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COURSE INFORMATION

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Semester	ECTS
CIVE 427	TRAFFIC ENGINEERING	3 + 0	7th Semester	4

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Elective
Course Objective	To introduce conventional and new approaches used in traffic management.
Course Content	Historical development of traffic engineering. Traffic stream parameters (volume-speed-density relations). Type and defining the speeds (time mean and space mean speeds). AADT, Project Traffic Volume. Peak Hour Factor. At-gradate, grade separated, unsignalized and signalized intersection design. Traffic signalization. Traffic signal design methods, computer programs about traffic signal design. Signalized intersection design applications.
Prerequisites	No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite	No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Will be able to measure main parameters of traffic flows in the field.
2	Will be able to develop macroscopic traffic flow models.
3	Will be able to make a plan for data collection procedures of intersection design.
4	Will be able to make calculations for signalized intersections by Webster method.
5	Will be able to measure performance of signalized intersections.

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)	14	3	42
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	14	3	42
Mid-terms	1	10	10
Final examination	1	10	10
Total Work Load ECTS Credit of the Course			104 4

COURSE DETAILS

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Course Details

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Course Code	Language Of Instruction	Course Semester
CIVE 427	TRAFFIC ENGINEERING	3 + 0	2	Turkish	2022-2023 Fall

Course Coordinator	E-Mail	Phone Number	Course Location	Attendance
Prof. Dr. YETİŞ ŞAZİ MURAT	ysmurat@pau.edu.tr		MUH B0130	%70

Goals		To introduce conventional and new approaches used in traffic management.
Content		Historical development of traffic engineering. Traffic stream parameters (volume-speed-density relations). Type and defining the speeds (time mean and space mean speeds). AADT, Project Traffic Volume. Peak Hour Factor. At-gradate, grade separated, unsignalized and signalized intersection design. Traffic signalization. Traffic signal design methods, computer programs about traffic signal design. Signalized intersection design applications.

Topics

Weeks	Topics
1	Introduction, Transportation Engineering- Traffic Engineering Concepts and relations.
2	The development of Traffic Engineering Concept in the world. Introduction and classification of Traffic Engineering studies in Turkey.
3	Traffic Engineering Concept in Local Authority. Present situation, problems, future directions, organization chart proposals.
4	Traffic Generation and Development. Transport Planning-Traffic Engineering Relations and related issues.
5	Definition on Traffic Volume and related issues. Speed-Volume-Density Relations. Project Speed and Project Volume. 30th Hours Traffic.
6	Gap Acceptance phenomenon on Traffic Flow Modelling. Critical Gap Acceptance. Capacity-Gap acceptance relation.
7	Applications and problem based solutions.
8	Traffic Volume studies and statistical analysis.
9	Type of intersections.Signalized intersection design methods. Webster, HCM and Australian methods.
10	Coordinated intersection design.
11	Intersection design with computer program. Developing signal control algorithm by BASIC language.
12	Applications
13	Traffic simulation, spesifications of package programs. Simulation developing stages.
14	General evalutaion. Presentation of projects and essays.

Materials

Materials are not specified.

Resources

Resources	Resources Language
Traffic Engineering, James, L. Pline, Elena, S., Prassas	English

Course Assessment

L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes

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