Alternative Types of Roundabouts An Informational Guide /

• Main Author: Tollazzi, Tomaž (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic, 6
• Subjects: Engineering.; Transportation.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Urbanism.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

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 i...

Table 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.