Credit Structure: (3-2)4

Catalog Description:
Introduction to transportation systems. Vehicles, network and terminals as components of transportation systems engineering. Design of transportation facilities emphasizing land transportation. Operations planning of transportation systems and traffic engineering. Models of traffic flow. Traffic analysis at intersections. Basic definitions and computations of level of service. Planning and management techniques.

Course Objectives:
To get acquainted all civil engineering students with the transportation field.

Prerequisites:
None

Textbook(s):
F.L. Mannering and W.P. Kilareski, "Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis", John Wiley and Sons, 1990.

Reference(s):
R.J. Paquette and P.H. Wright, "Transportation Engineering", Wiley, 1972.
E.K. Marlok, "Introduction to Transportation Engineering", McGraw-Hill, 1978.

Syllabus:
1. Introduction
2. Technology of Transportation Systems: Tractive effort, speed, modal energy, terminals, ways, control systems.
3. Design of Facilities: Geometric design elements, route location, earthwork calculations, pavement design elements and drainage.
4. Elements of Traffic Analysis: Stream variables and measurements, stream models, intersections, signalization.
5. Applied Traffic Analysis: Level of service and capacity relationship, level of service computations.
6. Operations and Management: accidents, maintenance and safety.
7. Field Trips, measurements at site, route location and earthwork calculations, computer application for route location, video and slide shows.

Homeworks, Quizzes, Projects:
None

Computer Usage:
Computer is used for earthwork calculations.

Laboratory Work:
None

Category Content:
Mathematics and Basic Sciences: None
Engineering Design: 1.5 credits
Engineering Sciences: 2.5 credits
Humanities & Social Sciences: None
Departmental: None

Instructors:
Ayhan Inal