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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsBrief Contents I. Basic Concepts and Characteristics
- Introduction
- Transportation Modes and Characteristics
- Road-User, Vehicle, and Roadway Characteristics
- Communicating with Drivers: Traffic Control Devices
- Traffic Stream Characteristics
- The Concepts of Demand, Volume, and Capacity
- Level of Service and the Highway Capacity Manual: History and Fundamental Concepts
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
II. Traffic Studies and Programs
- Traffic Data Collection and Reduction Methodologies
- Traffic Volume Studies and Characteristics
- Speed, Travel Time, and Delay Studies
- Highway Traffic Safety: An Overview
- Parking: Characteristics, Studies, Programs, and Design
- Traffic Impact Studies and Analyses
III. Interrupted Flow Facilities: Design, Control, and Level of Service
- The Hierarchy of Intersection Control
- Traffic Signal Hardware
- Fundamentals of Intersection Design and Layout
- Principles of Intersection Signalization
- Fundamentals of Signal Timing and Design: Pre-timed Signals
- Fundamentals of Signal Timing and Design: Actuated Signals
- Signal Coordination for Arterials and Networks
- Capacity and Level of Service Analysis: Signalized Intersections–The HCM Method
- Planning-Level Analysis of Signalized Intersections
- Urban Streets and Arterials: Complete Streets and Levels of Service
- Unsignalized Intersections and Roundabouts
- Interchanges and Alternative Intersections
IV. Uninterrupted Flow Facilities: Design, Control, and Level of Service
- An Overview of Geometric Design of Roadways
- Capacity and Level of Service Analysis: Basic Freeway and Multilane Highway Segments
- Capacity and Level of Service Analysis: Weaving Segments on Freeways and Multilane Highways
- Capacity and Level of Service Analysis: Merge and Diverge Segments on Freeways and Multilane Highways
- Operation and Analysis of Freeways and Highways
