UPP SPECIAL TOPICS COURSE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH METHODS COURSE UPP 565 CALL NO 28980 TIME To Be Determined LOCATION TBD Instructor Dr Piyushimita Thakuriah Vonu Email vonu pt uic edu Phone 312 355 0447 Course Web Site Login to http blackboard uic edu 1 Course Objectives Learning Goals and Expected Outcomes The objective of this course is to give students experience with transportation planning methods at an advanced level At the end of the course students will have accomplished the following four learning goals 1 Have a chronological and survey level knowledge of transportation planning models and methods 2 Read seminal papers in transportation planning methods which you may never need to refer to directly but which you should know 3 Obtain in depth conceptual knowledge of a selected set of transportation planning methods targeted to urban analysis 4 Have hands on experience with selected transportation software and research gaps pertaining to these software 2 Format of Course Dr Vonu Thakuriah will teach the course but the participation of students is required to make the course a success The class will have a limited number of lectures and student participation is expected Guest lecturers will be invited to enhance the learning experience Each of the guest speakers has particular expertise on the subject s in which they will lecture Software to be taught should be installed on the student s computer laptop preferred 3 Topics Covered and Organization of the Course Many topics relating to research developments theories models and data will be covered in the course A B C D Urban transportation demand assessment Accessibility measurement Travel behavior Air quality and transportation interactions E Land use and transportation interactions F G H I J Network assignment Traffic flow Modeling congestion and tolls Safety analysis Program evaluation and impact analysis The course will be divided into 2 clusters Topic I Urban Transportation Planning Methods and Simulation and Topic II Network Analysis Each cluster will begin with a discussion of the major research questions chronology history data needs and leading modeling approaches Since there are many ways of doing both topics readings data software in both clusters will be organized under two planning questions which students will have to work through Topic I Identification and assessment of areas in Chicago which most need transportation affordable housing and economic development investments A Theoretical Background 1 Classification of Urban Simulation Models 2 Spatial interaction models 3 Random utility models 4 Models of land use and transportation interactions B Tools 1 GIS 2 Multi criteria Decision Making and SDSS 3 Statistical methods 4 Spatial interaction modeling 5 Accessibility measurement 6 Superdecisions maybe C Data Needed D Applications 1 Indicators of deprivation and need 2 Measurement of accessibility 3 Assessment of travel costs 4 Weighted prioritization of areas Assignment One 10 page essay and one application or data exercise Topic II Simulate the vehicular traffic environment in order to understand risks to pedestrian vehicle crashes in the River North Chicago A Theoretical Background 1 Basics of Network Analysis 2 Traffic flow modeling 3 Safety analysis 4 Classification of network analysis models 5 Microsimulation B Tools 1 Introduction to EMME 3 1 tentative depends on ability to recruit guest lecturer 2 Corsim 3 Introduction to EPA MOVES Model tentative C Data needed D Applications 1 Model of congested network 2 Measures of effectiveness travel time speeds Assignment One 10 page essay and one application or data exercise 3 Readings incomplete 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Alan Wilson spatial interaction model Sen and Smith spatial interaction model Land use and transportation Southworth report Meyer G mez Ib ez Tye and Winston book Essays in Transportation Economics and Policy chapter on disaggregate random utility models Boyce retrospective paper Beckman Winston and McGuire network equilibrium Sheffi chapter 1 JTS special issue on accessibility measures Traffic flow theory on monograph on microscopic models