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• Cover
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Introduction to Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Highways and the Economy
• 1.3 Highways, Energy, the Environment, and Climate Change
• 1.4 Highways as Part of the Transportation System
• 1.5 Highway Transportation and the Human Element
• 1.6 Highways and Evolving Technologies
• 1.7 Scope of Study
• References
• Chapter 2: Road Vehicle Performance
• Problems
• Readings
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Tractive Effort and Resistance
• 2.3 Aerodynamic Resistance
• 2.4 Rolling Resistance
• 2.5 Grade Resistance
• 2.6 Available Tractive Effort
• 2.7 Vehicle Acceleration
• 2.8 Fuel Efficiency
• 2.9 Principles of Braking
• 2.10 Practice Problems
• References
• Chapter 3: Geometric Design of Highways
• Problems
• Readings
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Principles of Highway Alignment
• 3.3 Vertical Alignment
• 3.4 Horizontal Alignment
• 3.5 Combined Vertical and Horizontal Alignment
• 3.6 Practice Problems
• References
• Chapter 4: Pavement Design
• Problems
• Readings
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Pavement Types
• 4.3 Pavement System Design: Principles for Flexible Pavements
• 4.4 Traditional Aashto Flexible-Pavement Design Procedure
• 4.5 Pavement System Design: Principles for Rigid Pavements
• 4.6 Traditional Aashto Rigid-Pavement Design Procedure
• 4.7 Design-Lane Loads
• 4.8 Measuring Pavement Quality and Performance
• 4.9 Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design
• 4.10 Practice Problems
• References
• Chapter 5: Fundamentals of Traffic Flow and Queuing Theory
• Problems
• Readings
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Traffic Stream Parameters
• 5.3 Basic Traffic Stream Models
• 5.4 Models of Traffic Flow
• 5.5 Queuing Theory and Traffic Flow Analysis
• 5.6 Traffic Analysis at Highway Bottlenecks
• 5.7 Impact of Autonomous Vehicles
• 5.8 Practice Problems
• References
• Chapter 6: Highway Capacity and Level-of-Service Analysis
• Problems
• Readings
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Level-of-Service Concept
• 6.3 Level-of-Service Determination
• 6.4 Basic Freeway Segments
• 6.5 Multilane Highway Segments
• 6.6 Two-Lane Highways
• 6.7 Design Traffic Volumes
• 6.8 Practice Problems
• Reference
• Chapter 7: Traffic Control and Analysis at Signalized Intersections
• Problems
• Readings
• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Intersection and Signal Control Characteristics
• 7.3 Traffic Flow Fundamentals for Signalized Intersections
• 7.4 Development of a Traffic Signal Phasing and Timing Plan
• 7.5 Analysis of Traffic at Signalized Intersections
• 7.6 Practice Problems
• References
• Chapter 8: Travel Demand and Traffic Forecasting
• Problems
• Readings
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 Traveler Decisions
• 8.3 Scope of the Travel Demand and Traffic Forecasting Problem
• 8.4 Trip Generation
• 8.5 Mode and Destination Choice
• 8.6 Highway Route Choice
• 8.7 Autonomous Vehicles, Highway Performance Functions, and System Optimization
• 8.8 Traffic Forecasting in Practice
• 8.9 The Traditional Four-Step Process
• 8.10 The Current State of Travel Demand and Traffic Forecasting
• 8.11 Practice Problems
• Appendix 8A Least Squares Estimation
• Appendix 8B Maximum-Likelihood Estimation
• References
• Index
• End User License Agreement