Civil / PE Exam

Transportation Planning and Engineering Course Syllabus

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1. Course Overview

  • Socio-economic impacts on transportation, demand modelling
  • Characteristics of transportation systems; rail, road, air, water, and pipelines
  • Transportation systems in Canada
  • Characteristics of traffic flow, queuing theory, capacity analysis, space-time diagrams
  • Urban traffic management, traffic signals, pedestrians, accidents
  • Intelligent transportation systems

2. Textbooks (latest editions recommended)

  • Mannering, F. L. and Washburn, S. S. and Kilareski, W. P. Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis
  • Roess, R. P. and Prassas, E. S. and McShane, W. R. Traffic Engineering
  • Papacostas, C. S. and Prevedouros, P. D. Transportation Engineering and Planning
  • Fricker, J. D. and Whitford, R. K. Fundamentals of Transportation Engineering