Challenges and Advances in Sustainable Transportation Systems : Plan, Design, Build, Manage, and Maintain

Title: Challenges and Advances in Sustainable Transportation Systems : Plan, Design, Build, Manage, and Maintain
Author: , Endi Zhai, Pei-Sung Lin, Wei-Chou Virgil Ping, Xiuli Du, Yilei Huang
ISBN: 0784413363 / 9780784413364
Format: Soft Cover
Pages: 720
Publisher: ASCE
Year: 2014
Availability: Out of Stock

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Proceedings of the10th Asia Pacific Transportation Development Conference, held in Beijing, China, May 25-27, 2014. Sponsored by International Chinese Transportation Professionals Association, Beijing University of Technology, and Transportation & Development Institute of ASCE.

Challenges and Advances in Sustainable Transportation Systems contains 86 peer-reviewed papers addressing the challenges facing transportation engineers in the design, construction, maintenance, and management of transportation facilities.

Topics include

  • planning and design of sustainable public transport
  • asphalt mixtures in highway construction
  • rail and subway planning and design
  • intelligent transportation systems
  • tunnel design and construction
  • geotechnical design considerations
  • bridge design, durability, monitoring, and evaluation

This proceedings will be of interest to academics, practitioners, planners, and managers working in the field of transportation engineering.