The course presents the methods and underlying principles for the design and control of the elements of road and railroad infrastructure. Students also become familiar with transportation system terminology, flow analysis, driver, vehicle and road characteristics, and aspects of road geometrics, road construction, drainage, pavements and maintenance.
course learning outcomes (CLO)
At the end of the course, you should be able to:CLO1. Define the basic concepts of highway and railroad transportation and present how to apply them in civil engineering practice.CLO2. Recognize the concepts associated with the geometric and structural design of highway and railway engineering systems.CLO3. Develop basic traffic stream parameters and models, traffic flow models, and apply the queuing theory.CLO4. Explain the basic service requirements of highway and detail the procedure to conduct level of service analysis.