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- Fundamentals of Transportation
- Fundamentals of Transportation/About
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Introduction
- Transportation Economics/Introduction
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Geography and Networks
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Trip Generation
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Trip Generation/Problem
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Trip Generation/Solution
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Destination Choice
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Destination Choice/Background
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Mode Choice
- Diversion Curve techniques
- Disaggregate Travel Demand models
- Psychological roots
- Econometric formulation
- Econometric estimation
- Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives (IIA)
- Consumers' Surplus
- Returning to roots
- Examples
- Example 1: Mode Choice Model
- Example 2: Mode Choice Model Interpretation
- Sample Problem
- Variables
- Abbreviations
- Key Terms
- References
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Mode Choice/Problem
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Mode Choice/Solution
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Route Choice
- Link Performance Function
- Can Flow Exceed Capacity?
- Wardrop's Principles of Equilibrium
- User Equilibrium
- System optimal
- Price of Anarchy
- Conservation of Flow
- Auto assignment
- Long-standing techniques
- Heuristic procedures
- Frank-Wolfe algorithm
- Equilibrium Assignment
- Transit assignment
- Integrating travel choices
- Integrating travel demand with route assignment
- Discussion
- Examples
- Example 1
- Example 2
- Thought Questions
- Sample Problem
- Variables
- Abbreviations
- Key Terms
- External Exercises
- References
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Route Choice/Problem
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Route Choice/Solution
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Evaluation
- Background
- Early Beginnings
- Benefit-cost Analysis in the United States
- Modern Benefit-cost Analysis
- The Planning Programming Budgeting System (PBBS) - 1965
- Office of Management and Budget (OMB) – 1977
- Recent Developments
- Probabilistic Benefit-Cost Analysis
- Discount rate
- Determine a present value
- Evaluation criterion
- Examples
- Example 1: Benefit Cost Application
- Thought Question
- Sample Problems
- Key Terms
- External Exercises
- End Notes
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Planning
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Operations
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Queueing
- Cumulative Input-Output Diagram (Newell Curve)
- Distributions
- Characterizing Queues
- Degree of Saturation
- Little's Formula
- Uncapacitated Queues (M/D/1) and (M/M/1)
- Uncapacitated queues (M/M/1) (random arrival and random service)
- Capacitated Queues (Finite)
- Real Life Causes of Queue Generation
- Examples
- Example 1
- Example 2
- Example 3
- Example 4
- Thought Question
- Sample Problems
- Sample Problem 1 : Queueing at a Tollbooth
- Sample Problem 2 : Queueing at a Ramp Meter
- Sample Problem 3 : Queueing at a Ramp Meter
- Variables
- Key Terms
- External Excercises
- End Notes
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Queueing/Problem1
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Queueing/Solution1
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Queueing/Problem2
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Queueing/Solution2
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Queueing/Problem3
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Queueing/Solution3
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Traffic Flow
- Traffic flow theory
- Time-Space Diagram
- Flow and Density
- Speed
- Time mean speed
- Space mean speed
- Headway
- Time headway
- Space headway
- Fundamental Diagram of Traffic Flow
- Traditional Model (Parabolic)
- Observation (Triangular or Truncated Triangular)
- Microscopic and Macroscopic Models
- Microscopic Models
- Macroscropic Models
- Examples
- Example 1: Time-Mean and Space-Mean Speeds
- Example 2: Computing Traffic Flow Characteristics
- Thought Question
- Sample Problem
- Variables
- Key Terms
- Supplementary Reading
- References
- End Notes
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Traffic Flow/Problem
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Traffic Flow/Solution
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Queueing and Traffic Flow
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Shockwaves
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Shockwaves/Problem
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Shockwaves/Solution
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Traffic Signals
- Intersection Queueing
- Intersection delay
- Level of Service
- Critical Lane Groups
- Cycle Length Calcuation
- Green Time Allocation
- Examples
- Example 1: Intersection Queueing
- Example 2: Total Delay
- Example 3: Cycle Length Calculation
- Thought Question
- Sample Problem
- Variables
- Key Terms
- External Exercises
- References
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Traffic Signals/Problem
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Traffic Signals/Solution
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Design
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Sight Distance
- Derivations
- Stopping Sight Distance
- Passing Sight Distance
- Examples
- Example 1: Stopping Distance
- Example 2: Coefficient of Friction
- Example 3: Grade
- Example 4: Accident Reconstruction
- Example 5: Compute Stopping Sight Distance
- Thought Question
- Sample Problem
- Variables
- Key Terms
- Standards and Practices
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Sight Distance/Problem
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Sight Distance/Solution
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Grade
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Grade/Problem
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Grade/Solution
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Earthwork
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Earthwork/Problem
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Earthwork/Solution
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Horizontal Curves
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Horizontal Curves/Problem
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Horizontal Curves/Solution
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Vertical Curves
- Fundamental Curve Properties
- Parabolic Formulation
- Offset
- Stopping Sight Distance
- Crest Vertical Curves
- Sag Vertical Curves
- Passing Sight Distance
- Examples
- Example 1: Basic Curve Information
- Example 2: Adjustment for Obstacles
- Example 3: Stopping Sight Distance
- Thought Question
- Sample Problem
- Variables
- Key Terms
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Vertical Curves/Problem
- Fundamentals of Transportation/Vertical Curves/Solution
- Transportation Economics/Pricing
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