TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	3
SEMESTER	Fifth Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Funda Türe Kibar
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn the basic definitions of transportation and traffic engineering, classify transportation systems and their functions and characteristics. 2) Understand the effects of vehicular characteristics on highway design from theoretical and practical perspective, calculate stopping sight distance and passing sight distance in relation to traffic safety. 3) Learns the basics of the design of transportation facilities, choose the location in the highway design, the design of the highway elements, the earthworks and the type of pavement. 4) Discuss the fundamentals of traffic flow, explore interrelations between various traffic stream parameters describing the operational performance of traffic flow. 5) Comprehend the importance of highway capacity assessment in terms of operational performance of highways, and learn the concept of level of service for freeways and multilane highways. 6) Learn various types of intersections, and know key concepts and definitions used in the analysis of traffic at signalized intersections.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	No
COURSE DEFINITION	Introduction to transportation systems. Planning and management techniques. Vehicles, network and terminals as components of transportation systems engineering. Geometric Design of transportation facilities emphasizing land transportation. Introduction to models of traffic flow. Traffic analysis at intersections. Basic definitions and computations of level of service.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction of Transportation Systems 2nd Week History of transportation systems and modes 3rd Week The basic structure of Turkish transportation system 4th Week Road-Vehicle Performance 5th Week Vehicular Characteristics 6th Week Braking systems 7th Week Stopping and passing sight distances 8th Week Mid-term Exam 9th Week Design of Highway Facilities 10th Week Major Aspects of Highway Design 11th Week Zero Line, Horizontal Curves, Vertical Curves, Coordination of Horizontal and Vertical Curves 12th Week Earthwork, Pavement Design 13th Week Fundamentals of Traffic Engineering 14th Week Traffic flow modeling and parameters, Level of Service
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Reference: Banks, J.H., and Mohle, H.R., Introduction to Transportation Engineering, Prentice Hall, 2002. Additional Resources: Wright, J., Transportation Engineering (ICE Textbook series), ICE Publishing, 2015.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Case Study,Problem Solving,Practice,Project,Presentation,Report Preparation,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 20 Quiz 2 10 Project 1 20 Attendance 1 5 Total(%) 55 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 55 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 45 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1,5 1,5 Preparation for Quiz 1 1 1 Individual or group work Preparation for Final exam 1 25 25 Course hours 14 4 56 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 15 15 Laboratory (including preparation) 1 7 7 Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 3 10 30 Presentation (including preperation) Project 1 11 11 Quiz 2 ,5 1 Total Workload 149,5 Total Workload / 30 4,98 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No