Handbook of Transportation Engineering Volume I, 2e (eBook)

The definitive transportation engineering resource--fully revised and updatedThe 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 systemsTransportation network planning: theoretical notionsReliability of travel times and robustness of transport networksTransportation systems modeling and evaluationSoftware systems and simulation for transportation applicationsApplications of GIS in transportationTravel demand forecastingTransportation and land useSustainable transportation practiceTransportation planning and modelingTransportation economicsInnovative information technology applications in public transportationParking managementManagement of transportation organizationsTrucking operationsThe economics of railroad operations: resurgence of a declining industryAirline management and operationsThe marine transportation systemGlobal logisticsFreight transportation planning