Subject Code:   CE6L451 Subject Name:  Design of Transportation Facilities and Safety L-T-P: 3-1-0 Credit:04
Pre-requisite(s): None
Geometric design provisions for various transportation facilities, Discussion of controls governing geometric design, Route layout and selection, Elements of design - sight distances, horizontal alignment, transition curves, super elevation and side friction. Vertical alignment: - grades, crest and sag curves. Highway cross-sectional elements and their design for rural highways, urban streets and hill roads. At-grade Inter-sections - sight distance consideration and principles of design, channelisation, mini round-abouts, layout and design of round-abouts, Design of signalised intersections, capacity and LOS for signalised intersections, signal design, signal coordination, interchange design templates, entrance and exit ramps, acceleration and deceleration lanes, Bicycle and Pedestrian Facility Design; Parking Layout and Design; Terminal Layout and Design.  Accident prevention through better planning, Designing for safety, Highway operation and accident counter measures, Road safety checklists, accident data analysis and its prediction models.

Reference Books:
  1. A policy on geometric design of highways and streets, American Association of State Highway Officials.
  2. Geometric design standards for urban roads in plains (IRC:86-1983), The Indian Roads Congress.
  3. Geometric design standards for rural (non-urban) highways (IRC:73-1980), The Indian Roads Congress, 1980.
  4. Manual of specifications & standards for six laning of highway through public private partnership (IRC: SP: 87-2010), The Indian Roads Congress.
  5. Manual of specifications & standards for four laning of highway through public private partnership (IRC:SP:84-2009), The Indian Roads Congress.
  6. Hill road manual (IRC:SP:48-1998), The Indian Roads Congress.
  7. Guidelines for expressways – Part I, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways.
  8. Guidelines for the design of interchanges in urban areas (IRC:92-1985), The Indian Roads Congress.
  9. Roadside design guide, American Association of State Highway Officials.
  10. Manual of geometric design standards for Canadian roads, Transportation Associations of Canada.
  11. Pline, J.L., Traffic Engineering Handbook, Institute of Transportation Engineers.
  12. Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Federal Highway Administration.
  13. Highway Capacity Manual 2010, Transportation Research Board.
  14. S.K. Khanna and C.E.G. Justo, Highway Engineering, Khanna Publishers, Roorkee, MXRoad Suite and manual for geometric design.