, This web site is devoted to transportation engineering education. The site includes:
Michael Kyte, Professor Emeritus
University of Idaho
- Books and curriculum materials written by me and/or others
- Materials for the transportation courses that I used to teach
- Active learning in transportation education, including the National Transportation Curriculum Project
- My work on the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM)
Michael Kyte, Professor Emeritus
University of Idaho
Traffic Operations at Intersections: Learning and Applying the Models and Methods of the Highway Capacity Manual.
The models of the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) are often the engineer’s choice to analyze intersection performance. These models are complex and nearly all transportation engineers use software implementations of these models to conduct their analyses. Software applications are powerful tools that help engineers solve problems. But these applications also serve as barriers to the understanding of the complex models embedded in the software. Our major objective in writing this book was to transform the “black box” of the HCM intersection models and their software implementations into a “clear box” that allows the engineer to better understand how these models actually work. When you have completed reading and studying this book, you will better understand the fundamentals of the HCM intersection models and that you will be able to apply these models to the kinds of complex intersections that you find in the field with skill, confidence, and insight. |
Planning and Preliminary Engineering Applications Guide to the Highway Capacity Manual: "This guide will help planners apply the methodologies of the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) 2016 Major Update to common planning and preliminary engineering analyses (including scenario planning and system performance monitoring). It shows how the HCM can interact with travel demand forecasting, mobile source emission, and simulation models and its application to multimodal analyses and oversaturated conditions. Three case studies (freeway master plan, arterial bus rapid transit analysis, and long-range transportation plan analysis) illustrate the techniques presented in the guide. In addition to providing a cost-effective and reliable approach to analysis, the guide provides a practical introduction to the detailed methodologies of the HCM.
|
Operation, Design, and Analysis of Signalized Intersections: A Module for the Introductory Transportation Course, Michael Kyte and Maria Tribelhorn, July 2014.
This book provides material for a 3 to 4 week module on signalized intersections that can be used for the introductory course in transportation engineering. The book includes 51 homework problems, the solutions to which are available to instructors. |
Traffic Signal Systems Operations and Design: An Activity-Based Learning Approach, Michael Kyte and Tom Urbanik, August 2012.
This book is for a quarter or semester course in the operation and design of an isolated signalized intersection for senior level or graduate students. The web site includes supplemental materials for both students and instructors including movie files and other material to support activity based learning. |
MOST (A Hands-On Approach To Traffic Signal Timing Education). A hands-on simulation environment using VISSIM and Econolite's ASC/3 traffic signal control to provide a unique learning environment for engineering students and practitioners to learn about traffic signal systems. A total of 37 experiments cover both isolated intersections and coordinated traffic signal systems.
|
Highway Design. This book and web site were developed by Ming Lee, formerly of the University of Alaska and can be used for a semester course in highway design. Activities and student materials are provided on the web site.
|
Transportation Data. This book and web site were developed by Chris Monsere of Portland State University and can be used for a semester course in the analysis and presentation of transportation data. Several large data sets are included on the web site.
|
Transportation Engineering: On-Line Laboratory Manual. This web site was developed by Steve Dahl, formerly of the University of Idaho. The lab activities can be used as part of the introductory course in transportation engineering.
|
Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) Applications Guide. The HCMAG is an online environment to learn how to apply and interpret the methods of the Highway Capacity Manual. Five case studies, including nearly 100 problems, are included for both interrupted and uninterrupted flow facilities.
|
STREET - Simulating Transportation for Realistic Engineering Education and Training, developed by the University of Minnesota. Six web-based simulation modules are available to improve instruction in the Introduction to Transportation Engineering course. The modules cover fundamental topics in transportation engineering such as travel demand modeling, geometric design, traffic flow, and traffic signal control.
|
Lab and Field Manual for Transportation Engineering (Prentice-Hall) [to be added]
Freight. This book and web site were developed by Kelly Pitera and Anne Goodchild of the University of Washington. Student activities and support materials for instructors are included on the web site.