CE 302

Transportation Engineering II

My Details
Name
Office
E-mail
Phone

: Lelitha Devi
: BSB 230
: lelitha@iitm.ac.in
: 4291

For detailed discussions, get an appointment by

email and then come.

 Lecture Hours
Tue 12 12: 50 pm,
Thu 11 to 11:50am,
Fri 10 to 10:50am
Any additional class required, will be taken on the
4th slot. Keep it free.

Description
This course is an introduction to:
Traffic Engineering,
Transportation Planning, and
Railway Engineering.

Topics
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Traffic System Characteristics;

Introduction to Traffic Parameters;
Traffic Studies;
Application of Basic Statistics to Traffic Engineering;
Capacity analysis and Level of Service (LOS);
Traffic flow principles;
Traffic control;
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS);
Transportation Planning;
Railway Engineering.

Grading Policy

Quiz 1
Quiz 2
Class work/ Assignments
Project
End semester

20%
20%
10%
10%
40%

Quiz 1 Topics 1-4;

Quiz 2 Topics 5-8;
End semester - Covers all topics.
Students will work on projects in teams of 6. Project topics will be
announced as we finish topics. Each team will get a minimum of two
weeks time to do the project. There will be a 10 minute presentation from
each team. Need to submit a report within one week of the presentation.

Textbook
1. Chakroborthy, P. and A. Das, Principles of
Transportation Engineering, Prentice-Hall of India,
2003.
2. Papacostas, C. S., and P. D. Prevedouros
Transportation Engineering and Planning, Third
Edition, Prentice Hall, 2001.
3. Garber, N. J., and L. A. Hoel, Traffic and Highway
Engineering, Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, USA.
4. Banks, J.H., Introduction to Transportation
Engineering, McGraw-Hill, 2002.
5. Agarwal, M. M., Railway Engineering, Prabha and Co.,
Delhi, 2002.

General Guidelines
Institute attendance policy will be followed.
Attendance will be taken at the start of the class. Late
comers will not be added.
You are responsible for material covered in class, even
if absent from class with permission or for authorized
activities.
Plagiarism, in any form, will be penalized.

Contd..
Bring course notes, hand outs, calculator and note taking
material to each class.
No cell phones allowed in class.
Newspaper reading, talking, playing with electronic
devices, and any other activity which disturb others will not
be allowed during class.
Slides, if used, may not be shared. You are expected to take
class notes.

Assignments
You are allowed to discuss assignment problems with
classmates. However, your assignment should be your
individual effort.
Assignments are due before 5 PM on due dates.
Assignments turned in after due date will be accepted for
one day with a late penalty of 50%.
Late submissions will not be accepted after one day, unless
prior coordination is made before the original due date.

Needed
You need to let me know:
How to communicate with the class send more
than one email ids
Form project groups and mail me the details of
your group in a weeks time.
OR

I will form groups

 Questions?