Components of the traffic system
1 (o) An ability to apply to highway geometric design the knowledge that critical components of the traffic system – drivers, vehicles, roads and highways, physical environment, and traffic control devises – interact to form traffic streams.
Capacity and Level of Service Evaluation for Design
2 (e) An ability to apply the concept of capacity and level of service to performance evaluation, design, and planning of freeways, two-lane two-way highways, urban streets, and intersections.
Familiarity with HCM Models
3 (k) An ability to reason and use mathematical models for highway capacity and level of service estimation included in the Highway Capacity Manual.
Familiarity with the HCS Software
4 (k) An ability to use the Highway Capacity Software for performance evaluation, designing, and planning of freeways, two-lane two-way highways, urban streets, and intersections.
Concepts behind Highway Geometric Design
5 (k) An ability to apply the concepts behind highway geometric design to the highway geometric design of a location assigned for the term project.
Familiarity with the AASHTO Greenbook
6 (k) An ability to use proper tables and figures in A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets in Geometric Design of Highways and Streets to assignment problems, exams, and a term project design.
Use of Autodesk Civil 3D for CAD-based Design
7 (k) An ability to use Autodesk Civil 3D to design a highway and an intersection for the location assigned in the term project, including importing digital design data, triangulating the terrain data, creating profile, designing vertical and horizontal alignments, preparing a cross section assembly, and creating a corridor and an intersection.
Writing a Technical Report
8 (g) An ability to prepare a technical report summarizing the tasks that the team members have done in the design of a highway and an intersection assigned for the term project.
Preparing a Technical Presentation
9 (g) An ability to prepare a presentation file summarizing the tasks the team members have done in the design a highway and an intersection assigned for the term project AND present it as a team.
Familiarity with Highway Geometric Design Terms
10 (o) An ability to use professionally terms pertaining to highway geometric design in assignments, exams, and a term project.
