Meeting Times and Location
10:30 am - 11:20 am every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in MOR 220.
Course Personnel and Office Hours
Instructor: Yegor Malinovskiy
Office: 261, Wilcox Hall
Tel: (206) 734-1352
Email: yegorm@u.washington.eduOffice Hours: 11:30am - 1:00pm every Monday
or by appointment (you're also welcome to just stop by).Teaching Assistant: Tom Le
Office: 121, More Hall
Email: L3tom@u.washington.edu
Office Hours: 11:30am - 1:00pm every W/F.
or by appointment (you're also welcome to just stop by).
Course Description and Objectives:
Virtually every aspect of modern economies, and the ways of life they support, can be tied directly or indirectly to transportation. Transportation engineering is definitely one of the most important subjects for modern society. This course introduces important concepts and fundamental knowledge in transportation engineering, including geometric design, pavement design, traffic flow concepts, level of service analysis, intelligent transportation systems, travel demand forecast methods, traffic signal control, and management of transportation systems. Recommendations for further study on specific areas are also provided.
The objective of this course is to provide students with a solid introduction to the principles of transportation engineering, with emphasis on roadways and management of transportation systems. With the instructions, assignments, and projects in this course, students are expected to obtain a general understanding of principles and state of art in transportation engineering and to build up a solid foundation for further studies in advanced transportation issues.
Specific learning objectives are available in pdf format. If you do not have Adobe Reader installed in your computer, click here to download it.
Prerequisite:
None.
Required Textbook:
Fred L. Mannering and Scott Washburn Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis (fifth edition). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., U.S.A., 2012.
The textbook can be purchased at the UW Bookstore. If you choose to purchase it elsewhere, get the 5th edition. Earlier editions will not work – problems, equations and tables have been changed to conform to the latest version of the TRB Highway Capacity Manual and the AASHTO Policy on Geometric Design of Highways.
Class Grading Policy
Assignments: 30%
Projects: 15%
Midterm Exam: 25%
Final Exam: 30%More information about course expectations and policy is available here.
If you want to download the entire course document package handed out in the first lecture, please click here.
Day-by-day topics and required readings (tentative, subject to change):
WeekDay Date Topics Readings Note 1M Mar. 26 Introduction and Course Overview Chapter 1, RM-1 W Mar. 28 Vehicle Dynamics: Introduction Chapter 2.1-2.7 A#1 out F Mar. 30 Vehicle Dynamics: Braking Principles Chapter 2.8-2.9, RM-2 2M Apr. 2 Geometric Design: Vertical Alignment Chapter 3.1 - 3.3 W Apr. 4 Geometric Design: Horizontal Alignment Chapter 3.4 A#1 due; A#2 out F Apr. 6 Geometric Design: Other Issues Chapter 3.5 3M Apr. 9 Pavement Design: Concepts RM-3 W Apr. 11 Pavement Design: Principles and Procedures Chapter 4.1 - 4.3 A#2 due; A#3 out F Apr. 13 Traffic Flow Theory: Introduction Chapter 4.4 - 4.6 4M Apr. 16 Traffic Flow Models + Queuing Theory Chapter 5.1 - 5.4 A#3 due; P#1 out W Apr. 18 Midterm Review Chapter 5.5 F Apr. 20 Engineering Discovery Days (no class) Midterm Course Evaluation 5M Apr. 23 Midterm Exam (through pavement design) Midterm Exam Solution W Apr. 25 Queuing Theory Chapter 5.6 Travel Survey out F Apr. 27 Traffic Detection Systems RM-4 6M Apr. 30 Signalized Intersections: Overview Chapter 7.1 – 7.4 P#1 due; A#4 out W May 2 Signalized Intersections: Signal Timing Chapter 7.5 Travel Survey due; F May 4 Signalized Intersections: LOS Analysis Chapter 7.6 P#2 out 7M May 7 Highway Capacity and LOS: Concepts Chapter 6.1 – 6.3 A#4 due; A#5 out W May 9 Level of Service: Freeways Chapter 6.4 F May 11 Level of Service: Highways Chapter 6.5 – 6.6 8M May 14 Transportation Policy Intro A#5 due W May 16 Transportation Planning RM-5 F May 18 Trip Generation and Distribution Chapter 8.1 – 8.5 A#6 out 9M May 21 Mode Choice and Trip Assignment P#2 due W May 23 Intelligent Transportation Systems Chapter 8.6 – 8.7 F May 25 Guest Speakers: Chris Breiland and Jonathan Williams, Fehr & Peers RM-6 A#6 due; EC due 10M May 28 Memorial Day (no class) W May 30 Future Transportation Technologies F Jun. 1 Final Review and Course Evaluation 11 M Jun. 4 Final Exam: 8:30 - 10:20am (MOR 220) A#n - Assignment Number n;
P#m - Project Number m;
RM - Reading Material.
