Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Moh'd Ghaith, College of Architecture and Planning, KSU

Aim:

To define the land uses and transportation planning for the students and teach him the use of the benefit of analyzing process and planning for future in decision making for transportation planning and land uses.

Course description:

Define the role and the importance of transportation in planning process. First, studying the relation between the land uses and transportation planning specially which concern the urban transportation (UTMS) using mathematical equations.  In addition to, study the calculation of the traffic on the road networks.  It also studies the process of data collection and analysis about the current situation for all transportation means and the expectation of the future transportation volume using the computer programmes.  Preparing the strategic plan also is included in the course.

References:

    ·    Kaiser, Edward J., Godschalk, David R., and Chapin, F. Stuart, Urban Land Use Planning, Fourth Edition, University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 1995.

    ·    Chapin, F. Stuart and Kaiser, Edward, Urban Land Use Planning, University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, Third Edition, 1985.

The Institution of Highways and Transportation with the Department of Transport, Roads and Traffic in Urban Areas, 1987.