CE 355 - Introduction to Transportation Engineering

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

 

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Week of

Topic

Reading Assignment

Homework

 January 14

Intro to transportation

Transportation Air pollution

 

handout

Air Quality handout

January 21

Monday no class:  MLK Holiday

 

Wed:  Background on transportation

 

 

 

Chapter 1, 2

 

January 28

Air Quality

 

Driver Characteristics

 

 

 

3

 

 

Driver/roadway handout

February 4

Vehicle and roadway characteristics

3

 

February 11

Traffic engineering studies

4

 

Handout for speed studies

HW 1 Problems from text

3-5

3-8

3-11

Due Monday February 18 at beginning of class

February 18

Volume studies (vol, PHF, AADT)

Pages 99 to 115 of text

 

Class notes

 

 

February 25

Exam I

 

 

March 3

Monday:  review exam

Traffic flow fundamentals

 

Pages 173 to 191 of text

 

Handout from class

Homework 2

Due Wed March 12 at beginning of class

 

Spreadsheet for homework

March 10

LOS capacity analysis

Chapter 9 (pages 329 to top of 330 and 353-375)

 

Handout and example

 

March 17

ISU Spring Break

 

 

March 24

Transportation Planning

 

Dr. Souleyrette

 

Transportation planning notes 1

Transportation Planning #2

Homework see trans planning notes #2

March 31

Exam II

Review on Monday

Exam on Wed

Equation sheet for test

 

April 7

Traffic Impact Studies

Economic analysis

 

Dr. Souleyrette

 

Traffic impact notes

Walmart TIA

Walmart TIA memo 1

Walmart TIA memo 2

Walmart TIA memo 3

April 14

Hand back tests and briefly go over on Monday

Pedestrian/bicyclist or other modes

 

 

Page 47 & 48 of text

handout

Pedestrian HW

Due Monday April 28

 

Spreadsheet

April 21

Monday no class—time is given to complete pedestrian field study homework

 

Intersection control

 

pp. 277-295

 

April 28

Signal timing

handout

 

May 5

Week  of :   Final exam