Traffic engineering / Roger P. Roess, Elena S. Prassas, William R. McShane.

By: Roess, Roger PContributor(s): Prassas, Elena S | McShane, William RMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson, c2011Edition: 4th edDescription: x, 734 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 9780136135739 (alk. paper); 0136135730 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Traffic engineering -- United StatesDDC classification: 388.3/120973 LOC classification: HE355 | .M43 2011
Contents:
Introduction to traffic engineering -- Road user and vehicle characteristics -- Roadways and their geometric characteristics -- Introduction to traffic control devices -- Traffic stream characteristics -- Introduction to traffic flow theory -- Statistical applications in traffic engineering -- Traffic data collection and reduction methodologies -- Volume studies and characteristics -- Speed, travel time, and delay studies -- Highway traffic safety: studies, statistics, and programs -- Parking -- Fundamental concepts for uninterrupted flow facilities -- Basic freeway segments and multilane highways -- Weaving, merging, and diverging movements on freeways and multilane highways -- Two-lane highways -- Signing and marking for freeways and rural highways -- The hierarchy of intersection control -- Elements of intersection design and layout -- Basic principles of intersection signalization -- Fundamentals of signal timing and design: pretimed signals -- Fundamentals of signal timing: actuated signals -- Critical movement analysis of signalized intersections -- Analysis of signalized interactions -- Intelligent transportation systems in support of traffic management and control -- Signal coordination for arterials and networks: undersaturated conditions -- Signal coordination for arterials and networks: oversaturated conditions -- Analysis of streets in a multimodal context -- Planning, design, and operation of streets and arterials -- Traffic impact analysis.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to traffic engineering -- Road user and vehicle characteristics -- Roadways and their geometric characteristics -- Introduction to traffic control devices -- Traffic stream characteristics -- Introduction to traffic flow theory -- Statistical applications in traffic engineering -- Traffic data collection and reduction methodologies -- Volume studies and characteristics -- Speed, travel time, and delay studies -- Highway traffic safety: studies, statistics, and programs -- Parking -- Fundamental concepts for uninterrupted flow facilities -- Basic freeway segments and multilane highways -- Weaving, merging, and diverging movements on freeways and multilane highways -- Two-lane highways -- Signing and marking for freeways and rural highways -- The hierarchy of intersection control -- Elements of intersection design and layout -- Basic principles of intersection signalization -- Fundamentals of signal timing and design: pretimed signals -- Fundamentals of signal timing: actuated signals -- Critical movement analysis of signalized intersections -- Analysis of signalized interactions -- Intelligent transportation systems in support of traffic management and control -- Signal coordination for arterials and networks: undersaturated conditions -- Signal coordination for arterials and networks: oversaturated conditions -- Analysis of streets in a multimodal context -- Planning, design, and operation of streets and arterials -- Traffic impact analysis.

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