Traffic Engineering and Management
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Traffic Engineering and Management Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Traffic Engineering and Management (subject code 3160615) as prescribed for Civil Engineering · Semester 6 divides the course into 5 units, covering 28 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3160615)Unit 1 Introduction
- Traffic engineering administration and functions
- Organization of the traffic engineering department
- Road user and vehicular characteristics
Unit 2 Basic traffic flow parameter and Traffic Surveys
- Definition – Flow
- Space headway
- Time headway
- Relationship between Flow
- Speed and Density
- Traffic Surveys: Speed
- Journey time and Delay surveys
- Classified volume count survey
- Vehicle occupancy survey
- Origin – Destination survey
- Parking Survey
- Use of photographic techniques in traffic survey
Unit 3 Lighthill and Witham’s Theory
- Approach to signalized intersection
- Car following theory
- Queuing theory concept
Unit 4 Traffic Forecasting
- Need for traffic forecasting
- Types of traffic
- Forecasts based on past trends and extrapolation
- period for forecasting
Unit 5 Parking studies
- Traffic and parking problems
- Ill effects of parking
- Zoning and parking space requirement standards
- Design standards for on street parking
- Off street parking facilities
- Peripheral parking system. 2 Subject Code: 3160615 Wef 2018-19
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