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Traffic planning and engineering /
Traffic Planning and Engineering, Second Edition takes into account underlying trends in traffic planning and engineering. In this edition, Chapter 3 has been remodeled, focusing on the techniques on conducting surveys and their subsequent analysis. Further emphasis has also been provided on environ...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1979.
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| Edición: | 2d rev. ed. |
| Colección: | Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Traffic Planning and Engineering; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1. Administration and Planning in Traffic Engineering; PRE-NINETEENTH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; LEGISLATION; ORGANISATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PLANNING; PLANNING FOR TRAFFIC; DESIGN OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SPACE FOR TRAVEL; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 2. Traffic Studies; VOLUME; MEASUREMENT OF VOLUME; VOLUME CHARACTERISTICS; SPEED; MEASUREMENT OF SPOT SPEED; ANALYSIS OF SPOT SPEED MEASUREMENTS; SPEED CHARACTERISTICS; MEASUREMENT.
- DELAYPRESENTATION OF RESULTS; SIGNIFICANCE OF DELAY; MISCELLANEOUS MEASUREMENTS; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 3. Traffic Surveys and Analysis; TRANSPORTATION SURVEYS; SURVEY METHODS; COMMERCIAL VEHICLE, PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND TAXI CAB SURVEYS; HOME INTERVIEW AND QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY PROCEDURES; CHECKING TRAVEL DATA; ZONING; TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS; ANALYSIS OF TRAVEL SURVEYS; TRANSPORT MODELS; GENERALISED COST; TRIP GENERATION; TRIP RATE DATA BANKS; TRIP DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT; MODAL CHOICE; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 4. Parking; PARKING SURVEYS; PARKING CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTROLS.
- STREET PARKINGOFF-STREET PARKING; LOCATION OF OFF-STREET PARKING; ON- AND OFF-LOADING OF GOODS; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 5. Traffic and Environmental Management; ONE-WAY STREETS; TRAFFIC STUDIES IN MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT FOR THE PEDESTRIAN; TRANSPORT FOR THE ELDERLY; GENERAL MANAGEMENT MEASURES; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT; NEW FORMS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT; MEASURES TO IMPROVE BUS ROUTES; CONGESTION AND RESTRAINT; FREIGHT INTERCHANGES; SEGREGATION MEASURES; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND ASSESSMENTS; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 6. The Road User, the Vehicle and the Road.
- PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORSTHE SENSORY SYSTEM; VISION; HEARING; OTHER SENSES; APPLICATIONS; PERCEPTION; THE DRIVING TASK; MODIFYING FACTORS IN PERFORMANCE; FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE BEHAVIOUR; THE VEHICLE; VISIBILITY; LIGHTING; VEHICLE WARNING AND INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS; BRAKES; VEHICLE DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHTS; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE; THE ROAD; ROAD ALIGNMENT; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 7. The Traffic Stream and Capacity; THE TRAFFIC STREAM; HEADWAYS; TRAFFIC FLOW RELATIONSHIPS; CAPACITY; SPEED CHARACTERISTICS; OVERTAKING; JUNCTIONS; OPERATION; VEHICLE MOVEMENTS AND MANOEUVRES; DELAYS; TYPES OF JUNCTIONS.
- ROUNDABOUTSELEMENTS OF DESIGN; ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION LENGTHS; GRADE SEPARATED INTERCHANGES; CAPACITY; CAPACITY OF JUNCTIONS AND INTERCHANGES; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 8. Traffic Control Systems; DEFINITIONS AND NOTATION; CAPACITY OF JUNCTIONS WITH SIGNALS; CYCLE TIME CHOICE; VEHICLE ACTUATED SIGNALS; ADDITIONAL SIGNAL CONTROL FACILITIES; BUS SIGNALS; COORDINATED SIGNAL SYSTEMS; AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL OR WIDE AREA CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIPMENT; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 9. Street Lighting, Traffic Signs and Carriageway Markings; STREET LIGHTING; GENERAL PRINCIPLES.