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Elective II: Traffic Engineering and Management

Traffic engineering deals with the safe and efficient movement of people and goods on road networks. It aims to improve traffic performance and supports the majority of intra-city transportation. Traffic engineering analyzes traffic stream characteristics like road users, vehicles, and roadway features. It also measures traffic demand and influences demand through reducing, shifting, or repackaging approaches. The goal is to serve transportation purposes safely and efficiently.

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Elective II: Traffic Engineering and Management

Traffic engineering deals with the safe and efficient movement of people and goods on road networks. It aims to improve traffic performance and supports the majority of intra-city transportation. Traffic engineering analyzes traffic stream characteristics like road users, vehicles, and roadway features. It also measures traffic demand and influences demand through reducing, shifting, or repackaging approaches. The goal is to serve transportation purposes safely and efficiently.

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Elective II

Traffic Engineering and Management


Ch 1: Traffic Stream Characteristics
Definition
Transportation Engineering

is defined as the application of technology and scientific


principles to the planning, functional design, operation and
management of facilities for any mode of transportation in
order to provide for the safe, rapid, comfortable,
convenient, economical and environmentally compatible
movement of people and goods.
Traffic Engineering

is defined as the phase of transportation engineering


that deals with the planning, geometric design and
traffic operations of roads, streets and highways, their
networks, terminals, abutting lands and relationships
with other modes of transportation. (ITE)
Traffic Engineering

is the science of measuring traffic and travel, the study of


the basic laws relating to traffic flow and generation and
application of this knowledge to the professional practice of
planning, designing and operating traffic systems to achieve
safe and efficient movements of goods and people. (Prof.
Ress Blunden, California University)
Traffic Engineering

 deals with the safe and efficient movement of


people and goods on streets and highways

 deals with the improvement of traffic performance


of road networks and terminals
Traffic Engineering
• nation’s lifeblood circulation system

• the most important part of national infrastructure

• supports the vast majority of inter and intra city movements


of goods and people
The system of facilities
- freeways Travel Demand
- arterials - Trip generation rates
- intersections - mode split
- others - route selection

Influencing the Demand


Measuring the performance
- reducing
- system
- shifting
- user
- Repackaging

Transportation System Management


What are they?

- Where does it come from


- What purpose are they
- How is it usually
intended to serve
quantified
- How well can they handle
- How do different
the purpose
generators interact

- What does the public want


out of it?
- Is it different? - Can it be done?
- What the system operator - How?
would desire? - Why?
- How does the system get
set?

Transportation System Management


Traffic Stream Components
• Road users: drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists and passengers
• Vehicles: private and commercial
• Streets and highways
• Traffic control devices
• The general environment
Drivers
• Visual Acuity

• Reaction Process
Obstructing object becomes visible

Perception Delay 1

Perceptio
Driver sees object which endangers him n

Apperception Interval 2

Recognizes object as on collision course

Judgement Effort 3 Reaction

Decides to slow down Total


Starts to move foot Reaction
Movement to short
4
breaking
Foot reaches break
Starts to pushdown
Mechanical lag 5 Total
Stopping
Break drag begins to decelerate vehicle
Vehicle
Control build up 6 Stopping

Break stop wheels Breaking


Skidding begins

Control continuation 7

`
Vehicle stops or has collision
Pedestrians
• Interaction at crossings

• Walking speed

• Gap acceptance
Vehicles
• Design vehicle

• Turning characteristics

• Braking characteristics

• Acceleration characteristics

• Stopping distance
Roadway Characteristics
• Functions
Education

Laws and
Enforcement

Driver Personality
Roadway/Roadside
· Psychological
Environment
· Knowledge
· Skill and habits
· Geometry
· Motives
· Weather and light
· Attitudes
· Surface condition
· Traffic
· Control and directional
messages

Driver Decision/Action
Process
· Sensory
Driver Vehicle
Vehicle Attributes · Perception
Action Response
· Analysis
· Mechanical control · Decision
· Comfort · Response
· Protection
· Information sources

Sensory field

· Visual
· Tactile
· Auditory
· Olfactory

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