Course Name: Traffic Engineering

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Traffic Congestion has become a serious ‘urban illness’ in the modern era of urbanization especially in emerging countries such as India. This results in an increase in travel time, rise in traffic accidents, rise in fuel depletion, excessive exhaust emissions, etc. which can retard the growth of any city and its sustainable development. This NPTEL course will help in capacity building amongst master students, policy makers, practitioners, etc. to understand traffic engineer’s role in all relevant dimensions, and develop strategies, programs and projects accordingly. The course will consist of following nine modules: Module-A: Traffic Components and Characteristics; Module-B: Traffic Stream Parameters and their Relationships; Module-C: Shockwave and Queuing; Module-D: Capacity and LOS; Module-E: Traffic Control at Intersections; Module-F: Car Following Models and Traffic Simulation; Module-G: Traffic Control and Management; Module-H: Parking Management / Traffic Safety; Module-I: Traffic Safety


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Prof. Bhargab Maitra

Bhargab Maitra is a Professor in Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. He completed his M. Tech from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay with specialization in Transportation Engineering. He is an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and DAAD Fellow. He also received Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award from the Indian Roads Congress. He has published nearly 150 technical papers and case studies in various journals, proceedings of conferences, seminars and workshops on several topics such as traffic congestion, public transportation system, traffic and parking management, travel behavior, transport policy, etc. He has carried out several sponsored research and consultancy projects in the area of traffic and transportation system. His research interest includes travel behavior, public transportation system, traffic management, traffic control at intersection, traffic safety, etc.
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 Course Duration : Jan-Apr 2022

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 Enrollment : 14-Nov-2021 to 31-Jan-2022

 Exam registration : 13-Dec-2021 to 18-Mar-2022

 Exam Date : 23-Apr-2022

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