De La Salle University - Manila

Pathfinder - Transportation Engineering

Scope Note :

Transportation engineering is the "application of scientific principles to the planning, design, operation and management of transportation systems. The transportation field practiced by civil engineers is inherently multi-disciplinary, overlapping such diverse fields as economics, psychology, geography, city planning, public administration, political science, industrial engineering and electrical engineering. In addition, major theoretical contributions to transportation engineering have been made by people with backgrounds in physics and mathematics.
This breadth of interaction with other disciplines stems from the fact that the scope of transportation engineering is determined more by society’s need to provide an adequate transportation system by the backgrounds of its practitioners. Thus it involves synthesis of several different intellectual perspectives and scientific knowledge bases to solve perceived technical, economic, social and environmental problems".
(Source: Quoted in Introduction to transportation engineering. TA 1145 B36 2002, 3rd floor, Circulation Section)

Broader Terms :

• Civil engineering
• Engineering

Narrower Terms :

• Highway engineering
• Railroad engineering
• Traffic engineering

BOOKS

Reference sources located at the Information-Reference Section, 2nd floor:

• The civil engineering of canals and railways before 1850. TC657 C58 1997
• Handbook of transportation engineering. TA1151 H36 2004
• Highway design reference guide. Kenneth B. Woods. TE 145 H545 1988
• Highway engineering handbook: building and rehabilitating the infrastructure. Roger L. Brockenbrough. TE23 H54 2003
• Introduction to traffic engineering: a manual for data collection and analysis. Thomas R. Currin. HE 333 C87 2001
• Landmarks on the iron road: two centuries of north American railroad engineering. William D. Middleton. TF 23 M54 1999
• Manual of transportation engineering studies. Institute of Transportation Engineers. HE 333 M36 1994
• Practical railway engineering. Clifford F. Bonnett. TF145 B66 1996
• Rail transportation. TF550 R34 v.19, v.21, v.22
• Traffic engineering handbook. Institute of Transportation Engineers. James L. Pline, editor.  HE 333 T65 1992
• Transportation. Time-Life Books. QA76 U55b v.23
• Transportation and traffic engineering handbook. Institute of Transportation Engineers. HE 333 T7 1982

Texts Located at the Circulation Section, 3rd floor:

• The architecture of transport in the Federal Republic of Germany. Karlhans Muller. TA 1037 M8513 1981
• Fundamentals of traffic engineering. Wolfgang S. Homburger. HE 333 F86 1996
• Fundamentals of transportation engineering. C.S. Papacostas. TA 1145 P35 1987
• Geographic information systems in transportation research. TA 1145 G46 2000
• Highway and traffic engineering in developing countries. TE 145 H54 1996
• Highway and transportation engineering and planning. Gavin Macpherson. TE57 .M3 1993
• Highway traffic analysis and design. Richard J. Salter. HE 333 S35 1996
• Intelligent transportation systems: new principles and architectures. Sumit Ghosh. TA 1230 G46 2000, CD01421
• Introduction to transportation engineering. James H. Banks. TA 1145 B36 2002
• Megalopolis unbound: the supercity and the transportation of tomorrow. Claiborne de B. Pell.  HE 355 P4
• Railway engineering. Vassilios A. Profillidis. TF145 P76 2000
• Traffic and highway engineering. Nicholas J. Garber. TE 145 G37 2002
• Traffic control: theory and instrumentation. Thomas R. Horton. HE 353 H6
• Traffic engineering. Roger P. Roess. HE355 M4 2004
• Traffic engineering: worked examples and problems. Richard J. Salter. HE 333 S36 1981
• Transportation and traffic engineering handbook. John Edward Baerwald. HE 333 T7 1976
• Transportation engineering: an introduction. C. Jotin Khisty. 1928. TA 1145 K45 1998
• Transportation engineering and planning. C.S. Papacostas. TA 1145 P35 1993
• Transportation engineering: planning and design. Paul H. Wright. TA 1145 W74 1998
• Transportation infrastructures: the development of intelligent transportation systems. Diebold Institute for Public Policy Studies. TE 228.3 T7 1995
• Transportation systems engineering: theory and methods. Ennio Cascetta. TA1145 C37 2001

