Handbook of Transportation Engineering Volume I, 2e

The definitive transportation engineering resource--fully revised and updated

The two-volume Handbook of Transportation Engineering, Second Edition offers practical, comprehensive coverage of the entire transportation engineering field. Featuring 18 new chapters and contributions from nearly 70 leading experts, this authoritative work discusses all types of transportation systems--freight, passenger, air, rail, road, marine, and pipeline--and provides problem-solving engineering, planning, and design tools and techniques with examples of successful applications. Volume I focuses on transportation networks and systems, operations, and economics.

VOLUME I COVERS:

National transportation networks and inter-modal systems

Transportation network planning: theoretical notions

Reliability of travel times and robustness of transport networks

Transportation systems modeling and evaluation

Software systems and simulation for transportation applications

Applications of GIS in transportation

Travel demand forecasting

Transportation and land use

Sustainable transportation practice

Transportation planning and modeling

Transportation economics

Innovative information technology applications in public transportation

Parking management

Management of transportation organizations

Trucking operations

The economics of railroad operations: resurgence of a declining industry

Airline management and operations

The marine transportation system

Global logistics

Freight transportation planning