Transportation Engineering: An Introduction (2nd Edition) [Hardcover]

C. Jotin Khisty (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0131573551 | ISBN-13: 978-0131573550 | Publication Date: July 23, 1997 | Edition: 2

This text covers the essentials of transportation engineering, planning and management using an interdisciplinary approach. It includes a wide spectrum of topics, encompassing both traditional principles - traffic engineering, transportation planning - and non-traditional considerations - transportation economics, land use, energy, public transport, and transportation systems management. Both quantitative and policy-oriented topics are incorporated, each supported by numerous worked examples and problems of varying complexity. This edition: reflects recent information and techniques drawn from publications by the Transportation Research Board's Highway Capacity Manual; references the latest computer programs in the public and private sectors; updates coverage of geometric design to reflect recent revisions of AASHTO's Geometric Design; and expands coverage of transportation economics, traffic flow and transportation systems management.

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This text covers the essentials of transportation engineering, planning and management with an interdisciplinary approach. It includes an unusually wide spectrum of topics, encompassing both traditional principles--traffic engineering, transportation planning--and non-traditional considerations--transportation economics, land use, energy, public transport, transportation systems management. Both quantitative and policy-oriented topics are incorporated, each supported by numerous worked examples and problems of varying complexity. The Second Edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the latest information from a variety of current sources.

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This text covers the essentials of transportation engineering, planning and management with an interdisciplinary approach. It includes an unusually wide spectrum of topics, encompassing both traditional principles—traffic engineering, transportation planning—and non-traditional considerations—transportation economics, land use, energy, public transport, transportation systems management. Both quantitative and policy-oriented topics are incorporated, each supported by numerous worked examples and problems of varying complexity. The Second Edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the latest information from a variety of current sources.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 720 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (July 23, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131573551
• ISBN-13: 978-0131573550
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,327,446 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A pretty good book, September 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Transportation Engineering: An Introduction (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

This is a good book covering the fundamentals of Transportation Engineering. There are a bunch of typos which irritate a bit, otherwise the book is okay.

3.0 out of 5 stars Engineer, March 27, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Transportation Engineering: An Introduction (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

This book seems to contain plenty of updated information gathered from many good resources. With the exeption of the very many typos, this book is great.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Different point of view, October 17, 2001

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This review is from: Transportation Engineering: An Introduction (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

This book covers most of the fundamental knowledge of transportation engineering. The example is straight forward. You might need to adapt it for the real practise. In the descriptive topic, author has his style/vocab. of writing which is quite tough at the begining to understand but his ideas is interesting.