PPI Transportation Depth Reference Manual for the PE Civil Exam, 3rd Edition – A Complete Reference Manual for the NCEES PE Civil Transportation Exam - Softcover

Voigt PE PLS, Norman R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591266238 ISBN 13: 9781591266235

Publisher: PPI, a Kaplan Company, 2018

Synopsis

Comprehensive Coverage of the PE Civil Exam Transportation Depth Section

The Transportation Depth Reference Manual for the PE Civil Exam prepares you for the transportation depth section of the NCEES PE Civil Transportation Exam. It provides a concise, yet thorough review of the transportation depth section exam topics and associated equations. More than 25 end-of chapter problems and 45 example problems, all with step-by-step solutions, show how to apply concepts and solve exam-like problems. A thorough index directs you to more than 280 equations, 150 tables, 140 figures, 35 appendices, and to the exam-adopted codes and standards.

Topics Covered 

• Geometric Design
• Pedestrian and Mass Transit Analysis    
• Traffic and Capacity Analysis    
• Traffic Safety
• Transportation Construction
• Transportation Planning    

Referenced Codes and Standards

• AASHTO Green Book, 6th Edition (2011)    
• AASHTO Guide for Design of Pavement Structures (1993, and 1998 supplement)     
• AASHTO Guide for the Planning, Design, and Operation of Pedestrian Facilities, 1st Edition (2004)      
• AASHTO Highway Safety Manual, 1st Edition (2010)    
• AASHTO Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide: A Manual of Practice, 2nd Edition (2015)          
• AASHTO Roadside Design Guide, 4th Edition (2011)
• AI The Asphalt Handbook, 7th Edition (2007)
• FHWA Hydraulic Design of Highway Culverts, 3rd Edition (2012)
• HCM Highway Capacity Manual, 6th Edition (2016)    
• MUTCD Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (2009, including revisions in 2012)
• PCA Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures, 16th Edition (2016)
• PROWAG Proposed Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way (2011, and 2013 supplement)

Key Features

• A robust index to facilitate quick referencing during the PE Civil Exam.
• Highlights the most useful equations in the exam-adopted codes and standards.
• Binding: Paperback
• Publisher: PPI, A Kaplan Company

About this title

About the Author

Norman R. Voigt, PE, PLS is registered as both a civil engineer and land surveyor in Pennsylvania.  He holds a Bachelor of Science and master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. He has been responsible for design, construction, maintenance, and inspection on a variety of highway, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian projects, having experience from the consultant’s side and as project engineer for the owner. His experience includes site surveys, corridor alignment layout studies and designs, right of way layout and property research, drainage studies and design, utility mapping and coordination, inter-agency coordination, and management of bridge inspection condition reporting. He has served as a team teacher for The Pennsylvania State University Beaver Campus Civil PE review course concentrating on transportation, construction management, and open channel flow. He has authored Transportation Depth Reference Manual for the Civil PE Exam, Transportation Depth Six-Minute Problems for the PE Civil Exam, Flashcards for Civil PE exam preparation, and was an advisor for on-line PE Transportation Exam Review Forum.  He has taught Transportation Engineering courses at University of Pittsburgh and continues as a participant on the Senior Design Project Review panel for the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Edition details

• Publisher: PPI, a Kaplan Company
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1591266238
• ISBN 13: 9781591266235
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 344