * Statutory requirements * References * Tables * Figures.

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9780750658652: Traffic Engineering Design: Principles And Practice

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0750658657 ISBN 13:  9780750658652
Casa editrice: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005
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