Understanding Traffic Systems: Data, Analysis and Presentation

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.

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