COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SÜHEYLA PELIN ÇALIŞKANELLI

Offered to

Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

It is aimed to provide engineering students with basic information on the analysis, modelling and supply-demand balance of transportation systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to relate characteristics of people, vehicles and roads, which are the main elements of transportation
2   Ability to say basic terms about transportation systems
3   To be able to compare different transportaton modes
4   To be able to interpret about the demand-cost relation
5   To be able to present and investgate the findngs about transportaton systems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, basic terms related to transportation systems
2 System approach for transportaton actvtes
3 Travel demand, transportaton as a derved demand
4 Elasticity, aggregated and disaggregated demand models
5 Transportation cost, analysis of the cost functions
6 The cost predction methods
7 Pricing polices in transportation systems
8 Network equilbrium, optimization methods
9 Introduction to four steps travel demand model
10 Trip generation and distribution
11 Mode choice and assignment
12 Evaluation of the transportation system problems in practice
13 Homework presentatons, conclusons
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Analysis of Transportation Systems, M. Özdemir Akyılmaz, Middle East Technical Unversity, Ankara, 1991.
Supplementary Book(s): Modelling Transport, Juan de Dos Ortuzar, Luis G. Willumsen, Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 0471861103, Ingiltere, 2002.

Materials: Presentations, course notes.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation material (PowerPoint presentations), lecture notes, classroom activities and homework assignments, midterm and final exams.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1 -2-3-4 will be assessed and rated using first midterm exam and final exam
LO 5 will be assessed and rated using homework assignment

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Student attendance is compulsory. Course policy and rules will be announced at the beginning of the semester

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Dr.S.Pelin ÇALIŞKANELLI - pelin.caliskanelli@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Student face time will be determined at the beginning of the semester

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 9 9
Preparing assignments 1 9 9
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 97

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.13
LO.234
LO.343
LO.454
LO.53

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