COURSE UNIT TITLE

: URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 3313 URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HILMI EVREN ERDIN

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

The main objective of this course is to describe and demonstrate the basic peculiarities, methodologies, techniques of transportation planning held in urban areas. Fulfilling this objective intention to interdisciplinary approaches will be highlighted. The interrelations among the different levels of planning are displayed in the course content in relation to transport decisions and implementation procedures. Instructions and sharing the knowledge in the course will be supplemented with local and global cases. Enrichment of the students of city and regional planning in order to comprehend the problems of urban transportation systems, solving them and to propose transportation projects in relation general planning efforts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students, will be able to analyze the urban transportation system (Perception),
2   Will be able to define the urban transportation problems (Knowledge),
3   will be able evaluate the techniques and methodologies of solving the urban transportation and traffic problems(Implementation),
4   Will be able to understand and evaluate the transportation decisions and investments with their economical, political and administrative aspects (Implementation),
5   Will be able to prepare comprehensive transportation plan proposals for urban areas (Synthesis).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, course objectives and content, approach.
2 Basic features and problems of transportation and traffic systems in urban settlements
3 The relationship between transportation network and city form, the relationship between transportation and land use
4 The history of urban transport - urban transport in the world and Turkey
5 Transportation planning in cities and transportation planning process, research and data collection methods
6 Analysis and model building
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 Evaluation and selection of options - Cost benefit analysis
9 Transportation master plan and transportation decisions according to planning scales and levels
10 Travel demand management
11 Contemporary approaches in transportation policies
12 Sustainable transport policy
13 Urban public transport systems
14 Parking Strategies - Urban logistics

Recomended or Required Reading

Proposed Reference Books:
- Kılınçaslan, T., Kentsel Ulaşım, Ninova yayıncılık, Istanbul, 2012.
- A.G. Wilson. Urban and Regional Models in Geography and Planning. John Wiley & Sons, London 1974
- R. Lane, T.J. Powell, P.P. Smith. Analytical Transport Planning. Duckworth. London, 1971.
- Hutchinson. Principles of Urban Transportation System Planning. Mc. Grawhill Book Co. Toronto, 1974.
- Pignataro, L. J., Traffic Engineering: Theory and Practice, Prentice Hall Inc., NJersey, 1973.
- Tunç, A., Trafik Mühendisliği ve Uygulamaları, Asıl Yayın, Dağıtım, Ankara, 2003.
- Yayla, N., Karayolu Mühendisliği, Birsen Yayınevi, Istanbul, 2006.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures and the students will learn by attending and listening to the lectures. Besides the midterm examination, students will be asked to prepare homework.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining, explaining and discussing will be measured by Midterm Examination.
Discussing, questioning and interpretation will be measured by Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through lectures and discussions over sample cases.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

evren.erdin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 10.30-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 6 1 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 6 1 6
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Web Search and Library Research 4 1 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 62

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.111
LO.211
LO.3111
LO.41
LO.511

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