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Index
Cover
Title Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Sources
Chapter 1: The Transportation Planning Process
1.1 Why are highways so important?
1.2 The administration of highway schemes
1.3 Sources of funding
1.4 Highway planning
1.5 The decision-making process in highway and transport planning
1.6 Summary
1.7 References
Chapter 2: Forecasting Future Traffic Flows
2.1 Basic principles of traffic demand analysis
2.2 Demand modelling
2.3 Land-use models
2.4 Trip generation
2.5 Trip distribution
2.6 Modal split
2.7 Traffic assignment
2.8 A full example of the four-stage transportation modelling process
2.9 Concluding comments
2.10 References
Chapter 3: Scheme Appraisal for Highway Projects
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Economic appraisal of highway schemes
3.3 CBA
3.4 Payback analysis
3.5 Environmental appraisal of highway schemes
3.6 The New Approach to Appraisal
3.7 NATA Refresh (Department for Transport, 2008)
3.8 Summary
3.9 References
Chapter 4: Basic Elements of Highway Traffic Analysis
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Surveying road traffic
4.3 Journey speed and travel time surveys
4.4 Speed, flow and density of a stream of traffic
4.5 Headway distributions in highway traffic flow
4.6 Queuing analysis
4.7 References
Chapter 5: Determining the Capacity of a Highway
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The ‘level of service’ approach using Transportation Research Board (1994)
5.3 Methodology for analysing the capacity and level of service of highways within Transportation Research Board (2010)
5.4 The UK approach for rural roads
5.5 The UK approach for urban roads
5.6 Expansion of 12- and 16-h traffic counts into AADT flows
5.7 Concluding comments
5.8 References
Chapter 6: The Design of Highway Intersections
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Deriving DRFs from baseline traffic figures
6.3 Major/minor priority intersections
6.4 Roundabout intersections
6.5 Basics of traffic signal control: Optimisation and delays
6.6 Concluding remarks
6.7 References
Chapter 7: Geometric Alignment and Design
7.1 Basic physical elements of a highway
7.2 Design speed and stopping and overtaking sight distances
7.3 Geometric parameters dependent on design speed
7.4 Sight distances
7.5 Horizontal alignment
7.6 Vertical alignment
7.7 References
Chapter 8: Highway Pavement Materials and Loading
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Soils at subformation level
8.3 Traffic loading
8.4 Materials within flexible pavements
8.5 Materials in rigid pavements
8.6 References
Chapter 9: Structural Design of Highway Pavements
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Pavement components: Terminology
9.3 Foundation design
9.4 Pavement design
9.5 References
Chapter 10: Pavement Maintenance
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Pavement deterioration
10.3 Compiling information on the pavement’s condition
10.4 Forms of maintenance
10.5 References
Chapter 11: The Highway Engineer and the Development Process
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Transport assessments
11.3 Travel plans
11.4 Road Safety Audits
11.5 References
Chapter 12: Defining Sustainability in Transportation Engineering
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Social sustainability
12.3 Environmental sustainability
12.4 Economic sustainability
12.5 The four pillars of sustainable transport planning
12.6 How will urban areas adapt to the need for increased sustainability?
12.7 The role of the street in sustainable transport planning
12.8 Public transport
12.9 Using performance indicators to ensure a more balanced transport policy
12.10 A sustainable parking policy
12.11 References
Index
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