Fall 2003
Norman W. Garrick FLC 330 (860) 486-2990 MW 4:30 - 6:00 pm FLC 204
This is an introductory course for new Transportation and Urban Engineering graduate students and for advanced Civil Engineering undergraduates.
Course Objectives
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Develop an awareness of the interdependency of transportation and land use planning |
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Foster knowledge of the societal impact of transportation engineering decisions |
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Foster knowledge of the economic, political and institutional structures that govern transportation policy making |
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Improve written and oral communication skills |
Course Format
The course will be organized around the study and analysis of number of transportation cases. The students will review and report on case documents provided by the instructors. They will do literature searches of supplemental information on each case. The reports will be a combination of oral and written reports. We will use a process of multiple drafts for some of the written reports.
Class periods will include lectures, group discussions, group projects and oral reports from the students.
Course Projects
Transportation Design
Metropolitan and Transportation Planning/Transportation Safety and Financing
Design Project
The projects will have both an individual and group component. However, each students will be fully responsible for their own section of the reports. The final exam will be based on the readings for the HW assignments, the classroom discussions and on all project reports for the class. Each group will be required to summit a one page study guide for each of their project (this will count as part of the work for the group grade).
Course Grading
CE 255
CE 302
Individual Project Score (oral and written)
40 %
40 %
Group Project Score
10 %
10 %
Literature Review
NA
10 %
Class Participation
5%
5 %
Homework
20 %
15 %
Final Exam
25 %
20 %
Total
100 %
100 %
Course Text
There is no textbook for the course.
click here for Second Project
Date
Topic
Reading
HW/Project HW/Project Due Aug. 25
Course Overview/Project 1 Intro.
Ref. 1 (26-39)
Aug. 27 Travel, Society and the Environment
Ref. 1 (39-53) HW 1 short Sep. 01
Labor Day
03
HW 2 paper HW1 08 Student's Presentations to Introduce Projects Ref. 2 (21-30) 10 Group Work HW 2 15
Group Work
17
22
HW 2 (2nd Draft) 24
29
Oct. 01
06
08
Project 1 Oral Reports
13
HW 3 short Project 1 Report/Literature Review 1 15
Ref. 1 (73-83) HW 4 short HW 3 20
HW 5 paper HW 4 22
27
HW 5 29
Project 2 Progress Report Nov. 03
05
10
Interim Director - CRCOG Regional Planning in Connecticut
HW 5 (2nd Draft) 12
HW 6 short 17
HW 6 19
Project 2 Oral Reports 24
Thanksgiving (No Class)
26
Thanksgiving (No Class)
Dec. 01
Review
Project 2 Report/Literature Review 2
03
Final Examination
Cervero, Robert, The Transit Metropolis - A Global Inquiry, Island Press, 1998.
Plowden, Stephen, Towns Against Traffic, Andre Deutsch, 1972
photographic credit - Norman W. Garrick
Date of last update - 31 Aug 2001
