Transportation System Management Detailed Syllabus for Transportation Engineering M.Tech first year first sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Transportation System Management M.Tech 2017-2018 (R17) first year first sem is as follows.
M.Tech. I Year I Sem.
Course Objectives:
- Discuss various principle types of bus and rail transit vehicles, their differing operating environments and how they affect urban street design.
- Discuss existing guidelines for urban street geometric design for bus and rail transit services.
- Identify specific geometric design considerations, design requirements and impacts for onstreet running bus, LRT and streetcar operations.
- Describe considerations for off-street bus and rail operation including trackway width and clearance requirements, street crossings, and access to and from stations.
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, students will be able to
- Understand TSM, the need for TSM and the objectives of TSM.
- Understand the types of TSM strategies.
- Apply a strategy based on a TSM goal or objective.
- Recommend methods to manage a transit system to improve its management efficiency.
- Understand transportation demand management (TDM), various TDM strategies, and their applicability.
- Recommend a detailed transportation demand management strategy for a transportation system based on a goal or objective.
UNIT-I : TSM philosophy: System approach to Transportation Planning; Long Term Strategies and Short Term Measures; TSM actions- Objectives and Philosophy; Relevance of TSM actions Indian Urban context. Board Spectrum of TSM actions. Measures for Improving vehicular flow – one way Streets, Signal Improvement, Transit Stop Relocation, Parking Management, Reversible lanes- Reducing Peak Period Traffic – Strategies for working hours, Congestion Pricing, Differential Toll Policies.
UNIT-II : Measures to promote transit: Preferential Treatment to high Occupancy Vehicles; Car Polling; Transit Service Improvement Measures; Transit Management Improvement Measure; Transit and Para transit integration; Para Transit Role in urban areas; Multi-Modal Coordination.
UNIT-III : Bus Route Network Planning and Management: Type of Bus Route Networks; Suitability for a given Urban Area; Types of routes – Corridor routes, activity routes and residential routes; issues in route networks evaluation – number of route, length of route; route alignment methods; service coverage and accessibility index.
UNIT-IV : Promotion of Non – Auto modes: Measures to promote non-auto modes; Pedestrianisation; Bicycle Transportation – advantages; Planning Bicycle Facilities – class I, Class II and Class III bikeways; Junction Treats for cycle tracks; LOS criteria for Pedestrian and bicycle Facilities.
UNIT-V : Advanced Transit Technologies: Conventional and Unconventional Systems; Rapid Transportation
System; New technologies – LRT, monorail, Automated Highways- Hovercraft; System Characteristics and Suitability.
REFERENCES:
- Transportation System management Notes: S.R. Chari, REC Warangal
- Metropolitan Transportation Planning, John W Dickey, Tata McGraw Hill
- The Bicycle Planning, Mike Hudson , Open Books, UK
For all other M.Tech 1st Year 1st Sem syllabus go to JNTUH M.Tech Transportation Engineering 1st Year 1st Sem Course Structure for (R17) Batch.
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