Alternative Types of Roundabouts - An Informational Guide

This book presents a history of roundabouts, an introduction to their design, calculations of their capacity and traffic-safety features. It describes the key features of standard roundabouts and their limitations. Alternative types of roundabouts are a fairly recent development and have only been implemented in a few countries to date. The book illustrates a broad variety of these recent alternative types of roundabouts, as well as proposed types still in the development phase, explaining for each the specific needs it meets, its advantages and drawbacks. In closing, the book offers an outlook on the role of roundabouts in future street traffic.

List of contents

Origins Of Roundabouts.- First Development Of Different Roundabout Types.- Modern Layout Design.- Recent Alternative Types Of Roundabouts.- Alternative types of roundabouts at development phases.- General criteria for calculating the capacities of alternative types of roundabouts.- Non-motorized participants on alternative types of roundabouts.- Possible Ways of Roundabouts' Development.

Summary

This book presents a history of roundabouts, an introduction to their design, calculations of their capacity and traffic-safety features. It describes the key features of standard roundabouts and their limitations. Alternative types of roundabouts are a fairly recent development and have only been implemented in a few countries to date. The book illustrates a broad variety of these recent alternative types of roundabouts, as well as proposed types still in the development phase, explaining for each the specific needs it meets, its advantages and drawbacks. In closing, the book offers an outlook on the role of roundabouts in future street traffic.

Product details

• Authors: Toma¿ Tollazzi, Tomaz Tollazzi, Tomaž Tollazzi
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319378640
• ISBN: 978-3-31-937864-0
• No. of pages: 206
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 12 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 341 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 206 p. 193 illus., 122 illus. in color.
• Series: Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic; Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; B, Geography, Urban Planning, Transportation, engineering, Electrical Engineering, Urbanism, Urban & municipal planning, city planning, Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering, Geoengineering, Regional & area planning, Foundations, Geochemistry, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Regional planning, Hydraulics, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Engineering—Geology, Engineering geology, Urban Geography and Urbanism