CE-XXX Traffic Management and Design (New course proposal) Civil Engineering Name of Academic Unit : Preamble to the proposal : Postgraduate Level : Programme : M. Tech/DD/Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering i Title of the course Traffic Management and Design ii Credit Structure 3-0-0-6 (L-T-P-C) iii Type of Course M. Tech. /Dual Degree/ B. Tech Elective iv Semester in normally to be Spring offered v Whether Full/Half Full Semester course vi Pre-requisites CE-740/CE-415 vii Course Content Traffic Impact: Transportation noise: standards, measurements and mitigation strategies. Parking Studies: Statistics and analysis. Fuel Consumption and vehicle operating cost. Vehicular emission and Air quality modelling. Environmental impact assessment Traffic safety: Accident studies, Accident data analysis, Statistical methods for data analysis, Road safety principles and practice, Identification of hazardous locations. Capacity and LOS analysis: Two Lane Highways, Urban Streets, Multilane Highways, Transit systems, Pedestrians and bicycles. Design of Traffic Facilities: Transit route selection and design, Pedestrians and bicycles facilities, Intersection, roundabout configuration and design, Interchange design, Freeway Operations and design. Traffic Management: Traffic Management Strategies, Traffic Management Techniques, Work zone traffic management, Traffic calming, Congestion studies and Road pricing. Automated Data Collection Systems: Intrusive systems such as loop detectors, pneumatic, etc., Non-Intrusive systems such as video, In-vehicle systems: GPS, Mobiles, Tracking; Positioning systems for location services, Geographical information systems Intelligent Transportation System: ITS: User services and architecture, ITS: Standards and evaluation, Public transport and bus priority, Travel time estimation methods, Artificial intelligence in advanced traffic and ITS
CE-XXX Traffic Management and Design (New course proposal) Name of Academic Unit : Civil Engineering Preamble to the proposal : Level : Postgraduate Programme : M. Tech/DD/Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering i Title of the course Traffic Management and Design ii Credit Structure (L-T-P-C) 3-0-0-6 iii Type of Course M. Tech. /Dual Degree/ B. Tech Elective iv Semester in normally to be offered Spring v Whether Full/Half Semester course Full vi Pre-requisites CE-740/CE-415 vii Course Content Traffic Impact: Transportation noise: standards, measurements and mitigation strategies. Parking Studies: Statistics and analysis. Fuel Consumption and vehicle operating cost. Vehicular emission and Air quality modelling. Environmental impact assessment Traffic safety: Accident studies, Accident data analysis, Statistical methods for data analysis, Road safety principles and practice, Identification of hazardous locations. Capacity and LOS analysis: Two Lane Highways, Urban Streets, Multilane Highways, Transit systems, Pedestrians and bicycles. Design of Traffic Facilities: Transit route selection and design, Pedestrians and bicycles facilities, Intersection, roundabout configuration and design, Interchange design, Freeway Operations and design. Traffic Management: Traffic Management Strategies, Traffic Management Techniques, Work zone traffic management, Traffic calming, Congestion studies and Road pricing. Automated Data Collection Systems: Intrusive systems such as loop detectors, pneumatic, etc., Non-Intrusive systems such as video, In-vehicle systems: GPS, Mobiles, Tracking; Positioning systems for location services, Geographical information systems Intelligent Transportation System: ITS: User services and architecture, ITS: Standards and evaluation, Public transport and bus priority, Travel time estimation methods, Artificial intelligence in advanced traffic and ITS
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