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CE 351 -Introduction to Transportation Systems Fall 2015
Text:
 
Mannering, Fred and Washburn, Scott, Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis, 5th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, ISBN 978-1-1181-2014-9
Instructor:

Md S. Chowdhury, PhD, P.E. F.ASCE, Meeting Time and Place: Wed. 6-9 PM, Cullimore Hall Room 111, e-mail : md.s.chowdhury@njit.edu

Prerequisite: CE 200, CE 200A,  A study  of the principal modes of transportation, with emphasis on the planning, design and construction of facilities for modern transportation systems

Date

Topic

Required Reading

Home Work/Project

Assigned

Due

9/2

Transportation Systems  – An Overview ( Review of Highway and Traffic Engineering Problems

Chapters 1/ Supplementary
Material

 

 

9/9

HW#1

 

9/16

Traffic Stream Characteristics and Traffic Flow Theory

Chapter 5/ (pages 135-151)supplementary Material

HW#2

 

9/23

Introduction to Highway Capacity Analysis – Basic Freeway Section

Chapter 6
(pages 175-193)

HW#3

HW#1

9/30

Bus Transit Capaciy and Service Quality

Supplemenary Material

HW#4

HW #2

10/7

Introduction of CORSIM – Uninterrupted Flow Facility (Freeway Systems) (Lab-1)

CORSIM Manual

 

HW #3

10/14

Midterm Exam

 

 

 

10/21

Fundamentals of Traffic Signal Control and Analysis of Signalized (Pre-timed) Intersections

Chapter 7/ Supplementary Material

 

 

10/28

HW#5

HW #4

11/4

Introduction of CORSIM – Interrupted Flow Facility (Urban Street Systems) (Lab-2)

CORSIM Manual

 

 

11/11

Project –CORSIM Model will be used to Evaluate  Freeway Interchange Area Operational Improvement  Alternatives (Lab- 3 & 4)

 

Project

HW#5

11/18

 

 

12/2

Introduction to Capacity Analysis – Multilane Highways

Chapter 6
(pages 193-201)

 

 

12/9

Project Presentation/Final Exam Review

 

 

Project Report

12/16

Final Exam

 

 

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION: 
 Problems in modern transportation systems will be introduced. The course will cover
transportation planning and traffic engineering issues on highways and urban streets, while
traffic simulation and animation will be applied to help students identify the problems.
The concepts of highway (e.g., freeways, arterials and urban streets) operations and capacity,
speed-flow-density relationships, traffic flow theory, ramp and weaving sections will be
introduced prior to computer simulation analysis. Modes, right-of-way, service types, and
scheduling issues associated with public transportation systems will be introduced.

RECOMMENDED READINGS:

Nicholas J. Garber and Lester A. Hoel, "Traffic and Highway Engineering", Cengage Learning, 5th Ed. January 2014.

Roger P. Roess, Elena S. Prassas, and William R. McShane, "Traffic Engineering," 4th Ed. Englewoods, Cliffs, Prentice Hall
2010 (ISBN: 10:0136135730 and ISBN: 13: 978-0136135739)

Transportation Research Board, "Highway Capacity Manual (2010)", National Research Council 2010.

TSIS - CORSIM Manual", McTrans, University of Florida

Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual, 3rd Ed. TCRP Report 165, TRB, 2013

 STUDENT EVALUATION/GRADE DISTRIBUTION:
5%          - Attendance and Class participation
25%       - Home works
20%        - Project (Description of project and project requirements will be given in due time)
25%        - Midterm Exam
 
25%        - Final Exam

FINAL GRADE: 

Score

90 to 100

84 to <90

76 to <84

68 to <76

60 to <68

Grade

A

B+

B

C+

C

Score

50 to <60

0 to <50

 

 

 

Grade

D

F

 

 

 

GENERAL RULES, REQUIREMENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:  
1) Class attendance is required (An attendance sheet will be passed around at the beginning
of each class).
2) No late home-work and project report will be accepted unless there is a valid (e.g. medical)
reason for late submittal. Home-works and project report are due at the beginning of the class
on the designated dates. Carelessly written and disorganized homework and project will not be graded.
3) In addition to text chapters, lecture notes/supplementary materials/web-documents (web-links)
provided electronically or in the class are required readings.

