COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRAFFIC - I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5157 TRAFFIC - I COMPULSORY 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

ASISTANT PROFESSOR SÜHEYLA PELIN ÇALIŞKANELLI

Offered to

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

Course Objective

In this course it is aimed to give give information about the data collection procedures of transportation facilies which will be used in their performance analysis.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To comprehend basic parameters of traffic engineering
2   To collect basic traffic data.
3   To sort and analyze collected data
4   To interpret relationship between different parameters of traffic flow.
5   To drive practical results from outcomes which depend on collected traffic data

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic traffic flow variables (speed, flow and density)
2 Counting and observation methods.
3 Measuring speed, flow, density and headways by a fixed observer
4 Moving observer method.
5 Delay and parking surveys.
6 Pedestrian survey, homework assignment
7 First mid-term exam
8 Questionnaire and prediction methods.
9 Fundamental functions of traffic flow.
10 Capacity and different capacity definitions
11 Relationship between capacity and road geometric parameters
12 Design of a highway with respect to traffic flow prediction
13 Second mid-term exam
14 Home-work presentaitons

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
May, A.D. : Traffic Flow Fundementals, Prentice Hall Inc., 1990.
Supplementary Book(s):
Tunç, A. : Trafik Mühendisliği ve Uygulamaları, ASIL Yayın-Dağıtım,2003.
References:
Materials: Course presentations

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Course presentations, numerical applications, home-works and presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1, LO4 and LO5 will be evaluated by using mid-term and final exams.
LO 2-5 will be evaluated by using home-works and presentations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance will be considered in the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

serhan.tanyel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 2 20 40
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 191

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.12
LO.2252
LO.3354
LO.4342233
LO.5354334

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