Transport planning and traffic engineering

'Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering' is a comprehensive textbook on the relevant principles and practice. It includes sections on transport policy and planning, traffic surveys and accident investigation, road design for capacity and safety, and traffic management. Clearly written and illustrated, the book is ideal reading for students of transport, transport planning, traffic engineering and road design. This new book, written by senior academics in the field of transport, is a worthy successor to the widely acclaimed first volume of O'Flaherty's Highways. The content has been expanded and thoroughly updated to reflect the many changes that have taken place in this topical area. Prepared in collaboration with recognised field experts For senior undergraduate and postgraduate students in transport and traffic engineering Also of value to practising engineers and urban planners Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering is a comprehensive textbook on principles and practice. It includes sections on transport policy and planning, traffic surveys and accident investigation, road design for capacity and safety, and traffic management. Clearly written and illustrated, the book is ideal reading for students of transport, transport planning, traffic engineering and road design. Written by senior academics in the field of transport, it is a worthy successor to the widely acclaimed first volume of O'Flaherty's Highways . The content has been expanded and thoroughly updated to reflect the many changes that have taken place in this topical area. Content: Principles of transport analysis and forecasting Developing the parking plan Planning for pedestrians, cyclists and disabled people Technologies for urban, inter-urban and rural passenger transport systems Planning for public transport Freight transport planning : an introduction Traffic surveys and accident investigations Road capacity and design-standard approaches to road design Road accidents Geometric design of streets and highways Intersection design and capacity Introduction to computer-aided design of junctions and highways Road lighting Traffic management Driver information systems. This comprehensive examination of the principles and practice of transport planning and traffic engineering discusses planning, traffic surveys and accident investigation, design for capacity and safety, and traffic management. The birth of the road is lost in the mists of antiquity.