06cv843 Urban transport planning syllabus for CV


Part A
Unit-1 Introduction 6 hours

Scope of Urban transport planning – Inter dependency of land use and traffic – System Approach to urban planning.

Unit-2 Stages in Urban transport planning 6 hours

Trip generation – Trip production - Trip distribution – Modal split – Trip assignment.

Unit-3 Urban transport Survey 8 hours

Definition of study area-Zoning-Types of Surveys – Inventory of transportation facilities – Expansion of data from sample.

Unit-4 Trip Generation 5 hours

Trip purpose – Factors governing trip generation and attraction – Category analysis – Problems on above

Part B
Unit-5 Trip Generation 5 hours

Trip purpose – Factors governing trip generation and attraction – Category analysis – Problems on above

Unit-6 Modal split 6 hours

Factors affecting – characteristics of split – Model split in urban transport planning – problems on above

Unit-7 Trip Assignment 8 hours

Assignment Techniques – Traffic fore casting – Land use transport models – Lowry Model – Garin Lowry model – Applications in India – (No problems on the above)

Unit-8 Urban Transport Planning for small and medium cities 8 hours

Introduction – Difficulties in transport planning – Recent Case Studies

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