Proposal for a revision of an existing course to

Introduction to Transportation Engineering

Name of Academic Unit : Civil Engineering

Preamble to the proposal : The change of course title and contents. References need to
be updated with the recent developments.
Level : Undergraduate
Programme : B. Tech / Minor

Existing : CE 310 M – Transportation Engineering – I

i Title of the course
Proposed : CE3XX Introduction to Transportation Engineering

ii Credit Structure (L-T-P-C) 3-0-0-6

iii Type of Course B. Tech. / Minor

iv Semester in which normally

Autumn
to be offered

v Whether Full or Half

Full
Semester Course

vi Pre-requisite(s), if any Nil

vii Course Content  Introduction to Transportation Systems Engineering and

Planning: Transport technology development, Role of transportation
in society and its overview, Factors affecting transportation,
Transportation system characteristics, Modes of transportation and
their characteristics, Transportation demand analysis.
 Planning of highway, railway and airport systems:
Highway/railway alignments, Airport planning and site selection,
surveys and investigation, Geometric design of highway, railway and
airfield elements.
 Pavement materials and design of highway, airfield pavements
and railway track: Pavement/track materials and testing, Material
characterization for design, Design of highway and airfield
pavements, Structural design of the railway track, Highway/track
construction, maintenance and rehabilitation.
 Highway, railway and airport traffic operations: Traffic
characteristics and surveys, Highway, rail and air traffic capacity,
Highway/railway signaling and control systems, Air traffic control
system, Traffic management measures, train operation systems,
Transportation safety.

viii Texts/References 1. Papacostas, C. S and Prevedouros P.D (2009), Transportation

Engineering & Planning, 3rd Ed., Pearson Prentice-Hall, India.
2. Kadiyali, L. R. (2011), Traffic Engineering and Transportation
 Planning, 7th Ed., Khanna publishers, India.
3. J.H. Banks (2002) Introduction to Transportation Engineering,
McGraw-Hill, New York.
4. C.Jotin Khisty and B.Kent Lall (2008) Transportation Engineering-An
introduction, Prentice-Hall, India.
5. S.K. Khanna, C.E.G. Justo and Veeraraghavan A (2013) Highway
Engineering, 10th Ed., Nem Chand & Bros.
6. Satish Chandra and M.M.Agarwal,(2012) Railway Engineeing,
Oxford university press, New Delhi.
7. L.R.Kadiyali and N.B.Lal (2009) Principles and Practices of Highway
Engineering, 5th Ed., Khanna Publishers, Delhi.
8. R. Horonjeff, F.X. Mckelvey, W.J.Sproule and S.B.Young (2010),
Planning and Design of Airports, 5th Ed., McGraw Hill, New York.
ix Names of Instructors Dr.P.Vedagiri/ Dr.Nagendra Velaga/ Dr.Avijit Maji
x Names of other Academic _
Units to whom the course
is relevant
xi Are there any courses in No
the same/ other academic
units equivalent to this?
xii Justification/ Need for The existing course content and references is updated considering the current
introducing the course developments in the field.