General

3 credits, Fall Semester
Required (CIE Fall senior year)
Three 50-minute lectures (or equivalent) per week

Recent Instructor(s)

Dr. Satish Mohan and Wesley Zech (Fall 2001, Fall 2002, Fall 2003)
(716) 645-2114 ext.2412
smohan@eng.buffalo.edu 

URL

http://overlord.eng.buffalo.edu/classhomepages/cie439  (Fall 2002)

Prerequisite(s)

Senior standing

Catalogue Description

Introduction to U.S. transportation modes, their technologies and efficiencies: traffic flow characteristics and highway capacity; design of highway elements, intersections and interchanges; terminals; urban transportation planning; transportation and energy; environment and safety; and intelligent transportation systems.

Course Objectives/Outcomes

The course designed primarily for senior year civil engineering students, will introduce the various transportation modes and their technologies. Principles and procedures for the design of highways will be presented. The various design components will include: vertical and horizontal alignment, at-grade intersections and interchanges, and terminals. The course will then focus on the planning of a transportation system for an urban area. The urban transportation planning process will include the travel demand models: trip generation, trip distribution, traffic assignment, and modal choice. The later part of the course will discuss energy/environment/safety issues related to transportation. One lecture on intelligent transportation systems will conclude the course.

Text(s)

Khisty & Lall (1998). Transportation engineering, an introduction.

Outcomes (ABET a-k)

a, e, k

Outcomes (CIE)

2, 3, 5

Outcomes (ENV)

8

Other information

Review by Undergraduate Studies Committee

Scheduled for 2002-2003

Prepared by

Dr. Alan J. Rabideau/Dr. Satish Mohan and Wesley Zech (Nov-02)