CEEN 4640 TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS AND DESIGN
SYLLABUS FALL 2015
INSTRUCTOR:
Dr.
Alexander Drakopoulos
Associate
Professor
Office:
Room 263
Phone:
288-5430 (voice mail available 24 hours)
e-mail:
Alexander.Drakopoulos@Marquette.Edu
Web
page:
www.eng.mu.edu/drakopoa/
Mailbox
#15 (General Engineering Office–Room 201 Olin Engineering)
OFFICE
HOURS:
Tuesday and Thursday 3:30 pm - 5:50 pm and Wednesday 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Available many more hours by appointment (call, e-mail or stop-by the office)
CLASS
RESOURCES:
1. "Highway
Capacity Manual, 2010," Transportation Research
Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. , Fifth Edition, 2010,
Volumes 1-3.
2. William
R. McShane, Roger P. Roess, Elena S. Prassas, “Traffic Engineering,” Upper
Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 4th edition, June 2010, Prentice Hall. ISBN-10:
0136135730 ISBN-13:
9780136135739
3. “Manual
on Uniform Traffic Control Devices,” 2009 Edition, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, ATSSA/ITE/AASHTO, ISBN:
978-1-56051-473-2.
4. "Highway Safety Manual 2010," American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington D.C., ISBN 9781560514770.
5. Others as distributed.
6. Course web site "Daily class schedule/deadlines," updated after each lecture.
CLASS
SCHEDULE:
Tuesday
and Thursday 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm, Engineering Hall Room 236.
MAKE-UP
OF FINAL GRADE:
Test[1]............................................. 15%
Final
Exam ................................
25%
Projects.......................................
55%
Homework[2]
............................... 5%
TEST
and FINAL EXAMINATION:
There
will be one test during the semester and a final examination during finals week
(see class dates).
Tentative
test date: Thursday, October 8.
ABSENCE
POLICY:
That of the College of Engineering-see class web site for direct connection to web link (https://bulletin.marquette.edu/undergrad/academicregulations/#attendance). Attendance will be taken daily. Four unexcused absences will result in lowering the class grade by half a letter grade. Excessive absences will result in student being withdrawn from the course with a grade of WA (Withdrawn due to Absences).
COURSE
OBJECTIVE:
To provide an understanding of the basic characteristics on uninterrupted and interrupted traffic flow, design and traffic operations of signalized intersections. To provide hands-on experience with: the Highway Capacity Manual; the Highway Capacity Software; data collection, data analysis, report-writing and oral presentation of geometry, capacity, safety and signalization recommendations for an existing signalized intersection. To provide students with feedback from practicing traffic engineers.
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course students will be familiar with: i) the components
of the traffic system; ii) intersection component characteristics and
dimensions; iii) basic variables of traffic flow for interrupted and
uninterrupted facilities; iv) signalized
intersection capacity analysis; v) signalized intersection safety improvement
methods and evaluation; and, vi) use of the Highway Capacity Manual
methods, the Highway Capacity Software and the Highway Safety Manual to address these topics.
COURSE
PROJECTS:
Team
projects consisting of intersection evaluation and design involving an actual
intersection within
1. Volume counts and condition diagram
2. Delay study
3. Safety analysis and safety improvements
4. Capacity analysis and
capacity improvements
5. Written recommendations for improvement
6. Oral Presentation
Four
inter-connected projects lead the student team through data gathering, report
writing and oral presentation of findings.
OTHER
REQUIREMENTS:
Periodic announced and unannounced quizzes; homework problems. Software-based traffic analysis will be required.
CREDITS: 3
PLAGIARISM/ACADEMIC
INTEGRITY:
Student
papers should represent original work by the report’s authors. Copying passages
verbatim from sources is not acceptable, except for short, appropriately
indicated passages that are necessary to make a point in a report. Software may
be used to detect plagiarism. Reports containing plagiarized materials will receive a zero
grade–other consequences may also apply according to
For a
more comprehensive coverage of the topic, please visit:
https://bulletin.marquette.edu/undergrad/academicregulations/
GRADING
SCALE:
From |
||
A |
93 |
% |
A- |
91 |
% |
B+ |
88 |
% |
B |
85 |
% |
B- |
82 |
% |
C+ |
79 |
% |
C |
75 |
% |
C- |
70 |
% |
D+ |
65 |
% |
D |
60 |
% |
F |
Below 60% |
[1]
This includes periodic announced and unannounced quizzes.
[2]
Homework and Project grades will be partially based
on the professional quality of completed work, which includes neatness, legibility, clarity and timeliness.