CE 436 — Traffic Engineering

Scientific Visits and Field Applications

The course includes scientific visits connecting transport planning, road safety and incident response with practice in specialist organizations.

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Course Description

A three-credit course covering capacity and level of service for road segments and intersections; traffic data collection; volume, speed, travel time, delay, and parking studies; crash and safety analysis; traffic impact studies; traffic control devices; and signal design and timing.

Learning Outcomes

• Explain traffic stream components and fundamental traffic engineering concepts.
• Conduct traffic studies and analyze speed, delay, parking, and crash data.
• Select suitable traffic control devices and traffic management techniques.
• Design traffic signals and analyze intersection operations.
• Conduct traffic impact studies and recommend appropriate countermeasures.

Main Topics

Statistics for traffic engineers, data collection, capacity and level of service, safety studies, signal timing, and applications using INTEGRATION, SIDRA, and Synchro.

The original course syllabus is attached below.

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