Wie Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis, 3e, International Edition

With the ongoing development of new highway projects throughout the country, the demand for highway engineers is rapidly increasing. This transportation engineering text will help interested engineers solve the highway-related problems that are most likely to be encountered in the field. It not only covers the key principles but also prepares them for the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) and/or Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) exams in civil engineering. Topics include road vehicle performance, the geometric alignment of highways, pavement design, traffic analysis, queuing theory, signalized intersections, the assessment of level of service, and traffic forecasting.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction to Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis. 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Technology. 1.2.1 Infrastructure Technologies. 1.2.2 Vehicle Technologies. 1.2.3 Traffic Control Technologies. 1.3 Human Behavior. 1.3.1 Dominance of Single-Occupant Private Vehicles. 1.3.2 Demographic Trends. 1.4 Scope of Study. Chapter 2. Road Vehicle Performance. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Tractive Effort and Resistance. 2.3 Aerodynamic Resistance. 2.4 Rolling Resistance. 2.5 Grade Resistance. 2.6 Available Tractive Effort. 2.6.1 Maximum Tractive Effort. 2.6.2 Engine-Generated Tractive Effort. 2.7 Vehicle Acceleration. 2.8 Fuel Efficiency. 2.9 Principles of Braking. 2.9.1 Braking Forces 26 2.9.2 Braking Force Ratio and Efficiency. 2.9.3 Antilock Braking Systems. 2.9.4 Theoretical Stopping Distance. 2.9.5 Practical Stopping Distance. 2.9.6 Distance Traveled during Driver Perception/Reaction. Chapter 3. Geometric Design of Highways. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Principles of Highway Alignment. 3.3 Vertical Alignment. 3.3.1 Vertical Curve Fundamentals. 3.3.2 Stopping Sight Distance. 3.3.3 Stopping Sight Distance and Crest Vertical Curve Design. 3.3.4 Stopping Sight Distance and Sag Vertical Curve Design. 3.3.5 Passing Sight Distance and Crest Vertical Curve Design. 3.3.6 Underpass Sight Distance and Sag Vertical Curve Design. 3.4 Horizontal Alignment. 3.4.1 Vehicle Cornering. 3.4.2 Horizontal Curve Fundamentals. 3.4.3 Stopping Sight Distance and Horizontal Curve Design. Chapter 4. Pavement Design. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Pavement Types. 4.2.1 Flexible Pavements. 4.2.2 Rigid Pavements. 4.3 Pavement System Design: Principles for Flexible Pavements. 4.3.1 Calculation of Flexible Pavement Stresses and Deflections. 4.4 The AASHTO Flexible-Pavement Design Procedure. 4.4.1 Serviceability Concept. 4.4.2 Flexible-Pavement Design Equation. 4.4.3 Structural Number. 4.5 Pavement System Design: Principles for Rigid Pavements.Z. 4.5.1 Calculation of Rigid-Pavement Stresses and Deflections. 4.6 The AASHTO Rigid-Pavement Design Procedure. Chapter 5. Fundamentals of Traffic Flow and Queuing Theory. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Traffic Stream Parameters. 5.2.1 Traffic Flow, Speed, and Density. 5.3 Basic Traffic Stream Models. 5.3.1 Speed-Density Model. 5.3.2 Flow-Density Model. 5.3.3 Speed-Flow Model. 5.4 Models Of Traffic Flow. 5.4.1 Poisson Model. 5.4.2 Limitations of the Poisson Model. 5.5 Queuing Theory and Traffic Flow Analysis. 5.5.1 Dimensions of Queuing Models. 5.5.2 D/D/1 Queuing. 5.5.3 M/D/1 Queuing. 5.5.4 M/M/1 Queuing. 5.5.5 M/M/N Queuing. 5.6 Traffic Analysis at Highway Bottlenecks. Chapter 6. Highway Capacity and Level of Service Analysis. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Level-of-Service Concept. 6.3 Level-of-Service Determination. 6.3.1 Base Conditions and Capacity. 6.3.2 Determine Free-Flow Speed. 6.3.3 Determine Analysis Flow Rate. 6.3.4 Calculate Service Measure(s) and Determine LOS. 6.4 Basic Freeway Segments. 6.4.1 Base Conditions and Capacity. 6.4.2 Service Measure. 6.4.3 Determining Free-Flow Speed. 6.4.4 Determining Analysis Flow Rate. 6.4.5 Calculating Density and Determining LOS. 6.5 Multilane Highways. 6.5.1 Base Conditions and Capacity. 6.5.2 Service Measure. 6.5.3 Determining Free-Flow Speed. 6.5.4 Determining Analysis Flow Rate. 6.5.5 Calculating Density and Determining LOS. 6.6 Two-Lane Highways. 6.6.1 Base Conditions and Capacity. 6.6.2 Service Measures. 6.6.3 Determining Free-Flow Speed. 6.6.4 Determining Analysis Flow Rate. 6.6.5 Calculate Service Measures. 6.6.6 Determine LOS. 6.7 Design Traffic Volumes. Chapter 7. Traffic Control and Analysis at Signalized Intersections. 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 Intersection and Signal Control Characteristics. 7.3 Analysis of Traffic at Signalized Intersections. 7.3.1 Concepts and Definitions. 7.3.2 Signalized Intersection Analysis with D/D/1 Queuing. 7.3.3 Signalized Intersection Analysis for Level of Service. 7.4 Optimal Traffic Signal Timing. 7.5 Development of a Traffic Signal Phasing and Timing Plan. 7.5.1 Select Signal Phasing. 7.5.2 Establish Analysis Lane Groups. 7.5.3 Calculate Analysis Flow Rates and Adjusted Saturation Flow Rates. 7.5.4 Determine Critical Lane Groups and Total Cycle Lost Time. 7.5.5 Calculate Cycle Length. 7.5.6 Allocate Green Time. 7.5.7 Calculate Change and Clearance Intervals. 7.5.8 Check Pedestrian Crossing Time. 7.6 Level-of-Service Determination. Chapter 8. Travel Demand and Traffic Forecasting. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 Traveler Decisions. 8.3 Scope of the Travel Demand and Traffic Forecasting Problem. 8.4 Trip Generation. 8.4.1 Typical Trip Generation Models. 8.4.2 Trip Generation with Count Data Models. 8.5 Mode and Destination Choice. 8.5.1 Methodological Approach. 8.5.2 Logit Model Applications. 8.6 Highway Route Choice. 8.6.1 Highway Performance Functions. 8.6.2 User Equilibrium. 8.6.3 Mathematical Programming Approach to User Equilibrium. 8.6.4 System Optimization. 8.7 The State of Travel Demand and to Traffic Forecasting in Practice. Appendix 8A Least Squares Estimation. Appendix 8B Maximum-Likelihood Estimation. Appendix A: Metric Example Problems. Appendix B: Metric End-of-Chapter Problems. Appendix C: Unit Conversions. Index.