ABSTRACT

'Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering' 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. Clearly written and illustrated, the book is ideal reading for students of transport, transport planning, traffic engineering and road design.

part I|220 pages

Planning for transport

chapter Chapter 1|19 pages

Evolution of the transport task

chapter Chapter 2|21 pages

Transport administration and planning

chapter Chapter 3|38 pages

Transport policy

chapter Chapter 6|22 pages

Traffic planning strategies

chapter Chapter 7|16 pages

Developing the parking plan

chapter Chapter 10|13 pages

Planning for public transport

chapter Chapter 11|7 pages

Freight transport planning - an introduction

part II|49 pages

Traffic surveys and accident investigations

chapter Chapter 12|10 pages

Issues in survey planning and design

chapter Chapter 13|20 pages

Observational traffic surveys

chapter Chapter 14|9 pages

Participatory transport surveys

part III|178 pages

Design for capacity and safety

chapter Chapter 16|9 pages

Introduction to traffic flow theory

chapter Chapter 18|21 pages

Road accidents

chapter Chapter 19|36 pages

Geometric design of streets and highways

chapter Chapter 20|44 pages

Intersection design and capacity

chapter Chapter 22|26 pages

Design of off-street parking facilities

chapter Chapter 23|14 pages

Road lighting

part IV|83 pages

Traffic management

chapter Chapter 24|15 pages

Regulatory measures for traffic management

chapter Chapter 25|19 pages

Physical methods of traffic control

chapter Chapter 26|22 pages

Signal control at intersections

chapter Chapter 27|11 pages

Signal control in networks

chapter Chapter 28|15 pages

Driver information systems