COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRANSIT CAPACITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5094 TRANSIT CAPACITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERHAN TANYEL

Offered to

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

Course Objective

This course aims to introduce guidelines and procedures for estimating bus and rail transit capacities. It is planned to give information on basic capacity concepts and principles; summarize previous studies and current experience; develop analytical relationships; present capacity guidelines and set forth illustrative applications.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To examine transit capacity concepts with details.
2   To edit literature data concerning transit capacity.
3   To analyze vehicle capacity and loading criteria with advance in technology
4   To illustrate person capacity, bus capacity and rail system capacity.
5   To investigate methods and procedures related to transit capacity.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction Importance of transit capacity Mass transportation systems
2 Concepts of Transit Capacity Person movement Person-Capacity Basic factors and equations homework assignment
3 Concepts of Transit Capacity (cont.) Level of service Vehicle capacities and loading criteria
4 Transit Capacity Experience Bus capacity experience Bus flows and equivalency studies Effects of buses on vehicular capacity
5 Transit Capacity Experience (cont.) Passenger service times and bus headways General capacity ranges
6 Transit Capacity Experience (cont.) Rail transit experience
7 Transit Capacity Experience (cont.) Rail transit
8 Methods and Procedures Bus berth and system capacity General considerations Equations and guidelines
9 Methods and Procedures (cont.) Equations and guidelines (cont.) Applications
10 Methods and Procedures (cont.) Bus priority treatments Operational overview Planning Considerations Guidelines for specific treatments
11 Specific Problems and Applications General Approach Types of problems
12 Specific Problems and Applications (cont.) Calculation Methods
13 Sample Problems from Different Countries Homework submission and presentations
14 Homework presentations and general evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):

Special Report 209: Highway Capacity Manual (2000 Update), TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C., 2000, Chap.27.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The visual presentations and presentation slides.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3, 4-5: Consideration with mid-term exam and final exam
LO 2: Consideration with assignments and presentations

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance will be considered in the evaluation. The rules of writing term paper topics, and it will be distributed to students at the beginning of the period

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Serhan TANYEL: serhan.tanyel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The course schedule will be announced by the faculty member is created.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 2 20 40
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 204

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15443
LO.24555
LO.3544
LO.4454
LO.5544

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