Traffic Engineering And Transport Planning

Traffic Engineering And Transport Planning by L. R. Kadiyali

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Book Summary:

The spectacular growth of the automobile as one of the most convenient modes of travel has brought in its wake frustrating problems of parking, accidents, delay, congestion and environmental degradation. It is ho longer sufficient to build roads of adequate structural strength to cater to the needs of vehicles, but it is equally important that the safe, efficient and comfortable movement of traffic and other road user is ensured on these roads. This need has given birth to new branch of engineering, known as Traffic Engineering. The subject is growing in important as the vehicle population increases, and the attendant problems become alarming.

Audience of the Book :

This book Useful for Engineering and Transportation.

Table of Content:

1. Introduction

2. Traffic Surveys

3. Ananlisis And Interpretation Of Traffic Studies

4. Geometric Design

5. Parking

6. Traffic Control

7. Traffic Regulations

8. Traffic Safety

9. Street Lighting

10. Traffic Management

11. Highway Capacity

12. Theory Of Traffic Flow

13. Transport Planning

14. Transport Economics

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