DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE

 

ABET EC 2000 COURSE SYLLABUS

 

1. Course Number: CE  420      Course Title: Urban Transportation Planning

 

Course Coordinator: Michael Anderson, Ph.D.

 

2. Catalog Description (2001-2003):

Planning of highway systems and terminals as part of a complete planning approach; public transportation system planning; transportation planning studies, project analysis, plan formulation, and programming.

 

3. Prerequisites or parallel: CE 321.

 

4. Text: Transportation Planning Handbook / John D. Edwards, Jr., editor.  Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1992

 

5.  Course Educational Objectives:

To give students the opportunity to learn about the urban transportation planning and the role of civil engineers in transportation, transit, and traffic modeling.

 

6. Topics                                                        

a.       Introduction to the Class                                            

b.      Transportation and Society                                    

c.       Urban Travel Characteristics                                      

d.      Intercity Systems

e.       Urban Transportation Systems                                  

f.        Networks

g.       Travel Forecasts                                                       

h.       GIS and Computers in Travel Forecasts

i.         Travel Planning                                                            

j.        Urban Mass Transit Systems          

k.      Parking Systems                                                          

l.         Activity Centers

m.     Transportation System Management (TSM)                  

n.       Classification Studies                                                    

o.      Impact studies

p.      Volume Studies

q.      Capacity Studies                                                

r.        Pedestrian Studies

s.       Mass Transit Studies

t.        Parking Studies                                                                

u.       Origin-Destination Studies

v.       Financial and Economic Considerations                          

w.      Presentation of projects

 

7.      Class/Laboratory Schedule (number of sessions and duration of each session):

 14 weeks with 2 session/week at 80 minutes.

 

8.      Contribution of Course to meeting the professional component:

 

 

9.  Anticipated Course Outcomes:

·        an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data

·        an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs

·        an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems

·        an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility

·        an ability to communicate effectively

·        impact of  solutions on a global and societal context

·        a knowledge of contemporary issues

·        techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice

 

10.  Person Preparing This Syllabus:  Michael Anderson, Ph.D.

 

Signature of Person Preparing This Syllabus:        _____________________ 

 

Date of Syllabus: 8/16/02