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Fall 2015
Course Objectives:
This course is intended to provide the student with the following:
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Timetable:
Lectures:
Tutorials:
Grading:
Tuesday,
11 am - 1 pm GB220
Thursday,
12 noon - 2 pm GB221
Included within the lecture periods
Assignments
Debate
Mid-Term Exam (Aid Sheet)
Final Exam (Aid Sheet)
TOTAL
20%
10%
20%
50%
100%
Course Topics
Introduction to Transportation Planning
Planning and Decision making
Planning Processes and Travel Demand
Data for Evidence-based Planning
Quantitative Evaluation of Travel Demand: Demand Modelling Frameworks
Trip Generation
Trip Distribution
Mode Choice
Traffic Assignment
Transportation Supply Analysis
Transportation Impacts
Impact Analysis and Evaluations of Alternatives
Land Use Modelling
Travel Demand Management
Referred Textbook
M.D. Meyer and E.J. Miller, Urban Transportation Planning: A Decision-Oriented Approach,
Third Edition, 2012.
Digital copies of the full text or individual chapters can be purchased online
http://mtsplan.com/services.html
A hard copy will be made available on short term loan in the Engineering Library.
Required readings from the text are listed in the course schedule. Additional readings will be
distributed on the course website periodically throughout the term.
Lecture Notes
Lecture notes, and many of the course handouts will be available on the course web site.
CIV531 uses Blackboard for its course website. To access the CIV531 website, or any other
Blackboard-based course website, go to the U of T portal login page at portal.utoronto.ca and
login using your UTORid and Password. Once you have logged in to the portal using your
UTORid and Password, youll find the link to CIV531 course website along with the link to all
your other Blackboard-based courses.
Assignments
Assignments will be handed out in class on Thursdays and will be due in class on Thursdays as
per the schedule that will be handed out in class.
All assignments must be completed. Failure to complete all assignments by the last day of
classes will result in a 5% reduction in the final grade for the course, in addition to the zero
grade for each incomplete assignment. Assignments handed in late will receive a grade
deduction of 25% per day but will be counted as complete.
Mid-Term Exam
A mid-term examination will be held, as indicated in the schedule. The exam will be 110
minutes long. The exam will be closed-book, Non-programmable calculator, with a one-page
(double sided) aid sheet. The exam will cover both the systems analysis and planning
components of the course.
Debates
Each person will participate in one debate. The debates involve groups arguing the pro or
con side of a current transportation issue in the Toronto Area. Class votes determine the
winner of each debate. A short written report documenting each teams position is also required.
Further details concerning the debate format and topics to be debated are forthcoming.