Highway Engineering: Planning, Design, and Operations

ISBN-13: 9780128221853 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 738 str.

Daniel J. Findley; Christopher Cunningham; Tom Brown

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Transportation Systems Planning 3. Horizontal and Vertical Alignment 4. Highway Geometric Design 5. Traffic Operations 6. Traffic Safety 7. Geotechnical Engineering 8. Structures 9. Hydraulics

O autorze

Dr. Daniel Findley, P.E. is a Senior Research Associate with the Institute for Transportation Research and Education in Raleigh, NC. He specializes in asset management and inventory, horizontal curve safety, economic impact analysis, multi-modal transportation, unique transportation engineering studies, and logistics. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University and is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in North Carolina. Mr. Chris Cunningham, PE is currently serving as an Interim Director with the Institute for Transportation Research and Education at North Carolina State University. His areas of expertise are in transportation safety and operations, with focus areas in the research and training domains. Specifically, Cunningham regularly works in the areas of safety analysis, asset management, ITS applications, pedestrian and bicycles, alternative intersections and interchanges, and traffic signal timing and optimization. Currently, Mr. Cunningham has fourteen years of professional experience and has conducted numerous training and research activities at the municipal, state, and national levels and serves as a member and friend on many committees in these areas as well. In 2010, he served as co-editor for the 2nd Edition of the ITE Manual of Transportation Studies alongside the other two authors of this book. Dr. Thomas H. Brown Jr., P.E. is a Faculty Associate with the Institute for

Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) in Raleigh, NC. He

teaches engineering classes for several major programs through

contracts ITRE has with the North Carolina DOT. He holds a Ph.D.

from North Carolina State University and is a licensed Professional

Engineer (PE) in North Carolina.

Lorraine M. Cahill is a Program Manager at the FEP Training Program, Institute for Transportation Research and Education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA Guangchuan Yang is a research associate at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education at North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, USA Leta F. Huntsinger is Director of Research - Systems Planning and Analysis, and Professor of the Practice, UNC Department of City and Regional Planning at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA