Introduction to traffic engineering : a manual for data collection and analysis /

Currin, Thomas R.

Introduction to traffic engineering : a manual for data collection and analysis / Thomas R. Currin - Stamford, CT : Cengage Learning, c2013 - ix, 143 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction --
Spot Speed Study --
Determining Roadway Speeds --
Turning Movement Counts --
Assessing the Signalized Intersection I --
Vehicle Delay Study --
Assessing the Signalized Intersection II --
Parking Study --
On and Off Street Analysis --
Saturation Flow Rate --
Assessing the Signalized Intersection III --
Poisson Distribution --
Assessing the Signalized Intersection IV --
Queue Length --
Assessing the Signalized Intersection V --
Gap Study --
Capacity and the Unsignalized Intersection --
Traffic Compliance Study --
Obeying the Law --
Platoon Ratio --
Identifying Progressive Movement --
Vehicle Occupancy Study --
Measuring Persons per Vehicle --
Origin-Destination Study --
Where and When Do They Travel? --
Trip Generation --
Land Use and Trip Production.


Designed to aid the student of traffic engineering and the transportation engineering professional in sound data collection and analysis techniques by presenting step-by-step techniques for thirteen commonly encountered topics in the daily practice of traffic engineering.

9781111578619


TRAFFIC ENGINEERING

HE 333 .C87 2013