2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Traffic and Transportation Systems
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Toru Seo
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Tue / 5-6 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CVE.D301
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course focuses on traffic and transport systems, and covers the fundamental theories and analytical models on travel behaviour, transport network equilibrium and traffic flows. This course explains how these theories are applied to describe traffic and transport through exercise and reports
The mathematical approach is essential for systems analysis in traffic and transport engineering, and applicable to transport planning and management. This course facilitates students' comprehensive ability to find useful solutions for actual traffic and transport problems.
Course description and aims
When students complete this course, they will be able to:
1) understand the systems approach for traffic and transport problems,
2) understand fundamental mathematical methods in traffic engineering and transport planning,
3) obtain creative ability through practical application examples.
Keywords
systems analysis, travel behaviour, transport network, traffic flow, travel demand, transport planning, traffic and transport management
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
While teaching theoretical foundations of transportation systems, small tests will also be conducted. Further, the final exam will also be carried out.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | planning and management for traffic and transport problems | understand planning and management for traffic and transport problems |
| Class 2 | transport systems analysis | understand transport systems analysis |
| Class 3 | travel data collection | understand travel data collection |
| Class 4 | derivation of travel behavior model | understand derivation of travel behavior model |
| Class 5 | estimation of behavior model | understand estimation of behavior model |
| Class 6 | formulation of network equilibrium | understand formulation of network equilibrium |
| Class 7 | algorithm for network equilibrium | understand algorithm for network equilibrium |
| Class 8 | travel demand prediction | understand travel demand prediction |
| Class 9 | theory of waiting queue | understand theory of waiting queue |
| Class 10 | observation of traffic flow | understand observation of traffic flow |
| Class 11 | theory of traffic flow | understand theory of traffic flow |
| Class 12 | long-term dynamics of transportation | understand long-term dynamics of transportation |
| Class 13 | transportation on arterial road | understand transportation on arterial road |
| Class 14 | transportation management | understand transportation management |
| Class 15 | final exam | solve exam |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
none required
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Japanese books only
Evaluation methods and criteria
Course scores are based on exams (70%), midterm report (20%), and exercise problems (10%).
Related courses
- Fudamentals of Infrastructure Planning
- Urban and Transportation Planning Project
Prerequisites
No prerequisites.
Office hours
contact by e-mail in advance to schedule appointment