*The NJIT Honor Code will be upheld and any violations will be brought to the immediate attention of the Dean of Students.

 

*Students will be consulted with by the instructor and must agree to any modifications or deviation from the syllabus throughout the course of the semester.

 

CEE Mission, Program Educational Objectives and Student Outcomes 

The mission of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is:

·        to educate a diverse student body to be employed in the engineering profession

·        to encourage research and scholarship among our faculty and students

·        to promote service to the engineering profession and society 

 Our program educational objectives are reflected in the achievements of our recent alumni.  

1 – Engineering Practice: Recent alumni will successfully engage in the practice of civil engineering within industry, government, and private practice, working toward sustainable solutions in a wide array of technical specialties including construction, environmental, geotechnical, structural, transportation, and water resources.  

2 – Professional Growth: Recent alumni will advance their skills through professional growth and development activities such as graduate study in engineering, professional registration, and continuing education; some graduates will transition into other professional fields such as business and law through further education.  

3 – Service: Recent alumni will perform service to society and the engineering profession through membership and participation in professional societies, government, educational institutions, civic organizations, and humanitarian endeavors.  

Our student outcomes are what students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of their graduation:
 
(a) an ability to apply knowledge of math, science, and engineering
(b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data
(c) an ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
(d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams
(e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
(f) an understanding of ethical and professional responsibility
(g) an ability to communicate effectively
(h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context
(i) a recognition of need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning
(j) a knowledge of contemporary issues
(k) an ability to use techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice
                                                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                  Rev. 8/28/13                                                                                                  

Course Objectives Matrix – CE 351 – Introduction to Transportation Systems

Strategies and Actions

Student Learning Objectives

Student Outcomes(a-k)

Prog. Educational

Object.

Assessment Methods/Metrics

Course Objective 1:  Understand the components of transportation infrastructure, related traffic flow theory, and measures of effectiveness utilized for evaluating system performance.

Introduce transportation facilities in freeways and urban streets.

Understand the facilities and their functions in different transportation systems.

i, j

1, 2

Homework, exam.

Introduce planning and operation issues for designing a public transportation system.

Understand the factors affecting public transportation system planning.

h, j

2, 3

Homework, exam.

Introduce problems in modern transportation systems and ways to quantify the impact.

 

Learn methods to investigate the causes of transportation problems

h, j

1, 2

Homework, exam.

Introduce traffic flow theory and measures for analyzing transportation system performance.

Learn traffic flow theory and methods to measure system performance.

a, e, j

1

Homework, exam.

Course Objective 2:  Provide analytical and simulation skills to approximate traffic measures based on simulated, real-world liked data.

Introduce the need for traffic simulation and analytical methods.

Utilize simulation and analytical approaches to study transportation problems.

a, h, i

1, 2

Homework, exam.

Introduce concepts in traffic simulation and methods to analyze simulation results.

Learn concept to interpret simulation results and use statistic methods to estimate traffic measures.

h, e

1, 2

Homework, exam.

Develop microscopic traffic simulation models for impact analysis.

Learn computer software to develop models for traffic simulation.

a, c, k

1, 2

Homework, exam.

Visualize simulated traffic operations and impacts under specific network settings.

Analyze traffic problems using traffic simulation, animation, and statistic outputs.

a, k

1, 2

Homework, exam, term project.

Course Objective 3:  Stimulate interest and enhance capability in solving transportation problems.

Discuss “what if” scenarios, for mitigating the traffic impact of studied problems.

Learn potential solutions from reference books and technical papers/reports.

b, g, j

1, 2

Homework, discussions, term project.

Test and evaluate “what if” scenarios and verify the results.

Use simulation and analytical approaches to animate and evaluate all scenarios.

b, e

1, 2

Homework , exam, term project.

Develop a term project and analyze designated transportation problems.

Ability to conduct an independent study, to research a transportation problem, and to investigate its causes.

f, h, k

1, 2

Term project

Host presentations for discussing the progress and findings of term project.

Ability to present the work progress and interpret results.

b, g

1, 2

Term project