Handbook of Transportation Engineering Volume I & Volume II, Second Edition

Myer Kutz (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

2 Seiten

2011 | 2nd edition
McGraw-Hill Professional (Verlag)
978-0-07-176113-0 (ISBN)

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Completely revised and updated, this comprehensive transportation resource covers systems and operations, engineering applications, and technologies in two volumes.

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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 I focuses on transportation networks and systems, operations, and economics. Volume II focuses on applications in automobile and non-automobile transportation, and on safety and environmental issues.

Volume I covers:

National transportation networks and inter-modal systems
Transportation network planning: theoretical notions
Reliability of travel times and robustness of transport networks
Transportation systems modeling and evaluation
Software systems and simulation for transportation applications
Applications of GIS in transportation
Travel demand forecasting
Transportation and land use
Sustainable transportation practice
Transportation planning and modeling
Transportation economics
Innovative information technology applications in public transportation
Parking management
Trucking operations
The economics of railroad operations: resurgence of a declining industry
Airline management and operations
The marine transportation system
Global logistics
Freight transportation planning
Management of transportation organizations

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

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Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 229 mm
Gewicht	3052 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
Themenwelt	Technik ► Maschinenbau
ISBN-10	0-07-176113-6 / 0071761136
ISBN-13	978-0-07-176113-0 / 9780071761130
Zustand	Neuware