Transportation Engineering Basics (Paperback)

Paperback. This Second Edition shows students how to use classroom knowledge to solve real-life transportation and traffic engineering problems. addresses congestion, air pollution, transit, financing, politics, and signals. Each user-friendly chapter is designed as lab work, providing essential theory, background information, figures, tables, worksheets, and questions. This updated and expanded edition includes ten new labs and incorporates changes resulting from the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA, 1990) and the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century (TEA-21, 1998). Transportation Engineering Basics, Second Edition includes information about current job opportunities, a section on software use, summaries of the latest transportation websites, a list of esteemed transportation journals, and a glossary of terms used in the transportation field. Shows students how to use classroom knowledge to solve real-life transportation and traffic engineering problems. This comprehensive labbook addresses congestion, air pollution, transit, financing, politics, and signals. Each chapter is designed as lab work, providing theory, background information, figures, tables, worksheets, and questions. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…