4CE50: TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND FIELD STUDIES

CREDITS – 3 (LTP=1,0,2)

Course Objectives:
1. To understand traffic and its components, factors affecting road traffic for intersection design.
2. Explain sampling of data, analysis and interpretation of data in conducting various surveys.
3. Learn the relationships between the parameters of traffic flow and concept of roadway
capacity and LOS.
4. To understand traffic movements, types of intersections, their design, design of signals and
traffic regulations.

Teaching and Assessment Scheme:

Teaching Scheme Assessment Scheme

Credits Total
(Hours per Week) Theory Marks Practical Marks
Marks
L T P C ESE CE ESE CE
1 0 4 3 30 20 40 60 150

Course Contents:

Unit Teaching
Topics
No. Hours
1 Introduction of Traffic Engineering: 03
Components of road traffic - the vehicle, driver and road. Objectives and
scope of traffic engineering. Road user characteristics; human and vehicle
characteristics, factors affecting road traffic. Concepts of passenger car
units for mixed traffic flow.
2 Traffic Studies: 05
Volume studies, Speed studies, Origin and destination studies and parking
studies
3 Traffic Safety and Level-of-service: 02
Accidents, Lighting, Capacity and Level-of-service analysis
4 Traffic Regulations and Control: 02
Regulations and control of traffic and method of control. General
regulations; Regulations on Vehicles, drivers and Traffic management
5 Traffic Control Devices: 03
Traffic signs, markings, islands and signals. Different methods of signal
design; redesign of existing signal including case studies. Signal system and
co-ordination. Introduction of pedestrian actuated and traffic adoptive
signals.
Total 15

Practical on field work and computation works:

Unit Teaching
Topics
No. Hours
1 Classified Volume Count Survey: Sampling in traffic volume studies; 06
adequacy of sample size; application of sampling methods for traffic studies,
 Unit Teaching
Topics
No. Hours
objectives, methods of traffic study, equipment, data collection, analysis and
interpretation (including case studies)
2 Spot Speed Survey: Sampling in spot speed studies; adequacy of sample 06
size; objectives, methods of spot speed survey, equipment, data collection,
analysis and interpretation (including case studies) of Spot speed
3 Speed and Delay Survey: Methods for speed and delay studies, objectives, 06
data collection, analysis and interpretation (including case studies) of Speed
and delay (Moving car method / floating car method)

4 Origin and Destination Survey: Adequacy of sample size; application of 06

sampling methods for O-D studies, objectives, methods of O-D study,
equipment, data collection, analysis and interpretation (including case
studies) of Origin – destination.
5 Parking Survey: Selection of sample size; objectives, methods of traffic 06
study, data collection, analysis and interpretation (including case studies) of
Parking.
6 Accident studies and analysis: Causes of accidents - The Road, The 06
vehicle, The road user and the Environment; Engineering, Enforcement and
Education measures for the prevention of accidents.
7 Traffic Control And Regulation Survey: Traffic Signals - Design of 06
Isolated Traffic Signal by Webster method, Warrants for signalisation,
Signal Co-ordination methods.
8 Rotary Intersections design: – Existing rotary design with Diverging, 08
Merging, Weaving, Weaving Length, Advantages and Disadvantages.
Rotary Design Elements – Design Speed, Radius at Entry, Radius at Exit,
Width of Rotary Carriage way, Entry and Exit angles, External kerb line,
Super elevation and camber- Capacity of rotary.
9 Non-motorised traffic survey (Pedestrians survey) 02
10 Presentations 04
Total 60

List of References:

1. Kadiyali, L.R., 'Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning', Khanna Publications.

2. Drew, D.R., 'Traffic Flow Theory and Control', McGraw Hill Book Co.
3. IRC Third Highway Safety Workshop, Lecture Notes 1978 and other IRC publications.
4. Papacostas, C.A., “Fundamentals of Transportation Engineering”, Prentice-Hall of India
Private Limited, New Delhi.2000. 6. William R. McShane and Roger P. Roess, Traffic
Engineering', Prentice hall, New Jersey,2000
5. Mc Shane W. R. and Roes R.P., “Traffic Engineering”, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New
Jersey 1990.
6. Pignataro L J., “Traffic Engineering: Theory and Practice”, Prentice Hall, Inc. Englewood
Cliffs, New Jersey, 1973.
7. Matson T.M., Smith W.S., and Hurd F.W., “Traffic Engineering”, McGraw Hill Book
Company, Inc. New York.
8. Jotin Khisty B. Kent Lall, “Transportation Engineering: An Introduction”, Prentice Hall of
India, Pvt., Ltd., New Delhi-11

Course Outcomes (COs):

At the end of this course students will be able to …
1. Apply knowledge of traffic, its components, and factors affecting road traffic in intersection
design.
2. Carryout sampling data in conducting various surveys and analysis.
3. Estimate the capacities of roadways and intersections and level of service.
4. Design road islands, intersections, road lightings, traffic signals, for traffic movement and
regulations.