Traffic Engineering and ITS (2016-2017)
NEWS
NEWS: Exam Winter Session
Written exams will be on 15 February 2018 from 10:00 to 13:00 in Leuzzi Room.
Office hours of Wednesday 7 February will be shifted to Monday 12 February at 15:00.
RESULTS OF PREVIOUS EXAM SESSIONS:
The results of the written exam on October 2 are available: Download the results
The updated list of students admitted to the oral project presentation in the Summer exam session is here available: Download the results
Traffic Engineering and ITS
Contents of the Course
Part One: Fundamentals
Traffic Flow Theory
Queuing Theory
Simulation Theory
Network Modeling
Part Two: Design and Management
Optimization
Automatic Control
Design of Traffic Signal Operations
Traffic Management
Traveler Information Systems
Part Three: Technologies
Traffic Monitoring Technologies
Vehicle Identification and Navigation Technologies
Traffic Control Center
Students’ Project #1
(Students: Calabrese Francesco, Di Blasi Roberta, Mainella Alessandra)
Students’ Project #2
(Students: Coltella Federico, Favaretto Nicola, Roazzi Lorenzo)
Textbooks and Readings
Lawrence A. Klein (2001). Sensor Technologies and Data Requirements for ITS. Artech House.
Yilin Zhao (1997). Vehicle Location and Navigation Systems. Artech House.
US Federal Highway Administration (1996). Traffic Flow Theory. Chapters 2, 4, 8, 9.
US Federal Highway Administration (2010). Highway Capacity Manual.
Federal Highway Administration: Traffic Signal Timing Manual
Transportation Research Board. 75 Years of the Fundamental Diagram for Traffic Flow Theory*
* Additional readings
Schedule of Lessons: 29 February – 27 May 2017
Weekday
MONDAY
MONDAY
MONDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Time
12:00-13:30
15:45-17:15
17:30-19:00
12:00-13:30
12:00-13:30
Location*
ROOM 10 (Building A)
ROOM 15 (Building A)
ROOM 15 (Building A)
ROOM 10 (Building A)
ROOM 40 (Building C)
Schedule of Lessons and Exams at the Faculty of Engineering
Enrollment: Please, fill out the form in this link
Office hours for students
Wednesday 11:00-13:00
Program of Lessons - Academic Year 2016-2017
Lectures (Prof. Fusco)
Lec # Date Topics
Download slides
February 27, 2017. Introduction to the Course
March 2, 2017. Introduction to the Macroscopic Traffic Theory
March 3, 2017. Macroscopic Traffic Theory – Part I
March 6, 2017. Macroscopic Traffic Theory – Part II
March 9, 2017. Dynamic First Order Model
March 13, 2017. Exercise on Average Speed
March 16, 2017. Exercise on Departure Model
March 17, 2017. Car Following Model - Part I
March 20, 2017. Car Following Model - Part II
March 22, 2017. Car Following Model - Part III
March 27, 2017. Modeling Traffic at Junctions - Part I
March 30, 2017. Modeling Traffic at Junctions - Part II
March 31, 2017. Modeling Unsignalized Junctions
April 3, 2017. Delay Model at Signalized Junctions - Part I
April 6, 2017. Queue Theory Applications to Road Junction Models
April 10, 2017. Criteria for Signal Settings
April 20, 2017. Design of Signal Control: Mathematical Formulation
April 21, 2017. Traffic Signal Synchronization - Part I
April 27, 2017. Traffic Monitoring Systems - Part I
April 28, 2017. Traffic Monitoring Systems - Part II
May 4, 2017. Traffic Signal Synchronization - Part II
May 11, 2017. Dynamic Traffic Signals
May 22, 2017. Advanced Traveler Information Systems - Part I
May 22, 2017. Advanced Traveler Information Systems - Part II
Exercises
March 6, 2017. Exercises on congestion models
March 10, 2017. Exercise on shock waves
March 13, 2017. Practice on model calibration
March 24, 2017. Practice on car following model
March 27, 2017. Practice on queue model
April 3, 2017. Practice on delay at a signalized junction
April 10, 2017. Project Work Presentation
April 24, 2017. Practice on HCM method for signal settings
May 15, 2017. Signal Synchronization
May 25, 2017. Exercise on Intelligent Transport Systems
Seminars
February 27, 2017. Presentation of research activities on ITS
March 24, 2017. Real-Time Mobility Data Mining
(Dr. Luis Moreira Matias, NEC Laboratories Europe)
March 27, 2017. Short Term Traffic Predictions (Eng. Natalia Isaenko)
Rules for the Final Exam
The final examination consists of a written exam and an oral presentation of the project work.
Students who achieved a sufficient score in the intermediate tests are exempted from the written exam.
The list of students admitted to the oral presentation is periodically updated in the News box at the top of this web page.
The project work shall be illustrated by a technical report and presented by a Power Point presentation (about 15 minutes for each student).
The final mark is computed as the weighted average of the written exam (weighted by 60%) as well as of the intermediate tests (each is weighted by 20%) and the presentation of the project work (weighted by 40%). Subjective adjustments are possible depending on the quality of the project presentation and the active participation during the course lectures.