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CVLE 463: Transportation Planning & Traffic Engineering: Fall 2021/2022
CVLE 463: Transportation Planning & Traffic Engineering: Fall 2021/2022
CVLE 463: Transportation Planning & Traffic Engineering: Fall 2021/2022
Safety and
Social
Health
Equity
10,000 2,500
Adjusted GDP (billions)
8,000 2,000
VMT (billions)
6,000 1,500
4,000 1,000
0 0
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000
year
What is the Importance of Transportation?
EVERY FAMILY, EVERY COMMUNITY, AND EVERY BUSINESS
NEEDS INFRASTRUCTURE TO THRIVE.
300 800
Total Road Network 700
250
Length
Length (thousand km)
GDP 600
“The number and extent of roads will expand dramatically this century . Globally, at least 25
million kilometres of new roads are anticipated by 2050; a 60% increase in the total length of
roads over that in 2010.”
International Energy Agency, 2013
Global Land Transport Infrastructure Requirements
infrastructure investment
and innovation to answer
challenges related to
safety, security, reliability,
lane‐km)
sustainability, efficiency,
cost, and financing.
Year
“The profession is challenged to rise to a new level of leadership and
professionalism—to be entrusted by society to achieve a sustainable
world and raise the global quality of life”
2025 Vision of Civil Engineering by the ASCE
Civil engineers from all backgrounds and at every career stage are asked
to implement performance-based standards, resilience, innovation, and
life cycle cost analysis towards the shared goal of reducing infrastructure
life cycle costs by 50% by 2025 and foster the optimization of
infrastructure for society
Major Disciplines of Transportation Engineering
Other Disciplines
Traffic Safety
Intelligent Transport
System
“Project Life Cycle” & “Specializations”
in Transportation Engineering
Planning
Design
(geometric, pavement, drainage..)
Construction
Operation, Maintenance,
Management
Course Description
Quiz 2: Week 11: Monday November 15th 2021 for Debbieh section
and Thursday October 14th 2021 for Tripoli Section
Presentation quality of submittals: The submission of your work reflects the time
consumed on completing it. Emphasis will be placed on the clarity, organization,
and readability of your work.
Source: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-emails/unit-4-starting-and-finishing-emails
https://elt.oup.com/elt/students/result/pdf/br_pre_emails.pdf
Some Useful Resources for Transportation Engineering
DOT - Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/
Austroads
http://www.austroads.com.au/
Road Map