Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : CE4302 : Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Dr. Ujjal Chattaraj
Syllabus
Macroscopic and microscopic traffic parameters: distance headway, time headway, speed, flow, density Fundamentals of traffic flow Flow characterization Uninterrupted traffic flow interrupted traffic flow Capacity and level of service: Indian and American practice Design of traffic facilities Unsignalized and signalized intersections, Design aspects of signalized intersection Inter changes Expressways, Parking areas Traffic signs Traffic surveys: Speed, volume, delay, origin and destination, parking.
Brief Description of urban and regional transportation systems, Definition of a system System analysis: scope and limitations, Transportation planning based upon system analysis, Survey and analysis of existing conditions, Models for trip generation, trip distribution, traffic assignment and modal split.
Course Objectives
- Traffic control and operation
- Design of different types of traffic facilities
- Demand Modeling to assess trips for the future
- Modeling travel demand under different land use, activity and behavioral issues
Course Outcomes
Understanding and practical knowledge base development on Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning
Essential Reading
- L.R. Kadiyalli, Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning, Khanna Publishers
- C. S. Papacostas, P. D. Prevedouros, Transportation Engineering and Planning, PHI Publication
Supplementary Reading
- M.J. Bruton, Introduction to Transportation Planning (Built Environment), Routledge
- R. P. Roess, E. S. Prassas, & W.R. Mc Shane, Traffic Engineering, Prentice Hall