摘要: |
This book's stated primary audience is "instructors and students of the first Transportation Engineering course." That said, Transportation Engineering FE2+ contains a wealth of information pertaining to the planning, design, and operation of transportation infrastructure and also may serve as a useful reference for the practicing transportation professional and a study resource for engineers preparing to take the Professional Engineer Exam. The book is organized into 31 chapters averaging about 10 pages each. This fact illustrates the extensive breadth of topics covered, which should provide more than enough material for an instructor to select for inclusion in the typical introductory transportation engineering course as part of an undergraduate civil engineering curriculum. Each chapter begins with an objective and desired learning outcome. The first chapter explains the background and motivation for development of the book, provides an overview of its contents and potential uses, and describes its relationship to important items outside the course, such as the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam and ABET accreditation criteria. This chapter notes that every transportation engineering topic included in the FE exam specifications, other than pavement design, is addressed in the book. |