Transportation Engineering and Planning (English, Paperback, Papacostas C. S)

This popular text uses an enriched and inter-disciplinary approach to introduce transportation engineering. Besides emphasizing the fundamentals of pure sciences, mathematics, and engineering mechanics, the text incorporates new concepts in societal context, geometric design, human factors, traffic engineering through to simulation, transportation planning, and evaluation.

Featuring latest developments on transportation infrastructure, it offers state-of-the-art knowledge on the subject. The text weaves the wide spectrum of coverage ranging from basic engineering principles through to applications, implications, and forecasting into four sections-Design and Operation o Transportation Systems o Transportation Impacts o Supporting Elements With all the innovative learning aids, the book will prove to be a valuable instructional tool for the students and professionals in civil and transportation engineering.