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Traffic Engineering Course Overview

This document outlines a course on traffic engineering and management. The course objectives are to provide an overview of traffic elements, surveys, regulation and safety planning. It covers topics like traffic components and characteristics, different types of traffic surveys, principles of traffic control devices, causes of road accidents and prevention methods, and the design of parking facilities and intersections. The course has 5 units, with unit 1 providing an introduction and the remaining units covering traffic surveys, control, safety/management, and specific design projects. Upon completing the course, students will understand traffic elements, be able to conduct traffic surveys, design traffic signals, analyze accident causes, and design parking and intersections.

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Traffic Engineering Course Overview

This document outlines a course on traffic engineering and management. The course objectives are to provide an overview of traffic elements, surveys, regulation and safety planning. It covers topics like traffic components and characteristics, different types of traffic surveys, principles of traffic control devices, causes of road accidents and prevention methods, and the design of parking facilities and intersections. The course has 5 units, with unit 1 providing an introduction and the remaining units covering traffic surveys, control, safety/management, and specific design projects. Upon completing the course, students will understand traffic elements, be able to conduct traffic surveys, design traffic signals, analyze accident causes, and design parking and intersections.

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TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND Category : PE

18CPE020
MANAGEMENT
L T P C
3 0 0 3
PRE-REQUISITES:

1 18CPC503 – Highway and Railway Engineering

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1 To give an overview of Traffic elements, surveys, traffic regulation, management and traffic
safety with integrated approach in traffic planning as well.
2 To know the design principles of traffic signals.
3 To know the design of parking facilities, clover leaf intersection and traffic rotary.

UNIT – I : INTRODUCTION (09 Hours)

Scope– Properties of traffic engineering elements – vehicle, driver and road characteristics - skid
resistance and breaking efficiency – simple problems. Components of traffic Engineering – control
mechanisms.

UNIT – II : TRAFFIC SURVEYS (09 Hours)

Surveys – Classification - Volume, Speed and delay, origin and destination - parking, accidents –
stastical methods for traffic engineering – simple problems – analysis-capacity of roads-level of
service – interpretation of traffic studies and conclusions.

UNIT – III : TRAFFIC CONTROL (09 Hours)

Traffic signs – location and design recommendations - Road markings – Classification and design of
traffic signals –signal co-ordination – Traffic islands and rotaries – Traffic control aids and street
furniture – Regulation of traffic –Modern methods of traffic control.

UNIT – IV : TRAFFIC SAFETY AND MANAGEMENT (09 Hours)

Road accidents – types - causes and prevention with emphasis on engineering factor s – Traffic
management, Transport system management (TSM) and Transport Demand Management (TDM),
restrictions on turning movements, one way streets, traffic segregation, tidal flow operation, exclusive
bus lanes and other management measures – introduction to intelligent transport systems (ITS).

UNIT – V : TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROJECTS (09 Hours)

Design of parking facilities, on street and off street parking – case studies on area traffic management
– street lighting –noise and air pollution abatement – Basis of comprehensive traffic and transport
studies – intersection improvements including design of roundabouts.
CONTACT PERIODS: Lecture: 45 Tutorial: 00 Total : 45 hrs.

Text Books:

1 Kadiyali.L.R, “Traffic Engineering and Transport planning”, Khanna Publishers, 2011.


2 Salter.R.I., and Hounsell.N.B, “Highway Traffic Analysis and Design”, Macmillan Press Ltd.,
2000.
Reference books:
Manual of Transportation Engineering studies, Institution of Transportation Engineering,
1 Prentice hall Publications, 1994.
2 Indian Roads Congress (IRC) Specifications: Guidelines And Special Publications On Traffic
Planning And Management
3 [Link]., “Traffic Management Planning”, Operation and Control, Addison Wesley
Publishing Company, 1997.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

CO1: Understand traffic elements and their characteristics


CO2: Understand and conduct various traffic surveys
CO3: Understand design of traffic signals.
CO4: Analyse the causes of road accidents and take controlling measures.
CO5: Design of parking facilities, clower leaf intersection and traffic rotary.

COURSE ARTICULATION MATRIX:

PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PS0 PS0 PS0 PS0


CO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4
CO1 M L
CO2 H L
CO3 H M
CO4 M L
CO5 L L
18CPE020 M H M H L M L L
L-Low, M-Moderate(Medium), H-High

18CPE020 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT Category : PE L T P C 3 0 0 3 PRE-REQUISITES:
Reference books: 1 Manual of Transportation Engineering studies, Institution of Transportation Engineering, Prentice hal

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