CE350

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The course provides the basic introduction to the field of transportation engineering and planning. Approaches provided in this course will be applicable to many different types of transportation problems. Enough numerical examples will be provided to build understanding of the concepts and to indicate how they can be applied in practice to various problems.

REQUIRED TEXTS:

1. Transportation Engineering and Planning - Papacostas and Prevedouros

TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE:

1. Introduction of Urban Transportation
2. Transportation Planning
3. Demand Analysis
4. Transportation Impact Studies
5. Midterm Exam - I
6. Environmental Impacts
7. Evaluation and Choice
8. Spring Recess
9. Model Calibration and Testing
10. Model Calibration and Testing
11. Midterm Exam - II
12. Transit Planning
13. A View of Future
14. Student Presentations
15. Final Exam