TTE 5204 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING

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• TTE 5204 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
• INTRODUCTIONS
• Instructor
• Students

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• COURSE SYLLABUS
• Pre-Requisite
• Description
• Grading
• Textbook and References
• Detailed Class Periods
• EXAM STYLE AND DATES
• RESEARCH PAPER PROJECTS
• END OF CHAPTER PROBLEMS

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Student Introductions
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• DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
• UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
• COURSE TTE 5204 - TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
• DESCRIPTION Monday, Wednesday - 1430 - 1545
• EN 386
• INSTRUCTOR Dr. A. Essam Radwan, P.E.
• Professor Chair, CEE Dept.
• Eng. 207E Phone [phone]
• Email Address aeradwan_at_mail.ucf.edu
• PREREQUISITE TTE 4004 - TRANSPORTATION
  ENGINEERING
• DESCRIPTION The purpose of the course is to
  introduce students to the field of Traffic
  Engineering which covers the different
  components of traffic system, traffic- stream
  characteristics, traffic studies and data
  collection and traffic control of urban streets
  and highways.
• GRADING TERM PAPER 20
• CLASS PROJECTS 20
• TWO TESTS 40
• FINAL EXAM 20
• TEXTBOOKS 1. Traffic Engineering, Second
  Edition, by McShane, Roess, and Prassas.
  Prentice Hall, 1998
• REFERENCES 1. Manual of Transportation
  Engineering Studies. Institute of
  Transportation Engineers, Prentice Hall, 1994
  (On reserve at the UCF Library).

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• What is Traffic Engineering?
• Planning
• Geometric Design

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• Traffic Operations
• Traffic Safety
• Maintenance
• Management

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Concept of Vehicles versus Persons Movement

• 1 Lane of Freeway Carries 2200 pcph
• 1 Lane of a Two-lane Road Carries 1400 pcph
• 1 Lane of a Street Arterial Carries 800 pcph

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• Auto Occupancy of 1.1 Pass/vehicle
• 3 lane freeway may carry up to 7260 pass/hour
• 1 bus lane handles 100 buses/hour
• 3 bus lanes may carry up to 3(50)(100) 15,000
  pass/hour

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• Light Rail Transit Capacity 20,000 pass/hour
• Heavy Rail Transit Headway _at_ 2 minutes
• HRT Capacity can be 30(2,000) 60,000 pass/hour

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Issues Facing Todays Traffic Engineer

• Data Collection
• Inventory Programs

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• Maintenance Activities
• Public Concerns
• Shop Manufacturing

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• Growth Management (DRIs)
• Safety Programs

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Functional Classifications of Roads

• Urban
• Freeway
• Arterial
• Collector
• Local

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• Rural
• Interstate
• Primary
• Secondary
• Tertiary

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Travel Demand
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• Temporal Distribution of Trips

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• Mode Selection of Trips
• Travel Demand Control Techniques
• Flex Working Hours
• Staggered Working Hours
• Four-Day Week