Transportation Engineering - TTE 4004C University of Florida - Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering

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1 Transportation Engineering - TTE 4004C University of Florida - Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering SYLLABUS (Spring 2013) Description: This course provides an introduction to highway engineering and traffic analysis. Topics covered include an introduction to the significance of highway transportation to society, road vehicle performance, geometric design of highways, traffic flow and queuing theory, highway capacity and level of service analysis, traffic control and analysis at signalized intersections, and travel demand and traffic forecasting. Objectives: The objective of this course is for students to gain a solid understanding of the principles of highway engineering and traffic analysis. This course will present a large number of practical problems, and in sufficient depth, such that the student will be capable of solving real highway-related problems. The lab sessions will give students the opportunity to work on comprehensive transportation problems, as well as work with some data collection and software analysis tools. Instructor: Dr. Dimitra Michalaka Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering 508 Weil Hall Phone: ext Office Hours: Thurs (2:00-3:00 pm) and F (11:00 am -12:00 pm) or by appointment dimichalaka@ufl.edu (use TTE 4004C as subject) Mail box: 512 Weil Hall (to the left when you enter) Location: 270 Florida Gym Times: Class: M-W-F, 7 th Period (1:55-2:45 pm) Lab: M 8-10 th Periods (3:00-6:00 pm) Website: Then, login with your GatorLink ID and Password. (You are responsible for monitoring this site for any schedule or assignment changes) Textbook (required): Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis, 5th Edition; Mannering and Washburn; Wiley & Sons, Inc.; ISBN i > clicker (required): ISBN (you may buy or rent it) Additional References: Highway Capacity Manual 2010, AASHTO Green Book, Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) ( Class attendance: You are expected to attend all class meetings. Everyone is responsible for the material delivered verbally in each class. Cell phone use during class is prohibited, and all cell phones should be turned off during class. Use of a laptop for note-taking is acceptable, but not 1

2 for engaging in facebook, chat room discussions, , or surfing the web. Other actions that disturb the class are strongly discouraged. All changes to the schedule or planned assignments will be posted on the class web site. You are responsible for monitoring the web site information. Participation: The class will be informal and you are encouraged to bring up any issues pertinent to the subject at any time. Dialogue and discussion will help you get the most from the course. The goal is for everyone to learn as much as possible, even myself. You are encouraged to communicate with me by (putting TTE4004C in the subject). Exams: There will be three exams. The exams will be two hours long and they will have two parts. The first part will be closed-book, 30 min long, and will include some qualitative questions addressing major concepts of the chapters and multiple choice questions. The second part will be open-book, 1.5 hr long, and will consist of 3-5 quantitative problems similar in nature to the homework problems and/or a component of the lab assignments. The first two exams will each cover two of the textbook chapters but the last exam will be cumulative including all the material covered in class throughout the semester. Labs: There will be a number of lab assignments covering material for each portion of the course. These assignments are to reinforce the concepts and procedures presented for each chapter. You must attend these meetings to receive full credit for the labs. You may work alone or in pairs and turn in one lab assignment with two names unless it is specified differently in the class at the time of the lab. All lab assignments should be turned in at the end of the lab session. Project: There will be a group project (3-4 students per group). The project topics, details, and groups will be assigned the fourth week of classes. Homework: Any homework assignments will be to reinforce what has been covered in class. Collaborating with others is fine as long as you do your own work and turn in your own assignment (note that collaboration does not include copying someone else s work). Normal assignments must be turned in at the beginning of the class on the due date. If they are submitted after the due time, there will be a 10% penalty. Assignments after results are discussed or graded assignments are returned will not be accepted. Clicker Quizzes: For each class session with previously assigned reading, there will be a short quiz (4-6 questions) administered with the clickers. The questions will be qualitative in nature, primarily testing the concepts discussed in the assigned reading. The results of the clicker quizzes are strictly beneficial to your final class score; that is, there is no specific penalty for not participating in the clicker quizzes. Clicker Quiz Scoring: 0 points for no answer 0.2 points for each incorrect answer 0.4 points for each correct answer There will be approximately a total of 125 clicker quiz questions over the semester. This translates to roughly 5% of potential extra credit. Requirements: All submitted material is expected to be professionally prepared and presented. Hand-written assignments should be very neatly presented, include problems in order, pages numbered and stapled together. Also, you need to put your reference number at the upper right 2

