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
INŞ 3102 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MUSTAFA ÖZUYSAL

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 investigate the findings about transportation 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 activities
3 Travel demand, transportaton as a derived demand
4 Elasticity, aggregated and disaggregated demand models
5 Transportation cost, analysis of the cost functions
6 The cost prediction methods
7 Pricing policies in transportation systems
8 Network equilibrium, optimization methods
9 Introduction to four-step travel demand model
10 Trip generation and distribution
11 Mode choice and assignment
12 Evaluation of the transportation system problems in practice
13 Homework presentations
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 * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

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

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Class attendance will be taken into consideration in the evaluation. At the beginning of the semester, the rules regarding the course, homework and exams will be explained to the students.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa ÖZUYSAL: mustafa.ozuysal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

When the course schedule for the semester is created, it will be announced by the instructor.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

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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