Microcredit
Fundamentals of Traffic Engineering
(FREE 4 day workshop)
The objective of this course is to equip students, professionals, and academics with the foundational knowledge and practical insights needed to understand transportation engineering. The course emphasizes the underlying processes involved in the planning, design, construction, and inspection of traffic and transportation systems in today’s world. It is concise, focused, and tailored to present complex concepts in a clear, non-technical manner.
Student Learning Outcomes (SLO): Upon successful course completion, students will be able to:
- Understand the basic concepts of why traffic engineering is necessary, including the roles, responsibilities, benefits, and advantages of integrating traffic engineering into developing and transportation systems.
- Evaluate mobility, equity, and safety issues in a hypothetical existing condition of extremely congested urbanized areas.
- Recommend mitigation strategies to address congestion and make travel and mobility safe and reliable.
- Act as the Planner, Designer, and Operator of a Traffic Signal System.
Schedule Lecture Topics
- Orientation: Description of course intent, schedule, interaction with students, and expectations from students.
- Introduction: The role of a Traffic Engineer, the necessity of traffic engineering, and what you need to know as a traffic engineer.
- Capacity: What is meant by the capacity of a roadway, intersection, highway, ramp, etc.? How is capacity calculated? What is needed to calculate the capacity of a roadway? What data is required, and how is the data calculated?
- Traffic Congestion: What is traffic congestion? Who causes it? Who is responsible? Can it be eliminated? Types of trips and purposes—can they be eliminated? Dependence on vehicles, buses, and other mass transit vehicles. The impacts of traffic congestion and incidents during traffic congestion.
- Traffic Congestion and Incidents: What causes safety and reliability to be impacted?
- Roadways: Interstates, highways, toll roads, parkways, state routes, county routes, and township roads.
- Ownership and Responsibility: Who owns the roadways? Who is responsible for building, maintaining, and cleaning the highways? Which agency is responsible for each role?
- Traffic Engineering Basics: What is meant by volume, density, and speed in traffic engineering? How are they measured or calculated? What is their role and significance? How is volume measured? What is the role of cell phones and Bluetooth devices?
- Congestion Basics: What are the basics of congestion? Who is responsible, and how is it managed?
- Development Approvals: What is the normal process of approvals for development? What is a traffic impact study? How are volumes calculated? How is traffic in/out of development calculated? How are mode choices determined? How is traffic distributed?
- Traffic Impacts: How are traffic impacts calculated? What is the meaning of "build" and "no build"? How are impacts mitigated? How does mitigation impact an average driver?
- Developer's Role: What is the role of a developer in a new development? What types of impacts are generally considered? What is a TIS (Traffic Impact Study) and an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement)?
- Traffic Signals: How are traffic signals installed? What are traffic signal warrants? What are traffic signal timing plans? What are cycle length, splits, and phases?
- Smart and Connected Signals: What are smart and connected signals, and how do they function? What are the advantages and disadvantages?
The course will take place on Saturdays and Sundays for two weeks online, with a Certificate of Completion provided upon completion of the course.
Total Hours: 8
4 days, 2 hours a day
Days: Saturdays and Sundays
Dates: April 19 - 27, 2025
Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am EDT
Price: FREE
Location: Online
Contact Information
Dr. Azhar Mahmood
Coordinator
263 Academy Street, Room S605C
Jersey City, NJ 07306
(201) 360-4259
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