Video

Name

Lecture 00. Course

Overview

Lecture 01. Introduction

to Transportation
Engineering

Lecture 02 Trip
Generation and Trip
Distribution

Lecture 03 Mode Choice

Lecture 04 Traffic
Assignment

Lecture 05 Traffic
Characteristic

Lecture 06 Freeway LOS

Lecture 07 Two Lane

LOS

Lecture 08 Traffic Signal

Design

Lecture 09 Sight
Distance

10

Lecture 10 Horizontal
Curve Design

Description
This video provides a brief introduction to CE 355: Principles of
Transportation Engineering. The course structure is discussed, including
details of the flipped classroom design that will be utilized as a part of the
course.
This video provides an introduction to the field of transportation engineering. This
includes an overview of the objectives and activities involved in the field, information
about transportation funding, and an introduction to key transportation agencies.

This video provides details of the first two steps of the traditional four-step
travel demand model: (1) trip generation; and (2) trip distribution.
Under trip distribution, three methods for estimating the number of trips
generated by a specific area or development type are covered. These
methods include: (a) trip rates; (b) cross-classification; and (c) regression
models.
For trip distribution, the Gravity model is introduced, which is the most
commonly applied method for estimating inter- and intra-zonal trips based
on travel times.
This video provides coverage of mode choice, the third step in the
traditional four-step travel demand model. Four mode choice methods are
introduced, which include:
(1) direct generation models;
(2) trip end models;
(3) trip interchange models; and
(4) logit models.

This video provides details of traffic assignment, which is the final step of the traditional
four-step travel demand model. Highway performance functions are introduced, which
relate travel times to route volumes. Two traffic assignment strategies are presented:
(1) user equilibrium, under which all users attempt to minimize their own travel times;
and (2) system optimality, under which the total system travel time is minimized.

This video provides an introduction to traffic characteristics used in

transportation engineering practice. This includes time-mean speed, spacemean speed, flow, time headway, density, spacing, and occupancy. The
interrelationships between these variables are detailed, including the
fundamental relationship between speed, flow, and density

This video provides an overview of level-of-service and capacity analyses for

freeway facilities. This includes an introduction to the basic free segment
analysis procedure from the 2010 Highway Capacity Manual.
This video provides an overview of level-of-service and capacity analyses for
two-lane highways. This includes an introduction to the analysis procedure
from the 2010 Highway Capacity Manual for Class I, Class II, and Class III
highways.
This video provides an overview of traffic signal design. This includes a
discussion of types of traffic signal control, an introduction of key
terminology, and demonstrations of how to calculate clearance intervals,
saturation flow rate, and capacity.
This video provides an overview of sight distance within the context of geometric
design of highways. This includes discussion of stopping sight distance (SSD), and
decision sight distance (DSD). Details are provided as to the calculation of perceptionreaction and braking distances.
This video covers the design of horizontal curves for highway facilities. This
includes detailing how to design a horizontal alignment in consideration of
stopping sight distance and physics/centripetal acceleration.