Highway engineering : planning, design, and operations / Daniel J. Findley, PhD, PE, Bastian J. Schroeder, PhD, PE, Christopher M. Cunningham, MS, PE, Thomas H. Brown Jr., PhD, PE.

Includes index.

1. Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; References; 1.2 Organization of the Book; 1.2.1 Part 2: Transportation Planning; 1.2.2 Part 3: Horizontal and Vertical Alignment; 1.2.3 Part 4: Highway Geometric Design; 1.2.4 Part 5: Traffic Operations; 1.2.5 Part 6: Traffic Safety; 1.2.6 Part 7: Geotechnical; 1.2.7 Part 8: Structures; 1.2.8 Part 9: Hydraulics; 1.3 Functional Classifications of Highway; 1.3.1 Arterials; 1.3.2 Collectors; 1.3.3 Local Streets; 1.4 Types of Intersections; 1.4.1 Unsignalized Intersections 1.4.2 Signalized Intersections1.4.3 Alternative Intersections; 2. Transportation Planning; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Purpose of Transportation Planning; Metropolitan Planning Organization; State Department of Transportation Planning Organization; Regional Transportation Planning Organization; Prioritizing Transportation Investments; Emphasizing Agency Coordination; Planning Applications and Topics; 2.1.2 Accuracy and Error in Forecasting; 2.2 Planning Concepts and Four-Step Process Overview; 2.2.1 Regional and Statewide Planning Process; 2.2.2 Traffic Impact Analyses; Scope; Process Typical Mitigation Strategies2.2.3 Highway Functional Classification System; 2.2.4 Planning Data and Data Sources; Traffic Counts; Average Daily Traffic; Design Hourly Volume and Directional Design Hourly Volume; Peak Hour Volume; 2.3.1 Planning Definitions and Terms; 2.3 Trip Generation; 2.3.1 Land Use Types; 2.3.2 Estimating Generated Trips; 2.4.1 Sample Network Application of Trip Generation; 2.4 Trip Distribution; 2.4.1 Gravity Model; 2.4.2 Use of Data and Calibration; 2.4.3 Sample Network Application of Trip Distribution; 2.5 Mode Choice; 2.5.1 Trip End Models 2.5.2 Trip Interchange ModelsVariables Impacting Mode Choice; Utility Models; Types of Logit Models; 2.6 Traffic Assignment; 2.6.1 Network, Paths, and Skimming; 2.6.2 Shortest Path Assignment; 2.7.1 Capacity-Constrained Assignment; 2.7.2 Dynamic Traffic Assignment and Other Advanced Algorithms; 2.7.3 Sample Network Application for Traffic Assignment; 2.7 Travel Demand Model Applications; 2.7.1 Scoping a Planning Study; 2.7.2 Travel Demand Modeling Software; 2.7.3 Activity-Based Models; 2.7.4 Forecasting Nonmotorized Travel; 2.7.5 Forecasting Freight and Goods Movements; 2.8 Practice Problems.

This book helps readers maximize effectiveness in all facets of highway engineering including planning, design, operations, safety, and geotechnical engineering. It features a seven part treatment, beginning with a clear and rigorous exposition of highway engineering concepts. These include project development, and the relationship between planning, operations, safety, and highway types (functional classification). Planning concepts and a four-step process overview are covered, along with trip generation, equations versus rates, trip distribution, and shortest path models equations versus rates. This is followed by parts concerning applications for horizontal and vertical alignment, highway geometric design, traffic operations, traffic safety, and civil engineering topics.