Highway engineering / Martin Rogers and Bernard Enright.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Sources -- Chapter 1: The Transportation Planning Process -- 1.1 Why are highways so important? -- 1.2 The administration of highway schemes -- 1.3 Sources of funding -- 1.4 Highway planning -- 1.5 The decision-making process in highway and transport planning -- 1.6 Summary -- 1.7 References -- Chapter 2: Forecasting Future Traffic Flows -- 2.1 Basic principles of traffic demand analysis -- 2.2 Demand modelling -- 2.3 Land-use models -- 2.4 Trip generation -- 2.5 Trip distribution -- 2.6 Modal split -- 2.7 Traffic assignment -- 2.8 A full example of the four-stage transportation modelling process -- 2.9 Concluding comments -- 2.10 References -- Chapter 3: Scheme Appraisal for Highway Projects -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Economic appraisal of highway schemes -- 3.3 CBA -- 3.4 Payback analysis -- 3.5 Environmental appraisal of highway schemes -- 3.6 The New Approach to Appraisal -- 3.7 NATA Refresh (Department for Transport, 2008) -- 3.8 Summary -- 3.9 References -- Chapter 4: Basic Elements of Highway Traffic Analysis -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Surveying road traffic -- 4.3 Journey speed and travel time surveys -- 4.4 Speed, flow and density of a stream of traffic -- 4.5 Headway distributions in highway traffic flow -- 4.6 Queuing analysis -- 4.7 References -- Chapter 5: Determining the Capacity of a Highway -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The 'level of service' approach using Transportation Research Board (1994) -- 5.3 Methodology for analysing the capacity and level of service of highways within Transportation Research Board (2010) -- 5.4 The UK approach for rural roads -- 5.5 The UK approach for urban roads -- 5.6 Expansion of 12- and 16-h traffic counts into AADT flows -- 5.7 Concluding comments -- 5.8 References -- Chapter 6: The Design of Highway Intersections -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Deriving DRFs from baseline traffic figures -- 6.3 Major/minor priority intersections -- 6.4 Roundabout intersections -- 6.5 Basics of traffic signal control: Optimisation and delays -- 6.6 Concluding remarks -- 6.7 References -- Chapter 7: Geometric Alignment and Design -- 7.1 Basic physical elements of a highway -- 7.2 Design speed and stopping and overtaking sight distances -- 7.3 Geometric parameters dependent on design speed -- 7.4 Sight distances -- 7.5 Horizontal alignment -- 7.6 Vertical alignment -- 7.7 References -- Chapter 8: Highway Pavement Materials and Loading -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Soils at subformation level -- 8.3 Traffic loading -- 8.4 Materials within flexible pavements -- 8.5 Materials in rigid pavements -- 8.6 References -- Chapter 9: Structural Design of Highway Pavements -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Pavement components: Terminology -- 9.3 Foundation design -- 9.4 Pavement design -- 9.5 References -- Chapter 10: Pavement Maintenance -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Pavement deterioration -- 10.3 Compiling information on the pavement's condition -- 10.4 Forms of maintenance -- 10.5 References -- Chapter 11: The Highway Engineer and the Development Process -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Transport assessments -- 11.3 Travel plans -- 11.4 Road Safety Audits -- 11.5 References -- Chapter 12: Defining Sustainability in Transportation Engineering -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Social sustainability -- 12.3 Environmental sustainability -- 12.4 Economic sustainability -- 12.5 The four pillars of sustainable transport planning -- 12.6 How will urban areas adapt to the need for increased sustainability? -- 12.7 The role of the street in sustainable transport planning -- 12.8 Public transport -- 12.9 Using performance indicators to ensure a more balanced transport policy -- 12.10 A sustainable parking policy -- 12.11 References -- Index.

The repair, renovation and replacement of highway infrastructure, along with the provision of new highways, is a core element of civil engineering, so this book covers basic theory and practice in sufficient depth to provide a solid grounding to students of civil engineering and trainee practitioners. Moves in a logical sequence from the planning and economic justification for a highway, through the geometric design and traffic analysis of highway links and intersections, to the design and maintenance of both flexible and rigid pavements. Covers geometric alignment of highways, junction and pavement design, structural design and pavement maintenance. Includes detailed discussions of traffic analysis and the economic appraisal of projects. Makes frequent reference to the Department of Transports Design Manual for Roads and Bridges. Places the provision of roads and motorways in context by introducing the economic, political, social and administrative dimensions of the subject.