Texts Located at the Filipiniana Section, 4th floor:

• Chemistry of traffic. Levy D. Macasiano. HE 333 M3 1994
• A short course in highway engineering for the Philippines. Bureau of Public Works. TE 113 P6 P45 1949

PERIODICALS

PRINT (Periodicals Section, 2nd floor)

• Highway Reporter.
• Journal of Transportation Engineering.

ELECTRONIC

American Society of Civil Engineers
http://www.pubs.asce.org

• Journal of Transportation Engineering

• Estimating link travel time with the mobilizer video image tracking system. Washburn, Scott S.; Nihan, Nancy L. Journal of Transportation Engineering 125 (1) : January-February 1999. p. 15-20.
• Estimating technical and scale inefficiencies of public transit systems. Boile, Maria P. Journal of Transportation Engineering 127 (3) : May-June 2001. p. 187-194.
• Guidelines for performance assessment of digital imaging systems used in highway applications. Mraz, A.; Gunaratne, M.; Nazef, A.
  Journal of Transportation Engineering 131 (6) : June 2005. p. 429-443.
• Improved design for vision-based incident detection in transportation systems using real-time view transformations. Tzamali, Eleftheria; Akoumianakis, George; Argyros, Antonis; Stephanedes, Yorgos J.  Journal of Transportation Engineering 132 (11) : November 2006. p. 837-844.
• New perspectives for ATMS: advanced technologies in traffic detection. Berka, Stanislaw; Kent Lall, B. Journal of Transportation Engineering 124 (1) : January-February 1998. p. 9-15.

ProQuest Online
http://www.umi.com/pqdauto

• Journal of the American Planning Association.

• Planning airport access in an era of low-cost airlines. de Neufville, Richard. Journal of the American Planning Association 72(3) : Summer 2006. p. 347+
• Putting a price on mobility: cars and contradictions in planning. Taylor, Brian D. Journal of the American Planning Association  72(3) : Summer 2006. p. 279+
• Safe streets, livable streets/counterpoint. Dumbaugh, Eric; Gattis, J.L. Journal of the American Planning Association 71(3) : Summer 2005.  p. 283+
• Transport of delight: the mythical conception of rail transit in Los Angeles. Moore, James II E. Journal of the American Planning Association. 72(3) : Summer 2006.  p. 371+
• Which reduces cehicle travel more: jobs-housing balance or retail-housing mixing? Cervero, Robert; Duncan, Michael. Journal of the American Planning Association. 72(4) : Autumn 2006. p. 475+

• Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

• The application of knowledge management to support the sustainable analysis of urban transportation infrastructure. El-Dibary, T.E.; Abdulhai, B.; Pramod, K.C. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 32(1) : February 2005. p. 58+
• Geographic information system (GIS) based decision support for neighbourhood traffic calming. Randall, Todd A.; Churchill, Cameron J.; Baetz, Brian W. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering   32(1) : February 2005. p. 86+
• Influence of vertical alignment on horizontal curve perception: effect of spirals and position of vertical curve. Hasan, Moudud; Saed, Tarek; Hassa, Yasser. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. 32(1) : February 2005. p. 204+
• A man-machine balanced rapid object model for automation of pavement crack sealing and maintenance. Kim, Young-Suk; Haas, Carl T. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering  29(3) : June 2002. p. 459+
• Reinforcement learning: introduction to theory and potential for transport applications1. Abdulhai, Baher; Kattan, Lina. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 30(6) : December 2003. p. 981+

• Civil Engineering

• Four-way rail stop fixed by flyover. Civil Engineering 69(5) : May 1999. p. 24+
• High-tech highway. Fortner, Brian. Civil Engineering 69(10) : October 1999. p. 38+
• Transportation technology. Civil Engineering 64(5) : May 1994. p. 101+