3 corner of all the material you submit. The reference number will be given to you after the drop/add period. Grades: 95+% A 71-<75% C Class Attendance and Participation = 5% 91-<95% A- 68-<71% C- Homework Assignments = 10% 87-<91% B+ 65-<68% D+ Lab Assignments = 20% 83-<87% B 62-<65% D Project = 10% 79-<83% B- 59-<62% D- 75-<79 % C+ < 59% E Three Exams = 55% (Exam I = 15%, Exam II = 15%, Exam III = 25%) Homework assignments, lab assignments, project, and exams are mandatory. Any absence from labs or exams should be coordinated in advance. Also, there is some percentage of your grade that depends on class participation. Your class participation grade will be affected if, during the class, you are doing any type of activity (sleeping, texting, eating, listening music, reading newspaper, talking with your friends, etc.) that is not appropriate for a college level class. Note: A C- will not be a qualifying grade for major, minor, Gen Ed, Gordon Rule or College Basic Distribution credit. For more information on grades and grading policies, please visit: or Grading: Grades will be given at the end of the semester based only on the work completed during the semester. Plagiarism: Any actions against the academic honesty policies will result in a failing grade for the class. Make-up Exam Policy: Make-up exams will not be given except in the case of a documented personal or family illness/emergency. Accommodations for students with disabilities: Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the Instructor when requesting accommodation. Academic Honesty: All students admitted to the University of Florida have signed a statement of academic honesty committing themselves to be honest in all academic work and understanding that failure to comply with this commitment will result in disciplinary action. This statement is a reminder to uphold your obligation as a student at the University of Florida and to be honest in all work submitted and exams taken in this class and all others. The full text of the University s policy may be found on the UF web site at: Note that I am aware that the solutions manual to previous editions of the textbook, as well as some additional instructor-only course material, can be obtained from some web sites on the internet. The only legal way to obtain instructor-only material (which includes the solutions 3

4 manual) for this textbook is from Wiley & Sons publishers. However, Wiley & Sons will only provide this material to you if you are the official instructor of record for a course that has officially adopted this textbook. Since you are not the official instructor of record for this course, that means you should not be in possession of instructor-only course material. If you are in possession of this material, this is a student conduct code violation. If you copy from any of this material in completing your assigned work, it is considered plagiarism and an academic honesty violation. If you pass any of this material on to another student, you are in violation of U.S. copyright law (i.e., copyright infringement) and can be subject to significant fines and/or jail time. Again, being in possession of the instructor-only material is illegal, as there is no legitimate method by which you could have come into possession of this material, including, but not limited to, obtaining the material from a classmate or from the internet. Remember, just because something is on the internet does not mean it is there legally. If you are found to have copied from any instructor-only material (which indicates that you are or have been in possession of this material), you will be given a failing grade for this class, in addition to other possible penalties as outlined above. Note that these penalties are not confined to only this semester; for example, if a student in a future semester gets caught copying from instructor-only material and they identify you as the person they obtained the material from, your course grade will be retroactively changed to a failing grade. And you should also be aware that it is quite easy for me to tell when a student has copied from instructor-only material. UF Counseling Services: Resources are available on-campus for students having personal problems or lacking clear career and academic goals. The resources include: University Counseling Center, 301 Peabody Hall, , Personal and Career Counseling. SHCC Mental Health, Student Health Care Center, , Personal Counseling. Center for Sexual Assault/Abuse Recovery and Education (CARE), Student Health Care Center, , sexual assault counseling. Career Resource Center, Reitz Union, , career development assistance and counseling. Software Use: All faculty, staff and student of the University are required and expected to obey the laws and legal agreements governing software use. Failure to do so can lead to monetary damages and/or criminal penalties for the individual violator. Because such violations are also against University policies and rules, disciplinary action will be taken as appropriate. We, the members of the University of Florida community, pledge to uphold ourselves and our peers to the highest standards of honesty and integrity. 4

5 Transportation Engineering (TTE 4004C) Spring 2013 Schedule Date Topic Assign Due 1/7 Course Introduction, Schedule, Syllabus, etc. Dr. Washburn No lab meeting 1/9 Chapter 1 Introduction to Transportation Engineering Dr. Washburn 1/11 Chapter 2 Vehicle Performance & Resistance Mahmood Zangui 1/14 No class Transportation Research Board Conference Lab Cancelled 1/16 No class Transportation Research Board Conference 1/18 Chapter 2 Tractive Effort Mahmood Zangui 1/21 No Class Martin Luther King Jr. Day No lab Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1/23 Chapter 2 Acceleration Chapter 2 Problems 1/25 Chapter 2 Braking & Stopping Distance 1/28 Chapter 2 Review Project Lab: Vehicle Performance 1/30 Chapter 3 Vertical Curve Design Chapter 3 Problems Chapter 2 Problems 2/1 Chapter 3 Horizontal Curve Design 2/4 Chapter 3 Combined Vertical and Horizontal Curve Design Lab: Vertical Curve Design, Horizontal Curve Design 2/6 Lab: Combined Vertical and Horizontal Curves Chapter 3 Problems 2/8 Exam Review 2/11 Exam I (Chapters 2 and 3) Exam I (Chapters 2 and 3) 2/13 Chapter 5 Traffic Stream Parameters (Introduction) 2/15 Chapter 5 Models of Traffic Flow Chapter 5 Problems 2/18 Chapter 5 Queuing Theory Lab: Traffic Stream Parameters and Models 2/20 Lab: Queuing Theory 2/22 Chapter 5 Analysis of Highway Bottlenecks 2/25 Chapter 5 Highway Bottlenecks Lab: Highway Bottlenecks 2/27 Chapter 6 LOS Analysis (Introduction) 3/1 Chapter 6 Freeway Analysis Chapter 6 Problems 3/4 No Class Spring Break No Lab Spring Break 3/6 No Class Spring Break 3/8 No Class Spring Break 3/11 Lab: Freeway LOS Analysis Lab: Freeway LOS Analysis Chapter 5 Problems 5

