CE 355 - Introduction to Transportation Engineering

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

Class text is: Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis by Mannering, Washburn, and Kilareski. Other material may be provided.

Week of	Topic	Reading Assignment	Homework
January 12	Intro to transportation
January 19	Monday no class: MLK Holiday Background	Text: chapter 1 Class notes
January 26	Driver/Roadway characteristics	Class notes
February 2	Vehicle Characteristics	Text: chapter 2 Class notes	From text 2.1 2.31 (show work) 2.28 2.29 Due Wed February 11^h at beginning of class 10% off for each class period beyond due date
February 9	Traffic engineering studies	Chapter 4 from Garber and Hoel—This was a handout
February 16	Basic statistics in transportation LOS capacity analysis—LOS is on test # 2	handout do not need to read section on parking studies	HW 2 Data sheet Solutions to HW 2
February 23	Finish up LOS and review test on Monday Exam I on Wed	Text, chapter 6: pages 175-195
March 2	Intersection control MUTCD Basics of signal timing	Reading below and handout handout on MUTCD Mannering: pages: 227-250, 252-257, 265-268 Traffic signal timing handout	HW #3 From Mannering, Washburn, and Kilareski Due Monday March 23^rd in class or in my box in CCEE Problem 6.1 Problem 6.9
March 9	Basics of signal timing Overview of Synchro	Chapter and MUTCD Synchro handout	HW 4 Part 1 is due Monday March 30 Part 2 is due Wed April 8
March 16	ISU Spring Break
March 23	Transportation air quality	AQ handout
March 30	Review for test Wed: Exam II

April 6	M: Climate change W: Trans Planning	Climate Change 101: Science and Impacts, Pew Center Center on Global Climate Change. January 2009. http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/Climate101-Science-Jan09.pdf (assigned reading for lecture) Other resources: (not assigned) http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/index.html Clearinghouse on transportation and climate change http://climate.dot.gov/ Climate change lecture notes		Download (consider not printing) Primer on transportation and climate change. AASHTO. April 2008. http://downloads.transportation.org/ClimateChange.pdf Chapter 4 (How do we get there from here) 1) List all strategies to reduce GHG emissions (this section deals with transportation solutions) 2) Identify the 2 strategies that you think are the most promising/feasible and 2 strategies that you think are the least promising/feasible 3) Briefly summarize why you think each of the above is the most/least feasible Due Wed April 15 at beginning of class
April 13	Trans planning		Chapter 8 Class notes
April 20	Trans planning Traffic impact studies		TIS handout	Homework 6 Due Friday May 1^st by noon in my box in CCEE. For this assignment, no late homework will be accepted. Otherwise I will not be able to get them graded by the end of the semester. Homework sheet Trip generation sheets
April 27	Traffic safety
May 4	Week of : Final exam		Monday May 4 from 9:45 to 11:45 am,