• Civil Engineering: Magazine of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering

• Activities in the Institute of Transport Technology at the University of Stellenbosch. Hugo, Fred. Civil Engineering : Magazine of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering   10(10) : October 2002. p. 18+
• Designing railway formations for the future. Gräbe, P.J.; Clayton, C.R.I. Civil Engineering : Magazine of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering 13(5) : May 2005. p. 16+
• e-Transport: smart solutions for new world economies. Andersen, Johann. Civil Engineering : Magazine of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering 13(9) : September 2005. p. 24+
• Transportation centres of development. Hugu, Fred. Civil Engineering : Magazine of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering 10(10) : October 2002. p. 17+
• Transportation engineering at Tuks. Visser, Alex. Civil Engineering : Magazine of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering 13(9) : September 2005. p. 35+

• ENR

• Big names vie for big project. Ichniowski, Tom. ENR 238(24) : June 16, 1997. p. 12.
• Deadlock over transportation funding has familiar look state transportation officials have a right to be nervous. ENR 251(11) : September 15, 2003. p. 64.
• Engineers tackle massive concerns for mass transit; screening large numbers of passengers quickly is key. McFall, Kathleen. ENR 252(22) :  May 31, 2004. p. 6.
• Medley of tunnel techniques take transit to heathrow. Reina, Peter. ENR 258(13) : April 02, 2007. p. 18.
• Transportation planning is big business in Beijing; PB's Yan Wang is working on olympic traffic studies, transit plans. Tuchman, Janice L. ENR 259(2) : July 16, 2007. p. 32.

• Public Roads

• Along the road. Public Roads 70(5) : March-April  2007. p. 36+
• The dream of an automated highway. Ferlis, Robert A.  Public Roads 71(1) : July-August 2007. p. 42+
• A model endeavor. Alexiadis, Vassili; Colyar, James; Halkias, John. Public Roads 70(4) : January-February 2007. p. 2+
• The northwest transportation technology exposition. Nicholas, Catherine; Wilcox, Clayton. Public Roads 64(3) : November-December 2000. p. 27+
• Solutions to the traffic snarl. Taylor, Rich. Public Roads 71(1) : July-August 2007. p. 28+

ScienceDirect
http://www.sciencedirect.com

• Engineering Structures

• Computer-aided implementation of a new procedure for design of end-plates and base-plates for traffic support structures. Hag-Elsafi, Osman; Alampali, Sreenivas; Owens, Frank. Engineering Structures 23(11) : November 2001. p. 1503-1511. 
• Impact response of high speed rail bridges and riding comfort of rail cars. Jong-Dar; Yang, Yeong-Bin; Kuo, Shyh-Rong. Engineering Structures 21(9) : September 1999. p. 836-844. Yau,
• Review of full-scale dynamic testing of bridge structures. Salawu, O.S.; Williams, C. Engineering Structures 17(2) : February 1995. p. 113-121. 
• Understand and improve dynamic performance of transportation system - a case study of Luling Bridge. Chen, S.R.; Cai, C.A.; Levitan, M. Engineering Structures 29(6) : June 2007. p. 1043-1051.
• Wind-induced response control and serviceability improvement of an air traffic control tower. Park, Wonsuk;  Park, Kwan-Soon; Koh, Hyun-Moo; Ha, Dong-Ho. Engineering Structures 28(7) : June 2006. p. 1060-1070.

