Syllabus

PRE-REQUISITE
Sound knowledge in Probability, Statistics, Optimization and Game Theory. Log on to https://newmoodle.nitrkl.ac.in/login/index.php at least once.

Macroscopic and microscopic traffic flow parameters: distance headway, time headway, speed, flow, density. Fundamentals of traffic flow: flow characterization, Uninterrupted traffic flow, interrupted traffic flow. [8 hrs.]

Capacity and level of service: Indian and American practice. [4 hrs.]

Design of traffic facilities: Unsignalized and signalized intersections, Design aspects of signalized intersection, Inter changes, Expressways, Parking areas, Traffic signs. [6 hrs.]

Traffic surveys: Speed, volume, delay, origin and destination, parking. [6 hrs.]

Brief Description of urban and regional transportation systems. Definition of a system. System analysis: scope and limitations. [8 hrs.]

Transportation planning based upon system analysis, Survey and analysis of existing conditions. [4 hrs.]

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

After the completion of this course, students will be able to:
CO1: Understand traffic flow fundamentals and transportation planning processes,
CO2: Develop data base for calibration of traffic flow and transportation planning models,
CO3: Calibrate and validate traffic flow and transportation planning models,
CO4: Apply the concept of traffic engineering and planning to design transportation facilities,
CO5: Forecast future traffic related problems and plan sustainable transportation infrastructures.

L.R. Kadiyalli, Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning, Khanna Publishers

C. S. Papacostas, P. D. Prevedouros, Transportation Engineering and Planning, PHI Publication

M.J. Bruton, Introduction to Transportation Planning (Built Environment), Routledge

R. P. Roess, E. S. Prassas, & W.R. Mc Shane, Traffic Engineering, Prentice Hall