Lectures (accessible to registered students only):
Lecture 1: Introduction and Course Overview (ppsx file, pdf file), Mar. 26, 2012.
Lecture 2: Vehicle Dynamics: Introduction (ppsx file, pdf file), Mar. 27, 2012.
Lecture 3: Vehicle Dynamics: Braking Principles (ppsx file, pdf file), Mar. 30, 2012.
Lecture 4: Geometric Design: Introduction and Vertical Alignment (ppsx file, pdf file), Apr. 2, 2012.
Lecture 5: Geometric Design: Horizontal Alignment (ppsx file, pdf file), Apr. 4, 2012.
Lecture 6: Geometric Design: Other Issues (ppsx file, pdf file), Apr. 6, 2012.
Lecture 7: Pavement Design: Concepts (ppsx file, pdf file), Apr. 9, 2012.
Lecture 8: Pavement Design: Principles and Procedures (ppsx file, pdf file), Apr. 11, 2012.
Lecture 9: Traffic Flow Theory: Introduction (ppsx file, pdf file), Apr. 13, 2012.
Lecture 10: Traffic Flow Recap and Queuing Theory (ppsx file, pdf file), Apr. 16, 2012.
Lecture 11: Midterm Review (ppsx file, pdf file), Apr. 18, 2012.
Lecture 12: Midterm Exam, Apr. 23, 2012.
Lecture 13: Queuing Theory Wrap-up and Intro to Data Collection (ppsx file, pdf file), Apr. 25, 2012.
Lecture 14: Traffic Detection Systems Continued (ppsx file, pdf file), Apr. 27, 2012.
Lecture 15: Signalized Intersections: Overview (ppsx file, pdf file), Apr. 29, 2012.
Lecture 16: Signalized Intersections: Signal Timing (ppsx file, pdf file), May 2, 2012.
Lecture 17: Signalized Intersections: LOS Analysis (ppsx file, pdf file), May 4, 2012.
Lecture 18: Highway Capacity and LOS Concepts (ppsx file, pdf file), May 7, 2012.
Lecture 19: Level of Service: Freeways (ppsx file, pdf file), May 9, 2012.
Lecture 20: Level of Service: Highways (ppsx file, pdf file), May 11, 2012.
Lecture 21: Transportation Policy Intro (ppsx file, pdf file), May 14, 2012.
Lecture 22: Transportation Planning: Introduction (ppsx file, pdf file), May 16, 2012.
Lecture 23: Trip Generation and Distribution (ppsx file, pdf file), May 18, 2012.
Lecture 24: Mode Choice and Trip Assignment (ppsx file, pdf file), May 21, 2012.
Lecture 25: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ppsx file, pdf file), May 23, 2012.
Lecture 26: Guest Speakers: Chris Breiland and Jonathan Williams, Fehr & Peers, May 25, 2012.
Lecture 27: Future Transportation Scenarios (ppsx file, pdf file), May 30, 2012.
Lecture 28: Final Review and Course Evaluation (ppsx file, pdf file), June 1, 2012.
Assignment #1, due on Apr. 4, 2012. If you are not familiar with Excel, you may find this tutorial helpful.
Solution to assignment #1 is here
Assignment #2, due on Apr. 11, 2012.
Solution to assignment #2 is here
Assignment #3, due on Apr. 16, 2012.
Solution to assignment #3 is here
Assignment #4, due on May 7, 2012.
Solution to assignment #4 is here
Assignment #5, due on May 14, 2012.
Solution to assignment #5 is here
Extra Credit Assignment, due on May 25, 2012.
Assignment #6, due on May 25, 2012.
Solution to assignment #6 is here
Project #1 is due on April 30th, 2012. For your convenience, the WSDOT pavement design tables can be downloaded: flexible pavement and rigid pavement. The 1993 AASHTO interactive equations in the Pavement Guide Interactive can be found here .
Project #2 is due on May 21, 2012. The Bluetooth detector data for this project can be downloaded here.