TY - BOOK AU - Roess,Roger P. AU - Prassas,Elena S. AU - McShane,William R. TI - Traffic engineering SN - 9780136135739 AV - HE355 .M43 2011 PY - 2011///] CY - Upper Saddle River, NJ PB - Pearson KW - Traffic engineering KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; -- Introduction to traffic engineering; -- Road user and vehicle characteristics; -- Roadways and their geometric characteristics; -- Introduction to traffic control devices; -- Traffic stream characteristics; -- Introduction to traffic flow theory; -- Statistical applications in traffic engineering; -- Traffic data collection and reduction methodologies; -- Volume studies and characteristics; -- Speed, travel time, and delay studies; -- Highway traffic safety: studies, statistics, and programs; -- Parking; -- Fundamental concepts for uninterrupted flow facilities; -- Basic freeway segments and multilane highways; -- Weaving, merging, and diverging movements on freeways and multilane highways; -- Two-lane highways; -- Signing and marking for freeways and rural highways; -- The hierarchy of intersection control; -- Elements of intersection design and layout; -- Basic principles of intersection signalization; -- Fundamentals of signal timing and design: pretimed signals; -- Fundamentals of signal timing: actuated signals; -- Critical movement analysis of signalized intersections; -- Analysis of signalized interactions; -- Intelligent transportation systems in support of traffic management and control; -- Signal coordination for arterials and networks: undersaturated conditions; -- Signal coordination for arterials and networks: oversaturated conditions; -- Analysis of streets in a multimodal context; -- Planning, design, and operation of streets and arterials; -- Traffic impact analysis ER -