Transportation Engineering: Highway Capacity

Highway accidents result in thousands of deaths a year. Knowing how highway capacity analysis is used in the design of safe and efficient roadway facilities is essential to the health safety and welfare of the general population.
This interactive online course will teach you about the fundamental concepts of highway capacity analysis. You will learn about transportation system elements, types of roadway facilities, design vehicles, the concept of level-of-service, traffic volume parameters, and speed parameters and how they are relevant in analyzing the capacity of roadway facilities.