Course

Unit 1

Urban Transportation Planning Process & Concepts – Transportation problems, urban travel characteristics, evolution of transportation planning process, concept of travel demand. Demand function – Independent variables, travel attributes, assumptions in demand estimation. Sequential, recursive and simultaneous processes.

Transportation Survey and Analysis – Definition of study area, zoning, types and sources of data. Type of surveys

• Road side interviews, Home interview

Unit 2

Trip Generation Analysis – Trip classification, factors influencing productions and attractions, trip rate analysis, multiple regression models, category analysis.

Trip Distribution Analysis – Trip distribution models, Growth factor models, Gravity models, Opportunity models.

Unit 3

Mode Split Analysis: Mode choice behaviour, Trip end and trip interchange models, Probabilistic models, Utility functions, Logit models.

Traffic assignment – Elements of transportation networks, Minimum Path Algorithms. Assignment methods – All or Nothing assignment, Capacity restrained assignment and Multi path assignment.

Course Objectives

To explain the urban travel characteristics and concept of travel demand

To explain the different methods adopted for estimating the number of trips generated Introducing to forecasting the probable zones to which the generated trips are being distributed To explain methods for proportioning of trips shared across public and private modes

To discuss the various methods to forecast the number of trips distributed across alternate routes

Course Outcome

CO1: Evaluate urban transport problems using the travel demand concept

CO2: Develop trip distribution and trip generation models

CO3: Estimate mode choice and develop traffic assignment models

CO-PO Mapping