SYLLABUS

 

TTE 4004

INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

Fall 2006

 

Catalog Description: This course provides an introduction to transportation engineering with an emphasis on roadway design and traffic engineering.   The intent of the course is to provide the student with a solid understanding of transportation engineering issues, analysis procedures, and design techniques.

 

Credit Hours: 3

 

Prerequisites: CGN 3322C (surveying), STA 3032 (probability & statistics), and ECP 3007 (economic analysis), or consent of instructor

 

Corequisites: None

 

Textbook:  Fundamentals of Transportation Engineering (A Multimodal Systems Approach), 2004, by Jon D. Fricker and Robert K. Whitford, Pearson Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-035124-5

 

Class/Laboratory Schedule: two class sessions each week at 75 minutes for each session (sessions are on the same day and are separated by a 15 minute break).

 

Grading Procedure: Grades are based on one mid-term exam (30%), a final

exam (30%) and homework (40%).  Late work will be penalized 10% per calendar day.  Student interaction on homework is permitted but the final product that is submitted should be your own (no duplication of another student’s write-up).  No student interaction is permitted on exams, or on the extra-credit problem set.

 

Course Objectives:

  1. Explain traffic engineering data collection techniques and adjustment procedures
  2. Introduce traffic flow theory concepts
  3. Provide an understanding of freeway operations
  4. Investigate the design and operation of 2-lane highways
  5. Discuss the Poisson (random) arrival process and its application to transportation
  6. Discuss queuing theory and its application to transportation
  7. Introduce the transportation planning process
  8. Present highway safety principals
  9. Provide an understanding of roadway and intersection design procedures
  10. Provide an understanding of pavement design methodologies
  11. Investigate public transit and transportation sustainability issues
  12. Examine new developments in transportation

 

Topics Covered:

 

1.      Traffic Calming

2.      Traffic Data Collection and Analysis

3.      Traffic Flow Theory

4.      Two-Lane Highway Analysis and Design

5.      Freeway Analysis and Design

6.      Poisson Processes

7.      Queuing Theory for Transportation

8.      Transportation Planning

9.      Highway Safety

10.  Roadway Design

11.  Intersection Design

12.  Pavement Design

13.  Public Transit

 

Contribution of the course to meeting the professional component: The course provides 3 credit hours of engineering science and design towards ABET Criterion 4b.

 

Engineering science: 40%

Engineering design:  60%

 

Relationship between course objectives and program outcomes:

 

Course objectives             Program outcomes

1                      2

2                      1, 5, 12

3                      1, 5

4                      5, 11

5                    1, 5, 12

6                    1, 5, 12

7                    1, 12

8                    2, 5

9                    3, 5

10                3, 5

11                6, 8, 16

12                6, 9, 16

 

 

 

 

 

Updated by Jeffrey W. Buckholz, P.E.

November 11, 2006

 

STUDENT SUPPLEMENT

 

TTE 4004

INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

Fall 2006

 

Lecture:  M 6:00-8:45 PM, Bldg. 50/1st Floor/Room 1402

There will be two sessions each Monday.  Session 1 will begin promptly at 6:00 pm and end at 7:15 pm and session two will begin promptly at 7:30 pm and end at 8:45 pm.

 

Instructor: Jeffrey Buckholz, P.E. – Adjunct Professor, Civil Engineering Program

 

Office:             3585 Kori Road, Jacksonville, Florida

Phone 886-2171, Cell 616-5308, Fax 886-2170

email: jwbuckholz@aol.com

 

Office Hours:  M 8:45 PM to 9:45 PM (after class), or otherwise by appointment.

 

Textbook:  Fundamentals of Transportation Engineering (A Multimodal Systems Approach), 2004, by Jon D. Fricker and Robert K. Whitford   There is an errata for this textbook and it can be found, along with other information of interest, at the following website:  http://bridge.ecn.purdue.edu/~ce361/JFRICKER/FTE

 

Grading:                     10 Homework Assignments/Class Participation     40%

Mid-Term Exam                                                                 30%

Final Exam (Non-cumulative)                                    30%

Total                                                                                     100%

 

Letter Grade:             A             93-100%                           C+             77-79%

A-             90-92%                                     C             70-76%

B+             87-89%                                     D             60-69%

B            83-86%                                    F            < 60%

B-                80-82%

 

ALL items discussed in class OR covered in assigned readings are candidates for test questions.

 

Computer programs used in this course: Excel, FREE-PLAN, HIGH-PLAN, TIPS, 2005 FDOT Florida Traffic Information CD.  These programs will be available for student use on computers in the 3rd floor computer room (Room 3020) of Building 50.

 

Tentative Schedule: A tentative schedule is provided below.  Schedule and topics may change as necessary.  Readings are assigned from the textbook and supplementary course notes distributed throughout the semester.  All readings should be completed prior to attending the class during which the topic will be discussed.

 

 

 

Week    Session                                   Topic                                                     Reading

 

    1             1               Course Overview                                                         Chapter 1

(8/28)          2               Traffic Calming

 

    2          1 & 2          9/4/06 Labor Day Vacation (NO CLASS)                      

                                        

    3             1               Traffic Data Collection                                      Chapter 2 (to p. 78)

(9/11)         2                Traffic Flow Theory

HW #1 Due 9/25

 

    4             1               Traffic Flow Theory/Freeways                     Chapter 3 (to p. 151)

(9/18)          2               Two-Lane Highways

                                    HW #2 Due 10/2

 

    5             1               HCM Freeway & 2-Lane Software         Software Documentation

(9/25)         2                HIGH-PLAN & FREE-PLAN Software            Meet in Room 3020

                                    HW #3 Due 10/2

    

    6             1               Poisson Arrivals                                                                Chapter 2 (all)

(10/2)         2                     Queuing Theory                                                      Chapter 3 (all)

                                    HW #4 Due 10/16

 

    7             1               Transportation Planning                                                Chapter 4

(10/9)         2                TIPS Software                                                          Meet in Room 3020

                                    HW #5 Due 10/23

 

    8             1               Highway Safety                                                            Chapter 6

(10/16)       2                Highway Safety

 

   9            1               Special Topics                                                         (Sec. 5.3 & 11.5)

(10/23)      2                 MID-TERM EXAM

(Thru Transportation Planning)

HW #6, Highway Safety, Due 11/6

 

  10            1                Review Mid-Term                                                       

(10/30)       2                Roadway Design                                                         Chapter 7

                        HW #7, Roadway Design, Due 11/13

 

  11            1                Roadway Design                                                                    

(11/6)         2                Intersection Design                                                       Chapter 8

                                    HW #8, Intersection Design, Due 11/20

 

  12            1                Intersection Design      

(11/13)      2                 Flexible Pavement Design                                      Chapter 9

                                    HW #9, Flexible Pavement Design, Due 11/27

 

  13            1                Rigid Pavement Design                                      Chapter 9              

(11/20)      2                 Special Topics

                                    HW #10, Rigid Pavement Design, Due 12/4

 

  14            1                Public Transit                                                              Chapter 10     

(11/27)      2                 Public Transit 

 

15                      1            The Future of Transportation                         Chapter 13

(12/4)         2                FINAL EXAM (Non-Cumulative)

 

 

 

A class website can be found at www.buckholztraffic.com.  Course notes, sample problems, powerpoint slides, and other items of interest will be posted on this site as they become available.  I would recommend checking the site frequently for updates. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Updated by Jeffrey W. Buckholz, P.E.

November 11, 2006