COURSE UNIT TITLE

: URBAN ROAD DESIGN

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5065 URBAN ROAD DESIGN ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

Course Objective

Courses generally taken into consideration basic principles in the design of local roads networks, techniques, standards will be subject to the principles and practice. Examples of local and universal solution of transportation and traffic problems faced by cities, The effects on these processes of change brought by the changing transportation Technologies,the formation and the structural formation of cities according to national and global scales and structural formations of the road network created by the interactions and integration of planning processes.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To classify the geometric characteristics which are needed on urban roadways.
2   To determine matters to be considered in the design of urban road.
3   To analyze the data related to the infrastructure construction of urban roadways.
4   To explain the steps for the construction of urban roadway with examples.
5   To interpret an urban roadway example project.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction Definitions and concepts Traffic and transportation problems in cities
2 City transportation planning Traffic engineering, Traffic planning and management of properties and relationships of the work
3 Traffic planning stages and functions Homework assignment
4 Characteristics of urban road network Hierarchy, land use relationships
5 Effects of urban and regional transportation systems
6 Road design and layout applications Information and other necessary pre-survey and studies
7 Route selection and design principles Routes Intersections and hierarchy relations Homework submissions and presentations
8 I.MIDTERM EXAM
9 Sections, types and properties Homework assignment
10 Parking systems, types and design principles
11 Pedestrian and bicycle priority analysis Reinforcement types and design principles
12 Public transport and bus priority analysis and design principles related accessories
13 II.MIDTERM EXAM
14 Theoretical structure of traffic management Application examples Homework submissions and presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
MEYER, M. D.; MILLER, E.J. (2000): Urban Transportation Planning, McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 2nd edition.

ROESS, R. P.; MCSHANE, W. R.; PRASSAS, E. S. (1997): Traffic Engineering, Prentice Hall; 2nd edition.

Materials:
Presentations, course notes.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The visual presentations and presentation slides.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-2-3: Consideration with mid-term exams and final exam
LO 4-5: Consideration with homework assignments

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Serhan TANYEL: serhan.tanyel@deu.edu.tr.

Office Hours

The course schedule will be announced by the faculty member is created.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparation for midterm exam 2 15 30
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Preparation for quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing assignments 2 20 40
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1343
LO.2444
LO.344
LO.445
LO.5343