Traffic engineering

CIVIL-349

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COURSE:

The course takes place every Thursday, 2:15 pm - 6:00 pm

  • Room: CM 1105 (lecture & exercise), CM 1103 (labs)

EXAM SCHEDULE: 
  • Midterm: 7/11/2024 (2:15 - 3:45 pm)
  • Final: 19/12/2024 (2:15 - 5:00 pm) 

LABS: 
For the completion of the two laboratories, students will work in groups and will prepare one group report for each lab assignment. Students are kindly requested to form groups of 4 or 5 and register them in the provided tool (see below). PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS "SUBMIT" TO COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENTS.


MOOC:

https://courseware.epfl.ch/courses/course-v1:EPFL+transport-systems+2019/about
Please register for the online course "Intro to Traffic Flow Modeling and Intelligent Transport Systems" (linked above). This course, created by our team, provides students with video lectures and exercises on several transportation related topics. During the semester, you will be asked to watch some of the video lectures and discuss the material taught in the classroom or ask questions.  

The same course also exists on edx.org platform (see here), where discussion forums are also available. Please feel free to register as audit students (no payment needed).  

Introduction to transportation systems, queueing theory

Welcome to CIVIL-349 Traffic Engineering.

You can start forming groups of 5 or 4 students for working together on labs 1 and 2, using the tool in the Moodle section above. Please do so before Monday, Sept. 23. Afterwards we will complete the group assignment for students who have not joined a group.

Traffic flow variables, fundamental diagram (MOOC)

  • You are kindly requested to watch the video lectures entitled "Traffic Flow Variables" and "Fundamental Diagram" of the Week 1 of the online course "Intro to Traffic Flow Modeling and Intelligent Transport Systems" (find the links to register for this course at the top of this page). No lecture will be held between 14:00 and 16:00. 
  • Exercise session will begin at 16:15 (CM 1105), where you can discuss and ask questions regarding the material presented in the video lectures. 

Input-out diagrams, traffic flow modeling: LWR Theory; Lab 1 introduction

  • 14:15 - 16:00: Lecture in the classroom
  • 16:15 - 18:00 (computer lab CM 1103): Introduction to Lab 1, and work in groups to complete tasks 1 and 2. TAs will be available to answer your questions. You should ensure that you are able to work with Jupyter Notebooks on your computer or the EPFL computers.
Please watch the video lecture "Input-Output diagrams" (Week 1 of MOOC courses) at your own time, as the content will be relevant for the completion of Lab 1. An exercise session on the content will follow later in the semester.

Lab 1: Studying traffic flow properties through a dataset of real vehicle trajectories

  • Room: CM 1103
  • 14:15 - 18:00 work in groups to complete tasks 3 and 4. TAs will be available to answer your questions.

Introduction to on-demand transportation and sharing systems (Prof. Kenan Zhang, EPFL)

  • 14:15 - 16:00 (CM 1105): Guest lecture by Prof. Kenan Zhang
  • 16:15 - 18:00: Exercise 3


Car-following models, traffic monitoring and data collection

  • 14:15-16:00: Lecture in CM1105
  • 16:15-18:00: Exercise 4: car-following models (please bring your laptops!); Exercise 5: Input-Output diagrams

Break

Merge dynamics: spatial extend of queues, bottlenecks, ramp metering
  • 14:15-16:00: Lecture in CM1105
  • 16:15-18:00: Exercise 6, introduction to Lab 2


Midterm exam and Lab 2 data collection

  • 14:15 - 15:45: Midterm exam in CM1105. Your "cheat sheets" will be collected at the end of the exam.
  • 16:00 - 18:00: Bus ticket distribution and Lab 2 data collection

Introduction to public transit; review with advanced problems

  • 14:15 - 16:00: lecture on public transit (CM 1105)
  • 16:15 - 18:00: Exercises 7, and 8 with revision problems

Guest Lecture: Franco Tufo (Citec)
  • 14:15-16:00: Guest Lecture in CM1105 by Franco Tufo, CEO Citec
  • 16:15-18:00: Work on Lab 2 in CM1103

Lab 2
14:15 - 18:00: Work in groups on the lab in CM 1103. TAs will be present to answer your questions.

Fundamentals of signal design: Part I

  • 14:15 - 16:15: Lecture in CM 1105
  • 16:30 - 18:00: Exercise 9

Fundamentals of signal design: Part II 
  • 14:15 - 16:30 (approx.): Lecture by Prof. Jack Haddad (In person, in CM 1105)
  • 16:45 (approx.) - 18:00: Exercise or work on Lab 2

Final exam (14:15 - 17:00, CM1105)

  • You are allowed to bring two A4 sheets with handwritten notes, i.e., maximum four sides in total. There can be penalties in case of direct copy-paste of material not produced by yourself.
  • Non-programming scientific calculators are allowed