Review of Transportation engineering basics by A. S. Narasimha Murthy and Henry R. Mohle

Abstract

This book is written as a lab manual to show students how to apply classroom knowledge and principles to real-world problems in the field. Used in conjunction with a transportation engineering text book, this book can help students to understand What type of work will I be doing? and How can I apply this specific knowledge to the project that I’m doing? The book presents its content in the form of a series of labs. The first part of the book covers common traffic engineering studies, such as a spot speed study, turning movements, and volume study, saturation flow study, travel time study, and delay study. Practical topics on parking analysis, pedestrian and bicycle facilities are also discussed. Guidelines and procedures for field data collection and work sheets for data collection, reduction, and summary are included in many labs. A set of questions for improving the definition and the scope of the study, practicing the procedure of field work, and formulating conclusions and recommendations are provided at the end of each lab. The passing of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century ~TEA 21! has presented new opportunities for transportation professionals, and also specified new requirements in many different areas within the field of transportation engineering. In response to the new focuses set by TEA 21, 10 new labs are added to this second edition. Those new labs cover advanced practical