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Lecture-1

INTRODUCTION

Highway and Traffic


Engineering

1
Overview
◉ This course aims at providing the student an
introduction to Transportation Engineering. The course
is organized under five modules. These are:
◉ Introduction to Transportation Systems Engineering
◉ Transportation Planning
◉ Geometric Design
◉ Pavement Design
◉ Traffic Engineering
Objectives
Introduction to Transportation Systems
Engineering
◉ Objective of this module is to give an overview of the
transportation engineering.

◉ The focus will be to present a system approach where


the interaction of humans and the vehicles and their
impact on the society and transportation.
Objectives
◉ Transportation Planning : plays an important role in
a region's strategy to improve the performance of the
transportation system.

◉ Objective of this module is to describe the basic


characteristics of transportation planning and of the
models used by transportation planners.
Objectives
◉ Geometric Design: of highways deals with the
dimensions and layout of visible features such as,
alignment, sight distances and intersections.
◉ Objective of this module is to describe highway design
objectives, constraints and controlling factors, also to
describe the criteria, standards and engineering
procedures used to design principal elements of the
highway alignment, and highway cross sections.
Objectives
◉ Pavement Design: based on empirical and
mechanistic relations between materials, geometry
and performance.

◉ Objective of this module is to understand the process


of collecting information necessary for successful
design of flexible and rigid pavements, including traffic
data, material properties and other environmental
factors.
Objectives
◉ Traffic Engineering: includes traffic signs, markings,
traffic signals, islands etc.
◉ Objective of this module is to understand the basic
parameter of traffic engineering and the methods to
estimate those parameters.
◉ It examines ways to promote operational efficiency
and safety through the use of traffic control devices.
MEHRAN UNIUVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
RM-001/00QSP-004 Dec.01.2001
TENTATIVE TEACHING PLAN

DEPARTMENT/INSTITUTE/DIRECTORATE: CIVIL
ENGINEERING

Name of Teacher : Engr. Lal Chand

Subject: Highway & Traffic Engineering Batch: 19CE- Year:


Final Term: 1st
Lecture
S. # TOPICS Required
01 Transportation system: Introduction 1
02 Evolution of Transportation /Highway Development in Pakistan 1
03 Highway planning 2
04 Geometric design: Introduction/ Design controls 1
05 Design vehicle 2
06 Functional classification of roads and Design speed 2
07 Design Driver 2
08 Design Volume 2
09 Sight Distances 2
Cross section elements (with of travel lane, shoulders, medians
10 2
……)
11 Cross slopes 1
12 Horizontal Alignments: Introduction 1
13 Horizontal curves 2
14 Transition, curves 2
15 Super-elevation 2
16 Attainment of super elevation 1
17 Vertical Alignments: Introduction 1
18 Grades 2
19. Vertical curves 1
20. Pavement Design: Introduction 1
21. Early road construction methods 1
22. Design of flexible design 2
23. Maintenance of pavement 2
24. Traffic Engineering: Introduction 2
25. Highway safety 2
26. Traffic sign 1
27. Traffic control devices 2
28. Traffic signals 2
TOTAL 45
REFERENCES
1. HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
PAUL H. WRIGHT/ KAREN K. DIXON
2. TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
C. JOTIN KHISTY-B. KENT LALL
3. HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
J. KHANNA
4. THE HAND BOOK OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
T. F. FWA
5. HIGHWAY CAPACITY MANUAL
6. http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/
7. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm
Overview
of Transportation Engineering
◉ What is TRANSPORTATION/Transportation
System?
Definition of Transportation Modes
◉ A transportation system is an infrastructure that serves
to move people and goods efficiently.

◉ Efficient = safe, rapid, comfortable, convenient,


economical, environmentally compatible.
Transportation
System
◉ Major transportation subsystems

◉ Land transportation: Highway, Railway


◉ Air transportation: Domestic, International
◉ Water transportation: inland, coastal, ocean
◉ Pipelines: Oil, Gas, other
MAJOR INTERACTING
COMPONENTS
Users /
Substance

Infrastructure
Vehicle / Service
Vehicles / Services
Vehicles / Services
Vehicles / Services
Vehicles / Services
Vehicles / Services
Vehicles / Services
Vehicles / Services
Infrastructure
Infrastructure

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