Civil / PE Exam
Traffic Engineering Course Syllabus
1. Course Overview
- Introductory concepts in traffic engineering and control
- Vehicle – driver – roadway environment; theories of traffic flow
- Application of queuing theory, capacity and delay analysis of unsignalized and signalized intersections
- Design optimization of isolated and co-ordinated traffic signal timing plans
- Traffic simulation model calibration and application; field data collection and analysis
- State-of-practice analysis and design methods
2. Textbooks (latest editions recommended)
- Roess, R. P. and Prassas, E. S. and McShane, W. R. Traffic Engineering
- Garber, N. J. and Hoel, L. A. Traffic and Highway Engineering
- Mannering, F. L. and Washburn, S. S. and Kilareski, W. P. Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis