C&EE C185
Transportation Systems Analysis
Description: Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Requisite: course 180. Transportation researchers and practitioners are motivated by desire to explain spatial interactions that resulted in movement of people or goods from place to place. Such interactions become more intricate as new technologies emerge. To explore and perceive these intricate interactions, understanding of essential nature of transportation systems to analyze and optimally design such systems is needed more than ever. Introduction to fundamental concepts, methods, and principles underlying transportation systems analysis. Includes two modules, each of which focuses on one level of system analysis: traveler behavior and network. Concurrently scheduled with course C285. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2025 - This is essentially a capstone class for students interested in transportation engineering. You get 3 homework assignments; they're all easy and take about 1 hour each. The lectures were semi-useless because the Professor just reads off the slides. Less than 8 students show up to in-person class because there is a Zoom option. You start working on the group project from week 1. You choose one of public transit, congestion pricing, autonomous vehicles, and ride-hailing. All groups must use MATSim. If you have strong programming skills, you can finish all the simulations in ~12 hours. Otherwise, the MATSim simulations will take at least 20-30 hours to complete. During the presentations, it was obvious that the software was a living nightmare for half of the class. I recommend having 1 person work on the software while the rest of the group type the essay. Having 2 or more people work on the software may slow things down and take longer. If you are confident in your computer science skills, then this class will be very easy. Otherwise, you should form your group to include someone who knows programming. Alternatively, you can do everything in Excel, but it will be painful, tedious, and nebulous. The group project is difficult, but it is rewarding for those interested in transportation careers.
Winter 2025 - This is essentially a capstone class for students interested in transportation engineering. You get 3 homework assignments; they're all easy and take about 1 hour each. The lectures were semi-useless because the Professor just reads off the slides. Less than 8 students show up to in-person class because there is a Zoom option. You start working on the group project from week 1. You choose one of public transit, congestion pricing, autonomous vehicles, and ride-hailing. All groups must use MATSim. If you have strong programming skills, you can finish all the simulations in ~12 hours. Otherwise, the MATSim simulations will take at least 20-30 hours to complete. During the presentations, it was obvious that the software was a living nightmare for half of the class. I recommend having 1 person work on the software while the rest of the group type the essay. Having 2 or more people work on the software may slow things down and take longer. If you are confident in your computer science skills, then this class will be very easy. Otherwise, you should form your group to include someone who knows programming. Alternatively, you can do everything in Excel, but it will be painful, tedious, and nebulous. The group project is difficult, but it is rewarding for those interested in transportation careers.
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