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B.E. Semester: VII Civil Engineering Subject Name:: Urban Transportation System (CV 704-B)

This document outlines the course objectives, teaching scheme, syllabus, lesson planning, instructional methods, student learning outcomes, and recommended study materials for the subject "Urban Transportation System". The key goals of the course are to cover transportation planning concepts, modes and systems, and develop methodology for travel demand modeling. The course will provide 9 lessons over 15 weeks, evaluate students with exams, assignments, and class participation, and teach students to plan transportation routes and manage traffic/congestion issues in developing cities.

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B.E. Semester: VII Civil Engineering Subject Name:: Urban Transportation System (CV 704-B)

This document outlines the course objectives, teaching scheme, syllabus, lesson planning, instructional methods, student learning outcomes, and recommended study materials for the subject "Urban Transportation System". The key goals of the course are to cover transportation planning concepts, modes and systems, and develop methodology for travel demand modeling. The course will provide 9 lessons over 15 weeks, evaluate students with exams, assignments, and class participation, and teach students to plan transportation routes and manage traffic/congestion issues in developing cities.

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B.E.

Semester: VII
Civil Engineering
Subject Name: URBAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (CV 704-B)
A. Course objective :
 To cover concepts of Transportation planning, various modes, transit systems and
their suitability
 To give idea of modeling in planning, to develop the methodology of travel
demand modeling for Urban Transportation Systems
 To provide knowledge of Land use planning and transportation interaction.

B. Teaching /Examination Scheme

Teaching scheme Evaluation Scheme


Total Mid Sem Pract/
L T P Total Theory CIA Total
Credit Exam Tut.
Hrs Hrs Hrs Hrs Hrs Marks Marks Marks Marks Marks
03 02 00 05 05 03 70 30 20 30 150

C. Detailed Syllabus
Module I :
1 Introduction
Development plans, objectives and goals; level of planning; role of transportation at
national, regional and urban level.
2 Urbanization
Definition of urban area; trends in urbanization; urban class groups; metropolitan
city; transportation problems & identification.
3 Travel Demand
Concepts of travel demand; factors affecting demand and the demand functions;
calibration methods; sequential, direct demand models; introduction to aggregate
and disaggregate approaches

Module II :

4 Transportation Surveys
The transportation study area definition; division into traffic zones;
network identification and coding; types of travel and characteristics of various
surveys; home interview; roadside survey; goods, mass transit and intermediate
public transport surveys; sampling and expansion factors; accuracy checks, screen
line checks, consistency checks.
5 Travel Forecasting
Growth factor methods and urban transportation planning system; growth factors;
average growth factor method and Furness method

Module III :
6 UTP System
Trip generation; zonal regression methods and category analysis; trip distribution
method; gravity models and opportunity models; modal split methods; factors
affecting modal split; trip end models and trip distribution models; route
assignment; factors affecting route choice; diversion curve; shortest paths; all or
nothing assignment.

Module IV:
7 Corridor Identification
Prediction issues and forecasting of the travel demand and future desires; corridor
identification and corridor screen line analysis.
8 Mass Transit Systems
Bus and rail transit; characteristics, capacities, route planning.
9 Transportation Plan Preparation
Urban forms and structures; point, linear, radial, poly-nuclear developments and
preparation of plan, comprehensive and traffic system management plans.

D. Lesson Planning
Sr. Title of the Unit Minimum Weightage
No. Hours
1 Introduction 2 5
2 Urbanization 4 10
3 Travel Demand 5 10
4 Transportation Surveys 4 10
5 Travel Forecasting 8 25
6 UTP system 10 25
7 Corridor Identification 4 5
8 Mass transit system 4 5
9 Transportation Plan Preparation 4 5

E. List of Tutorial
1 Introduction

2 Transportation surveys

3 Urban transportation system planning

4 Transit system
F. Instructional method and pedagogy(Continuous Internal Assessment Scheme)(CIA)
 At the start of course, the course delivery pattern, prerequisite of the subject will be
Discussed.
 Lecture may be conducted with the aid of multi-media projector, black board, OHP etc.
 Attendance is compulsory in lectures and practical which carries marks.
 At regular intervals assignments will be given. Students should submit all assignments
during given period.
 Classroom participation and involvement in solving the problems in Tutorial rooms
Carries Marks
 Internal exam of 30 marks will be conducted as a part of Mid semester evaluation.
 Experiments shall be performed in the field related to course contents.
 The course includes a practical, where students have an opportunity to build an
appreciation for the concept being taught in lectures.

G. Students Learning Outcomes:


 The students will gain an experience in the implementation of planning transportation
routes in new developing towns and cities.
 The students will get a diverse knowledge to solve the problem of congestion and
inconvenience.
 The students would be able to understand and evaluate current scenarios of traffic
management and improve it.

H. Recommended Study Materials

A. Text Books:
1 Kadiyali, L.R., Traffic Engineering & Transport Planning, Khanna Publishers, New
Delhi
2 Jotin Khisty, S.C. and Kent Lall, B., Transportation Engineering – An Introduction,
Prentice-Hall, NJ
3 Salter, R J., Highway Traffic Analysis and Design, ELBS

B. Reference Books:
4 Hutchison, B.G., Introduction to Transportation Engineering, & Planning, McGraw
Hill Book Co.
5 John W. Dickey, Metropolitan Transportation Planning, Tata McGraw Hill Pub. Co.
6 Vukan R. Vuchic, Urban Public Transportation System & Technology, Prentice Hall,
Inc.
7 Papacostas, C.S., Fundamentals of Transportation System Analysis, PHI
8 Jotin Khisty, C. and Kent Lall, B., Transportation Engineering – An Introduction,
Prentice-Hall, NJ

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