Course Descriptions

Transportation Engineering

TTE 5006 Transportation Systems Planning.
Credits: 4; Prereq: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Analytical techniques for estimating future travel demands, planning, transportation facilities and locations. Review of transportation technology and future systems.

TTE 5255 Traffic Control Devices.
Credits: 3; Prereq: TTE 4004 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Traffic controller operation, Basic traffic signal operations, uniform traffic control devices, quality and level of service analysis.

TTE 5256 Traffic Engineering.
Credits: 3; Prereq: TTE 4004 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Traffic studies; statistical applications; traffic operations for uninterrupted and interrupted flow facilities.

TTE 5805 Geometric Design of Transportation Facilities.
Credits: 3; Prereq: TTE 4004 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Geometric design criteria and controls of highways and intersections.

TTE 5835 Pavement Design.
Credits: 2; Prereq: TTE 4811 or consent of instructor.
Design of flexible and concrete pavements.

TTE 5837 Pavement Management Systems.
Credits: 3; Prereq: TTE 5835.
Evaluation, analysis, design, performance prediction, planning, and maintenance of pavements.

TTE 6257 Traffic Management and Control.
Credits: 3; Prereq: TTE 5256 or consent of instructor.
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) overview, with emphasis on Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) and Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS), rouge guidance, and toll pricing.

TTE 6315 Highway Safety Analysis.
Credits: 3.
Statistics and characteristics of accidents, accident reconstruction, accident causation and reduction.

TTE 6606 Urban Transportation Models.
Credits: 4; Prereq: CGN 3421 or consent of instructor.
Calibration and application of UTPS computer models for urban transportation planning; land use and urban activity models for forecasting and allocation.

TTE 6815 Transportation Corridor Operations.
Credits: 3; Prereq: TTE 5255, TTE 5256.
Operations of signalized arterial corridors and freeway systems, effects of design, advanced analysis techniques, corridor modeling and optimization techniques.