Transportation Engineering

Author: Liu Yan, Yang Yafen, Editors
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book is designed as a higher vocational education textbook, comprising eleven chapters that systematically elaborate on the theory and practice of transportation engineering. The content includes an introduction, characteristics of humans, vehicles, and roads in road traffic, basic features of traffic flow, traffic volume investigation and analysis, traffic flow theory, road capacity and service levels, road traffic planning, traffic safety management and control, parking lot planning and design, environmental protection in road traffic, and intelligent transportation systems. The book not only covers the curriculum content of traffic engineering but also provides readers with a wealth of supplementary reading materials. When used as a textbook, instructors can select key topics based on the number of teaching hours available. This book serves as a textbook for traffic engineering programs and can also be used as a reference for automotive transportation, civil engineering, and urban planning programs. Additionally, it is suitable for technical and managerial personnel in urban traffic planning, road planning and design, transportation, public transportation, and traffic management departments.