Download Transportation Engineering I

CIVE 3510: Transportation Engineering I
Catalog Data:
3Hrs. To provide an overview of transportation systems and operating
characteristics of various highway modes. Concept of land
use/transportation interaction. Considerations of vehicle and human
characteristics in design of highway elements. Introduction to highway
capacity and traffic control devices. Transportation Planning process
leading to local area traffic management with introduction to
transportation system management and intelligent transportation systems.
Prerequisite:
CIVE 1100 (Measurement and CAD: Surveying and layout)
MIME 2300 ( Dynamics: Forces that act on bodies traveling around
curves)
Textbooks:
Traffic & Highway Engineering by Nicholas J. Garber and Lester A.
Hoel, Third Edition, Brooks/Cole, 2002
Handouts
Course Objectives: To provide an in-depth understanding of principles of transportation
engineering, traffic operations, transportation planning, design and
system managements. Through out the course practical aspects of
problem solving will be emphasized. Although the course is designed
around in depth discussion on highway mode but other modes such as
rail, air and water will be briefly covered. The objective of this course to
prepare students so they can work in the transportation engineering field.
Topics Covered:
Importance of Transportation Engineering
Characteristics of the Driver, the pedestrian, the Vehicle and the Road
Traffic engineering studies
Safe traffic operation
Fundamental principles of traffic flow
Introduction to other modes: rail, air, water
Intersection control devices
Traffic signal design
Capacity analysis of two lane, multi lane and freeway
Capacity and level of service at signalized intersections
Transportation planning process
Transportation system management
Class/Laboratory
Schedule:
2 - 75 Minutes lectures per week.
Assessment:
Home work, two mid term examination and final examination
Professional
Component:
Engineering topics
Relationship to
This course supports our education objectives to provide our graduates
Program Objectives: with the opportunity to apply their knowledge of mathematics, science
and engineering to identify, formulate, analyze and solve traffic
engineering and operational design problems. Students apply probability
and statistics in solving Transportation related problems, which is one of
our four recognized major civil engineering areas. The course is fulfill the
objectives through outcomes (a) an ability to apply knowledge of
mathematics, science, and engineering and (e0 an ability to identify,
formulate and solve engineering problems.
Prepared By:
Jiwan D. Gupta
Date:
9/2/06_