CE495

CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN II (TRANSPORTATION)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The course provides the basic introduction to the design and evaluation for the fields in public transit planning and highway transportation engineering. Approaches provided in this course will be applicable to many different types of transportation problems. Enough examples will be provided to build understanding of the concepts and to indicate how they can be applied in practice to various transportation systems.

REQUIRED TEXTS:

1. Highway Capacity Manual, Transportation Research Board, 2000.

TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE:

1. Introduction of Transportation System Design
2. Review of Public Transportation Problems
3. Review of Case Study I
4. Transit System Analysis
5. Discussion of Case Study I
6. Case Study I Presentation
7. Case Study I Report Due
8. Review of Highway Transportation Problems
9. Introduction of Simulation Model (CORSIM)
10. Construction of Computerized Freeway Networks
11. Example 1 (Simulation Analysis)
12. Example 2 (Ramp Metering Control)
13. Review of Case Study II
14. Discussion of Case Study II
15. Case Study II Presentation
16. Final Exam