Introduction:
Introduction to transportation planning, scope and objective of UTP, various modes of transportation and comparisons, urban transportation system planning process, transportation demand and forecast.
Transportation Planning Process & Surveys:
System approach to urban planning, Stages in transportation planning, Basic Movements-Study Area-Zones-Surveys-Planning of different types of surveys-Inventory of transportation facilities
Trip generation & Trip distribution:
Trip generation: Trip purpose- Factors governing trip generation and attraction- Category analysis-Problems on above
Trip distribution: Methods- Growth factors methods- Synthetic methods- Fratar and Furness method and problems on the above
Model Split & Trip Assignment:
Model Split: Factors affecting- characteristics of split- Model split in urban transport planning- problems on above Trip Assignment: Assignment techniques- problems on all techniques, minimum path tree problems.
Interdependency of Land Use & transport, characteristics of land use Models–Lowry ModelHansen’sAccessibility Model-Density- Saturation Gradient Model-Problems(Exception Lowry Model & DSGM)- Difficulties in planning small & medium cities- Recent case studies