Urban Transportation Planning

Urban Transportation Planning
Urban transportation planning and decision making, intermodal transportation, land-use transportation interrelationships, transportation demand modeling, site impact analysis, sustainable transportation; livable cities.
CE EN
565
 Hours3.0 Credit, 3.0 Lecture, 0.0 Lab
 PrerequisitesCE EN 361; or instructor's consent.
 TaughtFall
 ProgramsContaining CE EN 565
Course Outcomes

Transportation Demand Forecasting

Understand the four steps of urban transportation demand forecasting including: 1) trip generation, 2) trip distribution, 3) mode choice, and 4) trip assignment.

Planning

Understand the difference between "urban transportation planning" and "site planning."

Travel Demand Management

Be familiar with travel demand management (TDM) measures.

Livability

Read selected chapters from Transportation for Livable Cities and become familiar with issues affecting the direction of our transportation system.

Communication

Communicate transportation planning ideas effectively and write a technical paper on a transportation planning topic.

Modeling

Learn the travel demand forecasting process using the Cube software.