Information Package / Course Catalogue
Introduction to Transportation Planning
Course Code: MCE550
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

To give information about transportation planning

Course Content

Transportation and social-economical development. Development of transport. Transport modes. Land Transportation.Air transportation.Water transportation.Pipelines, Infrastructures of transport modes. Terminals. Operating characteristics of transport modes. Performance criteria. Capacity. Traffic flexibility. Safety. Urban transport systems. Future developments in transportation. Aim of transportan planning. Outline of transportation planning process. Environmental effects of transportation Management in transportation.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Mehmet Metin MUTLU
Learning Outcomes
1.Will be able to know plans type and planning requirements
2.Will be able to know sustainable planning
3.Will be able to know four step transportation planning
4.Will be able to know transportation and land use relationship
5.Will be able to evaluate related literature
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Ortuzar, J.D., Willumsen, L.G. Modelling Transport, John Wiley and Sons, 4th Edition, 2011.
2.Kanafani, A. Transportation Demand Analysis, McGraw-Hill, 1983.
3.Papacostas, C.S., Prevedouros, P.D., Transportation Engineering and Planning, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2001.
4.Marvin L. Manheim: Fundamentals of Transportation Systems Analysis, The MIT Press, 1979.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction
Week 2 - Theoretical
Planning requirement and types
Week 3 - Theoretical
Relationship between transportation and land use
Week 4 - Theoretical
New approacches for transportation planning
Week 5 - Theoretical
New approacches for transportation planning
Week 6 - Theoretical
Basic principles of modelling
Week 7 - Theoretical
Demand forecasting models
Week 8 - Theoretical
Trip generation
Week 9 - Theoretical
Trip distribution
Week 10 - Theoretical
Modal split
Week 11 - Theoretical
Traffic Assignment
Week 12 - Theoretical
Traffic Assignment
Week 13 - Theoretical
Homework presentations
Week 14 - Theoretical
Homework presentations
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%40
Assignment2%30
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Assignment230060
Individual Work140342
Midterm Examination125227
Final Examination127229
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026