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Mar 14, 2025
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CVE 3611 - Traffic Engineering3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course provides an in-depth assessment of traffic related issues on transportation infrastructure. Students analyze traffic demands and design systems to efficiently manage traffic flow. (prereq: CVE 3601 , MTH 2480 ) (quarter system prereq: CV 380, MA 262)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of interrupted and uninterrupted flow facilities
- Illustrate the methods and proper application of data collection
- Analyze intersection conditions and select the appropriate level of control
- Evaluate intersection layout, design, and traffic signal timing
Prerequisites by Topic
Course Topics
- Traffic volume studies and characteristics
- Speed, travel time, and delay studies
- Hierarchy of intersection control
- Traffic signal warrant analysis
- Fundamentals of intersection design and layout
- Principles of intersection signalization
- Saturation headway and saturation flow rate
- Fundamentals of traffic signal timing and design: pre-timed and actuated traffic signals
- Traffic signal coordination for arterials and networks
- Unsignalized intersections and roundabouts
- Interchanges and alternative intersections
- Highway capacity analysis
Coordinator
Dr. Mitzi Dobersek, P.E.
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