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CVG4150-B Fall 2016

Highway and Transportation Engineering

Instructor: M.Majeed
E05A(CBY)
mmajeed@uottawa.ca
(613)5625800Ext6163

Facult de gnie| Faculty of Engineering

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Instructor Contacts

Instructor: Muslim Majeed

Phone: (613)562-5800 Ext 6163
Email:

Office hours: Tuesdays 5:00 PM-6:00P M

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Teaching Assistants Information and office hours

Name: Huade Cao

Office:
Office hours:
Email: hcao099@uottawa.ca

Name: Aynsley Griffin

Office:
Office hours:
Email: agrif068@uottawa.ca

Name: Rania Au-Quarelleh

Office:
Office hours:
Email: ralqa052@uottawa.ca
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Course Objectives
Introduce the importance of Highways and Transportation Engineering
Learn about Urban Transportation Planning
Improve the efficient use of available resources in Traffic Engineering
(driver, vehicle, and general traffic characteristics).
Comprehend the Highway Capacity, Level of Service and Geometric
Design.
Develop the required skills in Earthwork Operations, Highway Drainage
and Subgrade Structure.
It is expected that this course will bring into focus, Structural Analysis
and Design of both, Rigid and Flexible Pavements and the essential
elements of the procedures used in Economic Analysis and evaluation of
Transportation Systems.
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Course Outline

Lectures
Tutorial
Office hours consultation
4 Assignments
Mid-term examination
Final Examination

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Lectures Schedule

When: Weekly: Mondays and Wednesdays

Time: 10:00AM to 11:30AM (Mondays)
8:30AM to 10:00AM (Wednesdays)
Location: MNT 201

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Topics to Cover

Introduction to transportation systems. Issues and challenges,

Equations of motion,
Driver, vehicle and general traffic characteristics,
Geometric design. (Horizontal alignment, Vertical alignment, Superelevation, Stopping
and Passing sight distance, etc.),
Traffic stream flow models ,
Capacity and level of service,
The TAC Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads,
Introduction to earth work,
Introduction to pavements and guide ways,
Pavement structural design,
Traffic engineering and studies (Traffic control devices),
Transportation demand analysis, modeling and forecasting,
Urban transportation planning,
Public transportation system,
Transportation impacts, assessment and mitigation measures and
Economic analysis of transportation project and evaluation.

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Textbooks
Required Textbook
Transportation Engineering and Planning
Papacostas, C.S., and Prevedouros, P.D., Third Edition.
Prentice Hall, 2001
Recommended Textbooks
Traffic and Highway Engineering
Garber, N.J. and Hoel, L.A. Fifth Edition,
Cengage Learning 2015
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Grading Policy
 Assignments: 4 assignments, 4 x 5 % = 20 %
 Mid-Term Test = 30 %
 Final Examination = 50 %


Total = 100 %.

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How to get A+!!!

Follow the 10 simple steps

Check your Blackboard frequently.

Get a textbook.
Print the lectures notes from Blackboard, and bring them to the class.
Before coming to the lecture, please read the scheduled topics and lecture
notes (10 minutes).
Bring the textbook and lecture notes to the class (heavy! but useful). Attend
and listen carefully to the lecture.
Study the material on the same day when you go home.
Carefully solve the assignments, and hand them in on time. Pick up your
marked assignments.
Prepare for the mid-term test. Pick up your marked mid-term paper.
Prepare for the final exam.
Congratulations for the A+.
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Assignment Due Time & Location

4 assignments, 4 x 5 % = 20 %
Where to get the assignments: download them from your Blackboard.
Due date will be posted on each assignment.
Assignments will be collected at 2:00 pm on the due date. Note: in
fairness to those who submit work on time, 10 % per day will be
deducted from late submissions and late assignments will not be accepted
later than 3 days after the deadline.
Where to drop off your solved assignment: Filing cabinet in the lower
mezzanine in the Civil Engineering Department (CBY).
Where to collect your marked assignments: From the Teaching
Assistants offices, during office hours.

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Mid Term Test

Mid-term Test = 30 %
Date: ? October 2016(will be discussed later)
Time: ?AM (arrive 15 minutes earlier)
Where: MNT 201
Please collect your marked Mid-term: from the
Teaching Assistants offices, during their office
hours.

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Final Examination
Final Examination = 50 %.
Date&Time:
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Note: Marked final examinations will not be returned.

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Policies

Use of Calculators: All non-programmable calculators are allowed.

Accommodation and Procedures
(1) students with disabilities (2) students with religious obligations (3)
students on the basis of sex or family status
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Please make an appointment to meet with me in order to discuss your

needs one week before the exam time
Auditing the Course

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Academic honesty
Plagiarism is a serious offence and will not be tolerated.
http://www.uottawa.ca/plagiarism.pdf

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