Handbook of Transportation Engineering Volume II, 2e

The definitive transportation engineering resource–fully revised and updated
The two-volume Handbook of Transportation Engineering, Second Edition offers practical, comprehensive coverage of the entire transportation engineering field. Featuring 18 new chapters and contributions from nearly 70 leading experts, this authoritative work discusses all types of transportation systems–freight, passenger, air, rail, road, marine, and pipeline–and provides problem-solving engineering, planning, and design tools and techniques with examples of successful applications. Volume II focuses on applications in automobile and non-automobile transportation, and on safety and environmental issues.

VOLUME II COVERS:

Traffic engineering analysis
Traffic origin-destination estimation
Traffic congestion
Highway capacity
Traffic control systems: freeway management and communications
Traffic signals
Highway sign visibility
Transportation lighting
Geometric design of streets and highways
Intersection and interchange design
Pavement engineering: flexible and rigid pavements
Pavement testing and evaluation
Bridge engineering
Tunnel engineering
Pedestrians
Bicycle transportation
Spectrum of automated guideway transit (AGT) and its applications
Railway vehicle engineering
Railway track design
Improvement of railroad yard operations
Modern aircraft design techniques
Airport design
Air traffic control systems design
Ship design
Pipeline engineering
Traffic safety
Transportation hazards
Hazardous materials transportation
Incident management
Network security and survivability
Optimization of emergency evacuation plans
Transportation noise issues
Air quality issues in transportation
Transportation and climate change