CE 221 FUNDAMENTALS OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
		MODES OF TRANSPORTATION
			(Some Planning, Design and Operations)
PART 1: INTRODUCTION
A. TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING: DEFINITION AND CONTENTS									2
B. HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION									2
C. TRANSPORTATION MODES BY DISTANCE AND TRANSPORTED ITEMS									3
PART 2: FUNCTIONS AND COMPONENTS OF DIFFERENT MODES
A. FUNCTION OF TRANSPORTATION									4
B. COMPONENTS OF TRANSPORTATION									6
PART 3: MODAL, TRAFFIC AND SERVICE CHARACTERISTICS
A. MODAL CHARACTERISTICS									8
B. TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS									11
C. SERVICE CHARACTERISTICS									11
PART 4: TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS IN THE USA AND ABROAD
A. US EXPENDITURES FOR DIFFERENT MODES									12
B. US STATISTICS FOR DIFFERENT MODES									12
C. TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ABROAD									13
PART 5: ROAD TRANSPORTATION
A. TRAFFIC SURVEYS									15
B. SIGNAL DESIGN AND ROUNDABOUTS									18
C. ROADWAY DESIGN									26
D. SIGNAGE									31
E. PARKING									31
PART 6: BUS AND RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION
A. BUS									34
B. RAILROAD									35
PART 7: PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE TRANSPORTATION
A. PEDESTRIAN TRANSPORTATION									36
B. BIKE TRANSPORTATION									36
PART 8: AIR TRANSPORTATION
A. POLICY & AIRLINE MANAGEMENT									37
B. AIR TRANSPORTATION: AIRPORT DESIGN									39
C. GROUND ACCESS TO AIRPORTS									44
PART 9: "WATER" TRANSPORTATION
A. MARITIME TRANSPORTATION									44
B. WATER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS & PORT DESIGN									46
C. BRIDGES AND TUNNELS									48
D. PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION									49
PART 10: INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS/ INTERMODALISM
A. INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (ITS)									51
B. INTERMODALISM									52
C. CONCEPT OF JIT									52
		PRINCIPLES OF TRANSPORTATION
				(Put the Modes together!)
PART 11: TRAFFIC FLOW THEORY
A. CONCEPTS OF CAPACITY AND SPEED									54
B. DEFINITION OF PARAMETERS									55
PART 12: RELATIONSHIP OF SPEED, FLOW AND DENSITY
A. ASSUMPTIONS									56
B. CURVES AND LEVELS OF SERVICE									57
PART 13: QUEUING THEORY
A. SYSTEM									60
B. DEFINITIONS									61
C. EXAMPLES OF TRANSPORTATION QUEUING PROBLEMS									61
D. ARRIVAL PROCESS									62
PART 14: TRANSPORTATION PLANNING / TRAFFIC MODELS
A. PLANNING									65
B. TRADITIONAL FOUR STEP TRAFFIC SIMULATION MODEL									67
C. SUMMARY AND APPLICATION									69
PART 15: CONGESTION CAUSES AND REMEDIES
A. EFFECTS OF CONGESTION									71
B. TRAVEL DEMAND									71
C. SUPPLY									72
D. TOOLS FOR TM									73
		TRANSPORTATION IN A WIDER CONTEXT
				(We Are Not Traffic Technicians Only)
PART 16: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
A. GLOBAL WARMING									78
B. TRANSPORTATION AND GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS									78
C. POLICY									79
D. IMPROVED ENGINE EFFICIENCY									81
PART 17: ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
A. TRAFFIC NOISE									82
B. AIR POLLUTION									83
C. VISUAL IMPACT									84
D. COMMUNITY SEVERANCE									85
E. EFFECTS ON AGRICULTURE									85
F. HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION AREAS									85
G. ECOLOGICAL IMPACT									86
H. OTHER ASSESSMENT CATEGORIES									86
I. ENVIRONMENTAL APPRAISAL: A CRITIQUE									86
PART 18: URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND AUTOMOBILE / TRAFFIC CALMING
A. TOWNSCAPE DESIGN - DEFINITION									87
B. VICIOUS CIRCLE OF INCREASED CAR USE									87
C. VISUAL IMPACT									87
D. ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND THE CAR IN URBAN AREAS									88
E. TRAFFIC SYSTEMS									88
F. THE BENEFITS OF THE MOTOR CAR									89
G. ADVERSE EFFECTS OF THE MOTOR CAR									89
H. SOME STRATEGIES, & METHODS									89
PART 19: ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT
A. PURPOSE									90
B. METHODS									90
C. THE PROCESS OF DISCOUNTING									91
D. EXAMPLES OF COSTS AND TRANSPORTATION CAPACITIES									91
PART 20: SPECIAL ISSUES
A. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
B. INSTITUTIONS: CONFRONTATION OR COOPERATION?									92
C. MULTIDIMENSIONAL EVALUATION OF PROJECTS									92
D. GOING METRIC									93
PART 21: TRANSPORTATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES									94
APPENDICES									95