CEEN 4640 TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS AND DESIGN
DAILY CLASS SCHEDULE/DEADLINES FALL 2017
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Tue Aug 29 |
Syllabus, guidelines for
success, class web page, class schedule, test dates Project #1 definitions Reading: 2010 Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) attachment to
project materials. See details in the email message. |
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Thu Aug 31 |
Reading: Signal
Phasing-two phase and three-phase timing, permitted, protected, unopposed
turns, all-red phase, pretimed, semi-actuated, actuated signals, common
detector uses, lead and lag phases, left-turn trap, change interval
calculation, pedestrian timing requirements. Reading: Manual
on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD 2009)-Pedestrian intervals,
meaning of pedestrian signal indications-review all topics mentioned in the
email you received with instructions about downloading, printing and learning
materials on specific pages. See email message |
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Mon Sep 4 |
Labor Day holiday |
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Tue Sep 5 |
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Thu Sep 7 |
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Tue Sep 12 |
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Thu Sep 14 |
Reading: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)—see your email
message. Ready for unannounced quiz. Reading: Geometric Design of Intersections and Interchanges Project #1 assigned |
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Tue Sep 19 |
Reading: Geometric Design of Intersections and Interchanges. Innovative Interchange
design: Diverging Diamond
Interchange design video Innovative Intersection
design |
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Thu Sep 21 |
Symbols for drawing signal
phasing Signal Warrants (Manual on
Uniform Traffic Control Devices) |
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Tue Sep 26 |
Signal Warrants 1-4 MUTCD |
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Thu Sep 28 |
Signal Warrants 5-9 MUTCD |
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Tue Oct 3 |
Bicycles in the US and in
the Netherlands |
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Thu Oct 5 |
Bicycles in Denmark Project #2 Part
1 |
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Tue Oct 10 |
Project
#1 due beginning
of class Project #2 assigned Reading: Project #3 Crash Analysis |
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Thu Oct 12 |
Reading: Project #3 Crash Analysis: Manual of Transportation Engineering
Studies Chapter 17 parts 3. and 4. |
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Tue Oct 17 |
Test |
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Thu Oct 19 Sun Oct 22 |
Midterm break |
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Tue Oct 24 |
Reading: Manual of Transportation Engineering Studies Ch.17
& 18; using the Highway Safety Manual & NCHRP reports 500 and 705 to
propose and evaluate safety countermeasures. Project #3a assigned |
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NCHRP
report 700 (Download as a guest from the National
Academies Press web site) |
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Thu Oct 26 |
Advising week for Spring
semester Oct 30 to Nov 3 Reading: Project #3b fundamental signal timing variables |
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Tue Oct 31 |
Running Highway Capacity
Software |
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Thu Nov 2 |
Project #2 due beginning of class Interpreting Highway
Capacity Software output for signalized intersections |
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Tue Nov 7 |
Project #3a due beginning
of class Project #3b and #3c assigned |
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Thu Nov 9 |
Basic Actuated Signal
Terminology |
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Tue Nov 14 |
Signal coordination |
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Thu Nov 16 |
Signal coordination; Ramp metering |
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Fri Nov 17 |
Final day to withdraw with
“W” |
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Tue Nov 21 |
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Thu Nov 22 Sun Nov 26 |
Thanksgiving holiday |
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Tue Nov 28 |
Project #3b and #3c due beginning
of class Project #4 assigned |
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Thu Nov 30 |
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Tue Dec 5 |
Project presentations |
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Thu Dec 7 |
Project presentations Last day of class |
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Mon Dec 11 |
10:30 am to 12:30 pm Final
exam Traffic Characteristics & Design EH Rm 221 |
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Tue Dec 12 |
10:30 am to 12:30 pm Final
exam Airport Planning & Design EH Rm 221 |
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Sun Dec 17 Sun Jan 14 |
Christmas holiday |
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Mon Jan 15 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
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Mon Jan 16 |
Spring Semester begins |