Handbook of Transportation Engineering Volume I & Volume II, 2 Edition

The definitive transportation engineering resource—fully revised and updated

The two-volume Handbook of Transportation Engineering, Second Edition offers practical, comprehensive coverage of the entire transportation engineering field. Featuring 18 new chapters and contributions from nearly 70 leading experts, this authoritative work discusses all types of transportation systems—freight, passenger, air, rail, road, marine, and pipeline—and provides problem-solving engineering, planning, and design tools and techniques with examples of successful applications. Volume I : Focuses on transportation networks and systems, operations, and economics.

Volume II : Focuses on applications in automobile and non-automobile transportation, and on safety and environmental issues.

Volume I

Contributors
Preface
Vision Statement

Part I : Networks and Systems
Chapter 1 : National Transportation Networks and Inter-Modal Systems
Chapter 2 : Transportation Network Planning : Theoretical Notions
Chapter 3 : Reliability of Travel Times and Robustness of Transport Networks
Chapter 4 : Transportation Systems Modeling and Evaluation
Chapter 5 : Software Systems and Simulation for Transportation Applications
Chapter 6 : Applications of GIS in Transportation
Chapter 7 : Travel Demand Forecasting for Urban Transportation Planning
Chapter 8 : Transportation and Land Use
Chapter 9 : Sustainable Transportation

Part II : Operations and Economics
Chapter 10 : Transportation Planning and Modeling
Chapter 11 : Transportation Economics
Chapter 12 : Innovative Information Technology Applications in Public Transportation
Chapter 13 : Parking Management
Chapter 14 : Trucking Operations
Chapter 15 : The Economics of Railroad Operations : Resurgence of a Declining Industry
Chapter 16 : Airline Management and Operations
Chapter 17 : The Marine Transportation System
Chapter 18 : Global Logistics and the Maritime Transport System
Chapter 19 : Freight Transportation Planning
Chapter 20 : Management of Transportation Organizations

Index


Volume II

Contributors.
Preface
Vision Statement

Part III : Automobile Transportation-Traffic, Streets and Highway
Chapter 1 : Traffic Engineering Analysis
Chapter 2 : Traffic Origin-Destination Estimation
Chapter 3 : Traffic Congestion
Chapter 4 : Highway Capacity
Chapter 5 : Traffic Control Systems : Freeway Management and Communications
Chapter 6 : Traffic Signals
Chapter 7 : Highway Sign Visibility
Chapter 8 : Roadway Transportation Lighting
Chapter 9 : Geometric Design of Streets and Highways
Chapter 10 : Intersection and Interchange Design
Chapter 11 : Pavement Engineering I : Flexible
Chapter 12 : Pavement Engineering II : Rigid Pavements
Chapter 13 : Pavement Testing and Evaluation
Chapter 14 : Modern Bridge Engineering
Chapter 15 : Tunnel Engineering

Part IV : Non-Automobile Transportation
Chapter 16 : Pedestrians
Chapter 17 : Bicycle Transportation
Chapter 18 : The Spectrum of Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) and its Applications
Chapter 19 : Railway Vehicle Engineering
Chapter 20 : Railway Track Design
Chapter 21 : Improvement of Railroad Yard Operations
Chapter 22 : Modern Aircraft Design Techniques
Chapter 23 : Airport Design
Chapter 24 : Air Traffic Control Systems Design
Chapter 25 : Maritime Transport and Ship Design
Chapter 26 : Oil and Gas Pipeline Engineering

Part V : Safety, Noise and Air Quality
Chapter 27 : Traffic Safety
Chapter 28 : Transportation Hazards
Chapter 29 : Hazardous Materials Transportation
Chapter 30 : Incident Management
Chapter 31 : Security and Survivability of Surface Transportation Networks
Chapter 32 : Optimization of Emergency Evacuation Plans
Chapter 33 : Transportation Noise Issues
Chapter 34 : Transportation-Related Air Quality
Chapter 35 : Climate Change and Transportation

Index