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2nd sem Mid term.1

Transportation Economics and Project Appraisal
Set-1
1.

a. Write a short note on Welfare Theory and Equilibrium Condition.

2.

Write a short notes on following

1.

Average cost

2.

Marginal Cost

3.

Allocation of resources within transportation sector.

3.

a. What are the Transport Investment policies?

b. List Out its Goals and Objectives.

b. What are the issues in transport

policies?
4.

a. List out frame work for Evaluation?

b. Write a short notes on Transport

Planning , Evaluation at Urban and Regional Levels ?

Set-2

1.

Write a Short Notes on following:

1.
2.
2.

Discounted Cash Flows?

Describes the methods of Economics Analysis?

a. What are the Transport Investment policies?

b. What are the issues in transport

policies?
3.

Write the short notes on the following Evaluation Procedures

1.

Traditional Economics Analysis

2.

Achievement Matrices

3.

Factor Profiles

4.

Planned Ranking

4.

a. What are the Principals of Economics Analysis ?

b.Write a Short notes on Monitoring and

Continuous Evaluation Statergy?

Traffic Flow Analysis

Set-1
1.

a. List out the Traffic stream Characteristics and Description using Distribution ? b.What is the Study of Traffic Stream
Characteristics ?

2.

Write down the Equation for the following

1.

Traffic Flow

2.

Speed-Flow-Concentration Relationship.

3.

Normalised Relationship.

3.

a. Show the flow density Diagram use in Shock Waves Analysis.

b. What is the use of Time-Space

Diagram for Shock Wave Description?

4.

Write Short Notes on the Following,

1.

Demand Services Characteristics.

2.

Deterministic Queing Models.

3.

Stochastic Queing Models.

Set-2
1.

a. Write a Short Notes on Use of Counting, Intervals and Translated Distribution for Describing Vehicle arrivals, Headways,
Speeds, Gaps and Lags ?

2.

and Bolzman like behaviour of Traffic Flow.

b. What is the fitting of distribution and Goodness of Fit Test ?

a. Write a Short notes on Traffic signals and Shockwave Theory ?

b. Write a Short notes on Platoon Diffusion

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3.

Write a Short notes on

1.
Car Following Theory.
2.
Linear and Non-Linear Car Following models.
3.
Fuel Consumption Models.
4.
Write a Short notes on the following
1.
Multiple Service Channels.
2.
Analysis of M/M/1.
Land Use and regional Transportation Planning
Set-1
1.

List out and Describe in few words the Urban Regional Dynamics.

2.

a. Classify Land Use Transportation (LUT) Models.

3.

Write short Notes on

1.

Economic Base Mechanism.

2.

Allocation Mechanism.

3.

Spatial Allocation and Employment Relationship.

4.

Garin Lowry Models.

4.

a. What are the Factors affecting goods and Passengers Flows ?

b. Issues related to LUT-Interaction.

b.Write short Notes on use of Mathematical

Models to Estimate freight and Passenger demand.

Set-2
1.

What are Microeconomic Theories of Land Use ? List Out the concepts by Van Thunan, Christaller and Losch.

2.

a. What are the contribution by Putman and Wilson?

3.

Write short Notes on

1.

Economic Base Mechanism.

2.

Allocation Mechanism.

3.

Spatial Allocation and Employment Relationship.

4.

Garin Lowry Models.

4.

b. What are the LUT-Interaction ?

What are the Factors affecting goods and Passengers Flows ?

1.

Write short Notes on use of Mathematical Models to Estimate freight and Passenger demand.

Transportation System Management.

Set-1
1.

List out purpose and scope for traffic regulation and Write about One way Street.
1.

2.

Write a short notes on Reversible Lanes and Roadways.

Write a short notes on the following

A.

Turn Regulations.

B.

Transit and Car Pool Lanes.

C.

Bicycle Lanes and Bike Ways.

D.

Pedestrian Only Streets.

3.

a. What are the traffic Management Strategies and Their Coordination ?

b. Write a short note on Evaluation of

Traffic Management System.

4.

a. List Out the Objectives and Need for TSM Long-Range Vs TSM Planning.
Management technique for Improving Vehicular Flows.

Set-2
1.

Write a short notes on

1.

Turn Regulation.

2.

Speed Regulation.

b.What are TSM Actions and Traffic

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3.
2.

Passing and Non-Passing regulation.

a. What are Stop and Yield Controls ?

b. What are traffic Management Statergies

and their coordination ?

3.

a. What are Preferential treatment for High Occupancy Modes?

b. Write about Promoting Non Auto and

High occupancy Vehicle ?

4.

Write a short notes on the following

1.

Turn Regulations.

2.

Transit and Car Pool Lanes.

3.

Bicycle Lanes and Bike Ways.

4.

Pedestrian Only Streets.

Pavement Construction and Evaluation

Set-1
1.

Describe the preparation and construction of

1.

Subgrade Soil

2.

Sub base course.

3.

Base Course.

4.

Bituminous Surface Course.

5.

Cement Concerete Course.

2.

a. Write Down factors affecting Pavement Deterioration.

b. Describe the Functional condition Evaluation Techniques.

3.

a. What are the Psychometric and Psychophysical Scaling Techniques.

b. Write short notes on Structural condition evaluation techniques.

4.

a. What is the importance of Skid Resistance and Factors affecting skid resistance ?
b. Write about Hydroplaning reduction with porous Overlays and Popcorn Friction Overlays?

Set-2
1.

a. Write a short nots on Quality Control in Pavement Construction ?

2.

a. Write Down factors affecting Pavement Deterioration.

b. Write about destructive testing ?

a. Write short notes on Structural condition evaluation techniques.

b. Describe the Functional condition

3.

b. What are MORTH Specifications ?

Evaluation Techniques.
4.

a. What is the importance of Skid Resistance and Factors affecting skid resistance?b. Write about Hydroplaning reduction with
porous Overlays and Popcorn Friction Overlays?

Ground Improvement Techniques

Set-1
1.

a. What are the Objectives of Ground Improvements?

b. Write about the Classification of

Ground Modification Techniques ?

2.

a. What are the Methods of Compaction ?

Compaction Techniques.

3.

4.

Write a Short notes on the following Hydraulic Modification Methods.

1.
2.
3.
4.

Method of dewatering.
Well-Point System.
Electro-Osmosis.
Vacuum dewatering wells.
Write about stabilisation with following admixtures

1.

Cement.

2.

Lime

b. Write about Shallow and Deep

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Set-2

1.

a. What are the emerging trends in Ground Improvements?

b. What are the Objectives of Ground

Improvements?

2.

a. Write a short notes on Preloading without and with Sand Drains, Strip Drains and Rope Drains.
b. What are the Methods of Compaction?

3.

Write a Short notes on the following Hydraulic Modification Methods.

1.
2.
3.
4.
4.

Well-Point System.
Electro-Osmosis.
Vacuum dewatering wells.

Write about stabilisation with following admixtures

1.
2.
3.

Method of dewatering.

Calcium Chloride.
Flyash
Bitumen.