Roundabouts as Safe and Modern Solutions in Transport Networks and Systems: 15th Scientific and Technical Conference “Transport Systems. Theory and ... (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 52) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3319986171 ISBN 13: 9783319986173

Publisher: Springer, 2018

Synopsis

Recent research on contemporary Transport Networks and Traffic Engineering

Presents most up-to-date solutions in the field, evaluation of the current state and development perspectives for the transport systems within the urban areas, regions, countries and Europe

Selected papers from the 15th Scientific and Technical Conference "Transport Systems. Theory & Practice 2018" held on September 17-19, 2018 in Katowice, Poland

Written by experts in the field  

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This book offers a collection of guidelines that will be particularly useful to those making decisions concerning roundabouts as safe and modern solutions in transport networks and systems. The decision-making support systems described here will interest those who face the challenge of finding solutions to problems concerning modern transport systems on a daily basis. Consequently, the book is chiefly intended for local authorities involved in planning and preparing development strategies for specific transport-related issues (in both urban and regional contexts), as well as for representatives of business and industry who are directly engaged in the implementation of traffic engineering solutions.

The guidelines provided in the respective chapters help to address the given problem soundly, and to simplify the selection of an appropriate strategy. The topics covered include traffic conditions and the performance of single-lane, two-lane and turboroundabouts, road traffic safety analysis, analysis of road traffic safety improvements, surrogate safety measures at roundabouts, analysis of pedestrian behavior at pedestrian crossings with public transport vehicles, methods for assessing vehicle motion trajectory at single-lane roundabouts using visual techniques, making compact two-lane roundabouts effective for vulnerable road users, concepts for wireless electric vehicle charging near roundabouts, work zones, and temporary traffic control at roundabouts. Since the book also considers new approaches to theoretical models (including modeling roundabout capacity, models of critical gaps and follow-up headways for turbo roundabouts, and estimating roundabout delay while taking into account pedestrian impact), it will also appeal to researchers and scientists studying these problems.

 

The book gathers selected papers presented at the 15th Scientific and Technical Conference “Transport Systems. Theory andPractice”, organized by the Department of Transport Systems and Traffic Engineering, Silesian University of Technology in Katowice, Poland on September 17–19, 2018.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319986171
• ISBN 13: 9783319986173
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 189
• Editor: Macioszek Elżbieta, Akçelik Rahmi, Sierpiński Grzegorz