CE351

INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Problems in modern transportation systems will be introduced. The course will cover transportation planning and traffic engineering issues on highways and urban streets, while traffic simulation and animation will be applied to help students identify the problems. The concepts of highway (e.g., freeways, arterials and urban streets) operations and capacity, traffic flow theory, speed/volume relationships, and weaving sections will be introduced prior to computer simulation analysis.

REQUIRED TEXTS:

1. William R. McShane, Roger P. Roess and Elena S. Prassas, Traffic Engineering, Prentice Hall
2. TSIS – CORSIM Manual, McTrans, University of Florida
3. Class Notes

TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE:

1. Introduction
2. Review of Highway Engineering Problems
3. Introduction to Capacity Analysis
4. Introduction of CORSIM – Freeway Section
5. Freeway Systems
6. Freeway Systems – Traffic Simulation I (Lab.)
7. Freeway Systems – Traffic Simulation II (Lab.)
8. Midterm Exam.
9. Introduction of CORSIM – Urban Street Section
10. Signalized Intersection and Arterial Problems
11. Urban Streets – Traffic Simulation I (Lab.)
12. Review of Public Transportation Problems
13. Bus and Rail Systems
14. Project Presentation
15. Final Exam