• Expert Systems with Applications

• Dynamic parking negotiation and guidance using an agent-based platform. Chou, Shuo-Yan;   Lin, Shih-Wei; Li, Chien-Chang. Expert Systems with Applications. [Article in Press - Available online 24 July 2007]
• An iterative approach to enhanced traffic signal optimization. Wong, Y.K.; Woon, W.L. Expert Systems with Applications [Article in Press - Available online 13 May 2007]
• Learning techniques for an expert vehicle dispatching system. Potvin, Jean-yves; Gina Dufour, Yu Shen; Rousseau, Jean-marl. Expert Systems with Applications 8(1) : January-March 1995. p. 101-109.
• A neural network for transportation safety modeling. Hashemi, Ray R.; Le Blanc, Louis A.; Rucks, Conway T.;  Shearry, Angela. Expert Systems with Applications 9(3) : 1995. p. 247-256.
• Road-traffic monitoring by knowledge-driven static and dynamic image analysis. Fernández-Caballero, Antonio; Gomez, Francisco J.; López-López, Juan. Expert Systems with Applications [Article in Press - Available online 20 July 2007]

• Reliability Engineering & System Safety

• Analysing the risk of LNG carrier operations. Vanem, Erik; Antao, Pedro; Ostvik, Ivan; Del Castillo de Comas, Francisco. Reliability Engineering & System Safety [Article in Press - Available online 17 August 2007]
• A Bayesian Belief Network modelling of organisational factors in risk analysis: A case study in maritime transportation. Trucco, P.; Cagno, E.; Ruggeri, F.; Grande, O. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. [Article in Press - Available online 1 April 2007]
• Risk assessment in maritime transportation. Guedes Soares, C.; Teixeira, A.P. Reliability Engineering & System Safety 74(3) : December 2001. p. 299-309.
• A SIL quantification approach based on an operating situation model for safety evaluation in complex guided transportation systems. Beugin, J.; Renaux, D.; Cauffriez, L. Reliability Engineering & System Safety 92(12) : December 2007. p. 1686-1700.

• Transportation Research Part A : Policy and Practice

• Fuzzy logic systems for transportation engineering: the state of the art. Teodorovi'c, Dus'an. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 33(5) : June 1999. p. 337-364.
• Incorporating land use in metropolitan transportation planning. Waddell, Paul; Ulfarsson, Gudmundur F.; Franklin, Joel P.; Lobb, John. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 41(5) : June 2007. p. 382-410.
• An integrated model of facility location and transportation network design. Melkote, Sanjay; Daskin, Mark S. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice  35(6) : July 2001. p. 515-538.
• National review of hurricane evacuation plans and policies: a comparison and contrast of state practices. Urbina, Elba; Wolshon, Brian. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 37(3) : March 2003. p. 257-275.
• Transportation - economic aspects of Roman highway development: the case of Via Appia. Berechman, Joseph . Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 37(5) : June 2003. p. 453-478.

• Transportation Research Part C : Emerging Technologies

• Advanced freight transportation systems for congested urban areas. Teodor Gabriel Crainic, Nicoletta Ricciardi and Giovanni Storchi. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 12(2) : April 2004. p. 119-137.
• The architecture of transportation systems. Randolph W. Hall. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 3(3) :  June 1995. p. 129-142.
• Group-based geographic information systems for transportation improvement site selection. Timothy L. Nyerges, Robb Montejano, Caroline Oshiro and Matthew Dadswell. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 5(6) : December 1997. p. 349-369.
• Intelligent transportation system and traffic safety – drivers perception and acceptance of electronic speed checkers. A. Marell and K. Westin. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 7(2-3) : April-June 1999. p. 131-147.
• An internet-based geographic information system that integrates data, models and users for transportation applications. Athanasios K. Ziliaskopoulos and S. Travis Waller. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 8(1-6) : February-December 2000. p. 427-444.

