Understanding Traffic Systems: Data, Analysis and Presentation - Hardcover

Taylor, Michael A. P.; Young, William; Bonsall, Peter W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0291398154 ISBN 13: 9780291398154

Publisher: Gower Technical, 1996

Synopsis

Introduces and demonstrates techniques for examining traffic problems, for traffic analysts, engineers, and planners. Part A tells how to get information about traffic systems from traffic data, and how to apply this information in the assessment of the performance of traffic systems and their interaction with land use activities. Part B addresses theories of traffic flow, covering uninterrupted and interrupted flow models, and Part C describes principles of good survey planning and management. Part D is concerned with development and use of analytical techniques for transforming raw data into useful information, with material on data presentation, descriptive statistics, statistical analysis techniques, and basic models of the traffic system. Utilizes examples from several countries. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Taylor is the Professor of Transport Planning and Director of the Transport Systems Centre at the University of South Australia. Peter Bonsall is Professor of Transport Planning and Director of Studies at the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, UK William Young is the Professor of Civil Engineering and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia

Review

'The stated aim of this book is to introduce the principle techniques used by the traffic engineer or transport planner to examine traffic problems. The goal is achieved and this comprehensive text scores full marks for its emphasis on the essential role of traffic data...Aspiring traffic engineers will find the book useful for obtaining an understanding about the rold of traffic data, while the cogent and logical approach to theory is also likely to distinguish this book as a teaching text...this text provides excellent coverage of all of the main techniques likely to be employed by the traffic analyst from saturation flow measurement to spot speed recording.' Journal of Transport Geography

Edition details

• Publisher: Gower Technical
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0291398154
• ISBN 13: 9780291398154
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 443