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Title: Principles of Transportation Engineering

Authors: Partha Chakroborty and Animesh Das

PART - I     TRAFFIC ENGINEERING

Chapter-5 Design of Traffic Facilities                     

                                                                                                                               

q       Introduction

q       Freeways (or Expressways)           

q       Intersections                      

¨     Unsignalized Intersections

¨     Signalized Intersections

q       Interchanges          

¨     Warrants for interchanges

¨     Design of interchanges

q       Parking Facilities    

¨     Parking demand

¨     On-street parking

¨     Off-street parking

¨     Parking stalls

¨     Vehicle circulation

q       Road Signs

¨     Text of the sign

¨     Lettering, letter sizes, and colour

¨     Placement