CE 334 (3 0 0 6) Transportation Engineering II

Prof. Tom V. Mathew

Print Version Dated: January 23, 2018

Contents

Course contents

Introduction to Transportation Engineering

  1. Introduction to transportation system engineering
  2. Introduction to travel demand modeling

Transportation Planning

  1. Transportation planning surveys
  2. Trip generation
  3. Trip distribution
  4. Mode choice
  5. Traffic Assignment

Traffic Engineering: Traffic flow modeling

  1. Fundamental parameters of traffic flow
  2. Fundamental relations of traffic flow
  3. Traffic stream models
  4. Moving observer method
  5. Traffic measurement procedures
  6. Capacity and level of service

Traffic Engineering: Traffic control

  1. Principles of traffic control
  2. Traffic signs and road markings
  3. Uncontrolled intersections
  4. Traffic rotary
  5. Design and evaluation of traffic signal
  6. Coordinated traffic signal
  7. Vehicle actuated signals
  8. Grade separated intersection

Lectures

Lecture Timings

Mon 09.30-10.25 ( LC 101 )

Tue 10.30-11.25 ( LC 101 )

Thu 11:35-12:30 ( LC 101 )

Visiting Time - Thu 12:30-13:30

Lecture Notes

  1. Full content of each lecture can be see in lecture notes page.
  2. Folder containing the class notes and other reading materials are here.

Evaluation

Class participation 20
Mid Sem 35
End Sem 45
Total 100

Note:

  1. Class participations is evaluated by short quizzes during class hours, short assignments, etc.
  2. Distribution of grades will be similar for both sections (S1 and S2).

Teaching Assistants

  1. Remya K P (Ph. D)
  2. Anna Charly (Ph. D)
  3. Bijul Ravindran (Ph. D)
  4. Vinayaraj V S (Ph. D)

Lecture Details

No Date Lecture Title
1 Jan 04 Thu   No Class
2 Jan 08 Mon   No Class
3 Jan 09 Tue L 1 Introduction to Transportation Systems Engineering - Part 1
4 Jan 11 Thu L 2 Introduction to Transportation Systems Engineering - Part 2
5 Jan 15 Mon L 3 Introduction to Transportation Systems Engineering - Part 3
6 Jan 16 Tue L 4 An Overview of Travel Demand Modeling - Part 1
7 Jan 18 Thu L 5 An Overview of Travel Demand Modeling - Part 2
8 Jan 22 Mon L 6 An Overview of Travel Demand Modeling - Part 3
9 Jan 23 Tue L 7 Data Collection Surveys
10 Jan 25 Thu L 8 Trip Generation - Part 1
11 Jan 29 Mon L 9 Trip Generation - Part 2
12 Jan 30 Tue L 10 Trip Distribution - Part 1
13 Feb 01 Thu L 11 Trip Distribution - Part 2
14 Feb 05 Mon L 12 Modal Split - Part 1
15 Feb 06 Tue L 13 Modal Split - Part 2
16 Feb 08 Thu L 14 Traffic Assignment - Part 1
17 Feb 12 Mon L 15 Traffic Assignment - Part 2
18 Feb 13 Tue L 16 Traffic Assignment - Part 3
19 Feb 15 Thu L 17 Traffic Assignment: Frank Wolfe Algorithm - Part 1
20 Feb 19 Mon L 18 Traffic Assignment: Frank Wolfe Algorithm - Part 2
21 Feb 20 Tue L 19 Traffic Assignment: Dijkstr's SP algorithm
22 Feb 22 Thu L 20 Traffic Assignment: Network Examples
23 Feb 26 Mon   Mid-Sem ?
24 Feb 27 Tue   No Class
25 Mar 01 Thu   No Class
26 Mar 05 Mon L 21 Fundamental Parameters of Traffic Flow
27 Mar 06 Tue L 22 Fundamental Relations of Traffic Flow
28 Mar 08 Thu L 23 Traffic Stream Models - Part 1
29 Mar 12 Mon L 24 Traffic Stream Models - Part 2
30 Mar 13 Tue L 25 Moving Observer Method
31 Mar 15 Thu L 26 Traffic Measurement Procedures - Part 1
32 Mar 19 Mon L 27 Traffic Measurement Procedures - Part 2
33 Mar 20 Tue L 28 Capacity and Level-of-Service
34 Mar 22 Thu L 29 Principles of Traffic Control
35 Mar 26 Mon L 30 Traffic Signs
36 Mar 27 Tue L 31 Road Markings
37 Mar 29 Thu   Holiday
38 Apr 02 Mon L 32 Uncontrolled Intersections
39 Apr 03 Tue L 33 Traffic Rotary
40 Apr 05 Thu L 34 Design and Evaluation of Traffic Signal - Part 1
41 Apr 09 Mon L 35 Design and Evaluation of Traffic Signal - Part 2
42 Apr 10 Tue L 36 Design and Evaluation of Traffic Signal - Part 3
43 Apr 12 Thu L 37 Design and Evaluation of Traffic Signal - Part 4
44 Apr 16 Mon L 38 Coordinated Traffic Signal
45 Apr 17 Tue L 39 Vehicle Actuated Signals
46 Apr 19 Thu L 40 Grade Separated Intersection
47 Apr 24 Tue   End Sem ?

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