Prof. Andrew Wolfe   Office Hours: MW 12 - 1:30, T 11 - 12:30

W 3:15 - 4:15, or by appointment

DON 2123B e-mail:
Phone #: x7240 Andrew.Wolfe@sunyit.edu 733-9005 (Home) before 10pm
Textbook: Traffic Engineering 4th Ed. Roess, R., Prassas, E., McShane, W., Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. ,2011

Objective: To expose the student to the field of transportation analysis. Emphasis is placed on operations and scheduling, traffic flow and the practical application of traffic flow theory to real projects.

Goals

1. Students will have the ability to determine the capacity of transportation networks using graphs and equations.

2. Students will be exposed to transportation software used in determining highway level of service, trip generation and distribution. They will be able to use this software to develop a traffic impact study of a development in the Utica area.

3. Students will be able to apply and understand the factors used to determine capacity of a link in a transportation system.

5. Ability to write engineering lab reports

6. Understand how traffic impact studies are conducted and how to review these reports.

Week Topic Lab
Jan 17 Why, Introduction to Transportation Engineering,  
Jan 24 No Class  
Jan 31 Vehicle Motion, Human Factors  
Feb 7 Geometric Design

Vehicle Flow

 Vertical & Horizontal Curves
Feb 14 Traffic Flow Models, Traffic Control Devices  
Feb 21 Freeways and Multilane Roads Exam 1
Feb 28 Ramps and Weaves Analysis of Ramps & Weaves
Mar 7 Spring Break  
Mar 14 2 Lane Rural Roads  
Mar 21 Trip Distribution, Trip Generation

Spreadsheet

 Trip Generation
Mar 28 Modal Split. Gravity Models Trip Distribution
Apr 4 Intersection Control, Signal Warrants, Capacity/LOS of Unsignalized Intersections Exam 2
Apr 11 TWSC Spreadsheet, Intersection Design Analysis of Unsig Int.
Apr 18 Signal Design - Webster's Method, Capacity/LOS of Signalized Intersections Analysis of Sig Int
Apr 25 Capacity/LOS of Signalized Intersections  
May 2

 Exam 3 TIS DUE

The course grade is based on the following breakdown of points.

3 - Exams 45%

Class Participation 10%

Traffic Impact Study 25%

Lab Problem Sets 20%

Final Grading: The following is a guide to the grading scheme used on the final grades. The instructor reserves the right to lower the cutoff points.

A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D
>93 90 - 92 87 - 89 83 - 86 80 - 82 77 - 79 73 - 76 70 - 72 60 - 69

Class participation includes : attendance, ability to answer questions in class, ability to work problems in class, being respectful of others in the class. Class participation is worth 10% of the final course grade.

Homework will be assigned but is not graded. The exams will use the same format and cover the same material as the homework. Homework Solutions will be posted as the homework is assigned.

Quizzes will be given weekly starting week 3. The quizzes will be based on the previous homeworks. The lowest quiz grade will be dropped. Missed quizzes will be given a grade of zero and cannot be dropped. Quizzes will count for 15%

Exams will be 1 lab period as scheduled on the syllabus. Cheating on an exam will result in a zero for that exam. Exams are worth 45% of the final course grade.

Traffic Impact Study: Each student will write a traffic impact study for a development. The project description will be handed out during lab of the 5th week. The TIS will be graded as follows:

1. Is the Trip Generation table correct – 10%

2. Is the Trip Distribution table correct – 10%

3. Are the Future Traffic Volumes correct – 10%

4. Are the traffic diagrams in CAD and correct – 20%

5. The second part of the lab is presentation of the information in a lab report. Correct use of tables and figures, grammar, spelling, and presentation are all parts of the report. This is also worth 50% of the lab report grade. A misspelling on the title page or in the first paragraph will result in 5 points off the report grade. All aspects of the report are to be done individually. Copied or group effort reports will be given a grade of zero. A sample TIS will be given out for students to follow. The TIS is worth 25% of the final grade.

6. #1 – 4 will be handed in prior to the TIS. Hand in dates will be announced in Lab.

Lab problem Sets: There will be 2 lab problem sets. The lab problem sets will be worth 5% of your final grade.