Traffic Engineering and Management detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Civil students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Civil Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Civil 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-V scheme and its subjects refer to Civil Professional Elective-V syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of traffic engineering and management is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
TRAFFIC SURVEYS AND ANALYSES 8 Traffic characteristics: Human, vehicular, and Pavement Characteristics, Problems- presentation of traffic volume data, Annual Average Daily Traffic, Average Daily Traffic, Design hourly traffic volume; Speed- spot speed, presentation of spot speed data, speed and delay studies, methods of conducting spot-speed studies and Speed and Delay studies; Problems Origin and Destination -methods of conducting the survey and presentation of data; parking surveys, presentation of data and analyses, determination of parking demand; Accident studies and analyses; Different problems.
Unit II
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Unit III
COST – EFFECTIVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES 10 Traffic System Management: Regulatory Techniques- one way street, Reversible Street, Reversible lane, Turning moment restrictions, closing streets; Traffic Control Devices – Traffic Signs – Road Markings, Traffic Signals, Miscellaneous traffic control devices; Traffic Segregation – Vehicle segregation, Pedestrian segregation, Traffic signals design; Bus Priority Techniques – Priority manoeuvres – With-flow bus lane and contra-flow bus lane; Self- Enforcing Techniques- Demand Management Techniques (TDM) Road pricing, parking control, Tolls, Staggering of office/educational institution hours.
Unit IV
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Unit V
DESIGN OF PARKING AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES AND CYCLE TRACKS 9 Parking: Need for parking studies and its ill effects- Parking Standards for different land uses, different types of parking – Conceptual plans for different types of parking; Pedestrians: Importance, Barriers, Behaviour, Pedestrian facilities – Principles of planning, Level of Service (LoS), Design standards.; Cycle Tracks: Principles of design, Design criteria, Design standards for Rural Expressways.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Kadiyali. L.R. Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning, Khanna Publishers, Delhi, 2019.
- Khanna .K and Justo C.E.G. and Veeraragavan, A Highway Engineering, Nem Chand Bros., Roorkee, Revised 10th Edition, 2014.
- Srinivasa Kumar, Introduction to Traffic Engineering, Universities Press, 2018
- Partha Chakroborty and Animesh Das Principles of Transportation Engineering, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 2011.
- Papacosta.P.S and Prevedouros.P.D, Transportation Engineering and Planning, third edition, 2015
Reference Books:
- Indian Roads Congress (IRC) Specifications: Guidelines and special publications on Traffic Planning and Management.
- Khanna S. K, and others, Highway Engineering, Nam Chand & Bros, Roorkee, 2014, Pages 177 – 308.
- C. JotinKhisty, Kent Lall, Transportation Engineering: An Introduction, Prentice Hall, 1998
- Taylor MAP and Young W, Traffic Analysis – New Technology and New Solutions, Hargreen Publishing Company , 1998.
- Salter. R.I and Hounsell N.B, Highway Traffic Analysis and design, Macmillan Press Ltd.1996.
- Roger P.Roess, William R.Mcshane and Elena S.Prassas, Traffic Engineering-Second Edition, Prentice Hall Publishers,, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 1998
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