CEE 670: Transit Systems Planning

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670 Transit Systems Planning. II; 3cr. Transit planning in the urban transportation planning process; transit demand models; computer packages; corridor planning; system design; bus and rail operations; paratransit; new modes. P:CivEngr 571 or cons inst. Smith.

Course Prerequisite(s)

See catalog description above.

Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills

understanding of the urban transportation planning process including system evaluation
understanding of basic travel demand models including modal choice
understanding of micro economic principles

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

Gray, G.E. and Hoel, L.A., Public Transportation: Planning, Operations and Management, 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, 1992

Course objectives

This course will develop students' knowledge of and ability to conduct transit operations planning, analysis and evaluation of paratransit systems and short and long range planning for alternative transit systems.

Topics covered

Characteristics of transit modes
transit operations planning and design
design and evaluation of paratransit systems
short and long range transit systems planning

Class/laboratory schedule

lecture - two 75 minute periods

Contribution of course to meeting the professional component

This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of engineering topics, and does provide design experience.

The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.

Evaluation of transit operations and planning and design of alternative transit systems requires consideration of economic, environmental, political, social and safety issues. ecomomic - consideration of transit user costs, benefit/cost analysis of alternative transit systems and modal alternatives environmental - inclusion of environmental impacts in the evaluation of transit and other transportation alternatives including emissions, noise and land use political - discussion of how elected officials are involved in the evaluation and selection of transit and other transportation alternatives and the role of the engineer in providing information and analysis societal - discussion of how public interests are included in the development and selection of transit systems health and safety - inclusion of safety issues and critera in the planning, design and operation of transit systems

Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes

This course primarily serves students in the department. The information below describes how the course contributes to the undergraduate program objectives.

education in the fundamentals of CEE - students will obtain a basic understanding of the methodologies for planning, design and operating transit systems developing teamwork and communications skills - students will work in teams to develop and evaluate alternative transit systems experience with realistic CEE design - students will develop and evaluate alternative designs for transit system operations Students will be able to use the engineering design process to develop and evaluate alternative designs for transit operations. Students will work on interdisciplinary teams to address the broad range of issues and problems associated with transit systems Students will be able to select and evaluate appropriate solutions for transit operational problems. Students will be able to apply calculus, statistics and physics to the solution of transit operations and planning problems. Students will be able to identify non-technical factors that affect the planning, design and operation of transit facilities. Students will be able to use economic analysis to evaluate alternative transit projects and to determine project life-cycle costs.

Assessment of student progress toward course objectives

Midterm exam
Final exam
Homework that requires solution of typical transit operational, design and analysis problems
Group project that addresses a real-world operational or planning problem for a transit system

Person(s) who prepared this description

Robert L. Smith, Jr.

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Date last modified: 02-Aug-2007
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