GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF TRANSPORT FACILITIES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: CIV ENGR 370 , graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and characterize the key attributes of the vehicles, operators, and highway systems that affect geometric design Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Describe human behavior and accommodation of driver attributes in design Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe highway design objectives, constraints, and controlling factors Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify the basic parameters and constraints for the design of rural and urban alignments, vertical profiles, cross sections, and intersections Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Design a highway from terrain to complete highway in a 3D computer-aided design package Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Use design theory concepts and highway design knowledge in a real-world design project Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenge(s) of highway design Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to addressing the challenge of building highways in urban and rural areas Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 9. Describe highway design theory concepts regarding your area of research Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and characterize the key attributes of the vehicles, operators, and highway systems that affect geometric design Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Describe human behavior and accommodation of driver attributes in design Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe highway design objectives, constraints, and controlling factors Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify the basic parameters and constraints for the design of rural and urban alignments, vertical profiles, cross sections, and intersections Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Design a highway from terrain to complete highway in a 3D computer-aided design package Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Use design theory concepts and highway design knowledge in a real-world design project Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenge(s) of highway design Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to addressing the challenge of building highways in urban and rural areas Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 9. Describe highway design theory concepts regarding your area of research Audience: Graduate