ARTICLES
(Periodicals Section, 2nd floor)

• Development of a car ownership model in Metro Manila. Rubite, Caesar P.; Tiglao, Noriel C. Philippine Engineering Journal. 25 (1) : June 2004. p. 35-50.
• Traffic jams toy list of Asia's social problems. Philippine Star 14 : August 4, 1999. p. 6+

ADB COLLECTION
(Information-Reference Section, 2nd floor)

• Report and recommendation of the president to the board of directors on a proposed loan to the People's Republic of China for the Changchun-Harbin Expressway Project. November 1998 RRP: PRC 30389

VERTICAL FILE
(Information-Reference Section, 2nd floor)

• Land transport sector : towards hurdling obstacle to growth. Industry Digest 18(10): October 1994. VF 01067
• Metro Manila public land transportation system : on its way to a better service for the commuters. Industry Digest : August 1991. VF 01362
• Metro Manila traffic : a no-way-out situation?  Villanueva, L.B. Policy Digest 1(11) August 1997. 25-30. VF 01813

THESES AND DISSERTATIONS

LOCAL
(Archives Section, 4th floor)

• Civil Engineering Department independent consultant Metro Manila skyway projects. Ganiron, Tomas U.1997. TG02696
• Construction monitoring on the excavation and structural works of the Ayala-Salcedo-Dela Costa underpass project. Endaya, Joselito B. 2003. TG03447
• A dispatching model for a railway transit system with finite capacity. Austria, Agnes P.; Galarora, Marielle D.; Nebre, Sharon R. 1998. TU08751
• A feasibility study of the cordon pricing scheme for Metropolitan Manila. Asis, Raul Conde 1978. TG01146
• Highway interchange proposal and geometric design at EDSA-WEST Avenue. Cobiao, Lilliane; Redondo, John; Toledo, Dennis Joseph. 1993. TU06308
• Highway interchange proposal at EDSA-south avenue-east avenue including EDSA-Kamias-Kamuning. Beltran, Cherie; Daus, Deorose. 1991. TU05513
• Maximizing traffic flows by determination of reversible lanes using deterministic demand. Bilang, Juanito; Galian, Mary Joy; Tieng, Christine. 1998. TU08755
• Soil investigation of failed paved roads in Northern Cotabato. Sebastian, Juanito M. 1991. TG01974
• Traffic improvements for La Salle Green Hills. Tan, Ross William S.; Yang, Cheng-Yu W. 1995. TU06888

FOREIGN

• Acceptance evaluation model for a new transit technology--a case study of aerial cable transit. Bondada, Murthy Veer Anjaneya, Ph.D., West Virginia University, 1989. AAT 9004403.
• Computerization of heuristic-based decision-making problems in transportation engineering. Faghri, Ardeshir, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1989. AAT 9002842.
• Impact assessment using Geographic Information System (GIS): transportation engineering applications. Lim, Soon-Tin, M.S., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1991. AAT 1350553.
• Tools for results-based transportation engineering and planning for remote communities in northern Canada. Isaacs, Crystal, M.Sc., University of Manitoba (Canada), 2006. AAT MR12323.
• Urban activity and population densities, accessibility, and transportation technology. Hsu, Chaug-Ing, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1989. AAT 9028880.

INTERNET WEBSITES
(Cybernook, Ground floor, Graduate corners, 2nd and 3rd floors)

Advanced Traffic Analysis Center
http://www.atacenter.org/
[Retrieved May 22, 2007]

TATAC focuses on enhancing transportation systems in small-to-medium size urban areas and rural areas through the use of state-of-the-art analysis tools and Intelligent Transportation Systems technologies to enhance safety and mobility."

Transportation Engineering Online Lab Manual
http://www.webs1.uidaho.edu/niatt_labmanual/
[Retrieved May 22, 2007]

“This web site is a laboratory manual that is designed to supplement the average junior-level course in transportation engineering. Laboratory exercises are presented for most of the major topics addressed in undergraduate transportation engineering. Practicing engineers and educational entities view these topics as the most important ones that civil engineering graduates need to understand.”

WSDOT- Engineering Publications 
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/fasc/EngineeringPublications/
[Retrieved May 22, 2007]

“The Engineering Publications office functions include researching, reviewing and distributing Washington State Department of Transportation technical manuals and publications. Most of the department's primary technical manuals, used by transportation engineers and technicians, are available from this web site.”

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Compiled by: Mr. Wilfredo A. Frias & Mr. Arvin N. Robles
Date:  June 2007