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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
CE 429 - Traffic Engineering (2 Units)
Fall 2015
Instructor: Emelinda M. Parentela Office: VEC 203
Phone: [phone] E-mail: [email protected]
Office hours: 1:00-1:50 PM (M); 5:00-5:50 PM (M); 1:00-1:50 PM (Th); 3:00-3:50 PM (F); or
by appointment
Class Time: 200-3:50 PM, Monday Classroom: VEC 402
Course Description: Capacity and level of service analyses of highway facilities. Intersection
signal timing design. Introduction to traffic control devices. Volume, speed and delay studies.
Use of traffic data for design, planning and operational levels of analyses. Letter grade only (A-
F). (Lecture-Problems 2 hours)
Corequisites: CE 426, 429L
Textbook: Traffic Engineering, 4th Edition, McShane. W.R., Roess,
R.P., and Prassas, E.S., Prentice Hall.
References:
Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), TRB Special Report 209, Transportation Research
Board, 2010
Transportation Engineering and Planning, C.S. Papacostas and P.D. Prevedouros, (2nd
Edition)
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Institute of Transportation Engineers,
2009.
CALTRANS Traffic Manual.
ITE Journals. Institute of Transportation Engineers.
Additional references may be cited during the course of the lectures.
Course Objectives:
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the fundamentals of traffic
engineering and to apply traffic engineering principles in solving problems.