6 3/13 Chapter 6: Multilane Highway Analysis Dr. Alexandra Kondyli 3/15 Chapter 6: Two-lane Highway Analysis 3/18 Lab: Highway LOS Analysis Lab: Highway LOS Analysis 3/20 Chapter 7 Intersection and Signal Control Characteristics Chapter 6 Problems 3/22 Exam Review 3/25 Exam II (Chapters 5 and 6) Exam II (Chapters 5 and 6) 3/27 Guest Lecture 3/29 Chapter 7 Development of a Phasing and Timing Plan Chapter 7 Problems 4/1 Chapter 7 Development of a Phasing and Timing Plan Lab: Development of Phasing and Timing Plan 4/3 Chapter 7 Signalized Intersection Analysis 4/5 Chapter 7 Signal Capacity 4/8 Lab: Development of Phasing and Timing Plan Project Lab: Development of Phasing and Timing Plan 4/10 Guest Lecture 4/12 Chapter 8 Travel Demand Chapter 8 Problems Chapter 7 Problems 4/15 Lab: Project Presentations Lab: Project Presentations 4/17 Chapter 8 Trip Generation 4/19 Chapter 8 Mode and Destination Choice 4/22 Chapter 8 Route Choice Lab: Destination Choice, Route Choice 4/24 Exam Review Chapter 8 Problems 5/2 Final Exam (All Chapters) 10:00am-12:00pm 6

7 Subject Areas and Learning Objectives Introduction Transportation and Society Role of civil engineering in the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of highways and associated transportation facilities and services. Learning Objective: This portion of the class provides some general background information on transportation. This information is intended to give the student a basic knowledge of some of the fundamental issues in transportation. The primary objective is to get students to start thinking about transportation critically and not accept, at face value, the ideologic view of transportation that is often portrayed in the popular press and espoused in political jargon. Road Vehicle Design and Performance Resistance Acceleration Deceleration Braking Theory Learning Objective: The objective of this portion of the course is to give students a basic understanding of the factors influencing road vehicle performance. This includes familiarity with terms such as power, torque, and gearing as they apply to actual road vehicles and the elements of braking including brake-force proportioning and braking efficiency. After completing this section, the student is not expected to be able to design a vehicle but is expected to have a basic understanding of the performance characteristics and design compromises that are associated with modern road vehicles. Geometric Design Sight Distance Requirements Vehicle Cornering Horizontal and Vertical Alignments Learning Objective: The geometric design of highways is the key element in safety and critical in accident litigation. The objective of this chapter is to familiarize students with the elements involved in geometric design and the safety concerns that motivate vertical curve length and horizontal curve design. After completing this section, the student is expected to have a basic understanding of curve design and stationing and have all of the tools to begin a basic design of a highway section, and the background necessary to readily begin learning a variety of computer software packages that assist in the details of highway geometric design. Traffic Flow and Queuing Theory Traffic Stream Parameters and Relationships Models of Traffic Flow Queuing Theory and Traffic Flow Analysis Applied Queuing Models (D/D/1, M/D/1, M/M/1, M/M/N) 7

8 Learning Objective: Traffic flow models and queuing theory have broad impacts in transportation engineering and they build upon student s basic math and probability knowledge. The objective of this section is to give the student a basic understanding of traffic flow and queuing theory and familiarity with the deterministic and probabilistic assumptions made for vehicle arrivals and departures. After completing this section, the student is expected to have the tools to understand basic traffic flow and queuing principles and have the underlying basis for understanding complex queuing systems. Highway Capacity and Level of Service Analysis Level of Service Concept Basic Freeway Segments Multilane Highways Two-lane Highways Learning Objective: Capacity and level of service analysis serves as a basis for determining highway construction needs and other transportation resource allocations. This section provides students with the knowledge needed to conduct capacity and level of service analyses, familiarity with the terminology used in such analyses, and the background needed to use the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) capacity and level of service analysis methods. Traffic Control and Analysis at Signalized Intersections Basic Signal Control D/D/1 Queuing Probabilistic Arrivals Traffic Signal Timing Learning Objective: The objective of this section is to give students a familiarity with the elements of signal control, signal timing, signal timing theory, and terminology. This material is designed to serve as a foundation for a more detailed study of the complexities of traffic signal theory and operation. Travel Demand and Traffic Forecasting: Trip Generation Mode and Destination Choice Models Highway Route Choice Models Learning Objective: The objective of this chapter is to introduce students to the modern theories underlying traveler trip decisions, and the determination of the modes and routes chosen by travelers. The material in this chapter will also provide students with an important understanding of the current state of traffic forecasting, and some critical insight into the deficiencies of forecasting methods currently used in practice. 8