CEIE 490/663

Intelligent Transportation Systems

Course Syllabus


Lecture Date Text Readings

Week 1

Intro to ITS and its History

Week 2

ITS Systems and Applications

Week 3

Advanced Transportation Management Systems (ATMS) 

Week 4

Public Transit and Electronic Toll Collection

Week 5

Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) and Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO)

Week 6

Telecommunications and Emergency Management

Week 7

Telecommunications

Week 8

Spring Break-No Class

Week 9

Mid-Term Exam

Week 10

ITS National Architecture

Week 11

Standards for ITS

Week 12

Advanced Roadway and Vehicle-Based Technologies and Rural ITS

Week 13

ITS and the Planning Process

Week 14

ITS Deployment, Evaluation and Legal Issues

Week 15

Final Project Due/Final Exam Review

Week 16

Final Exam

 


 

Course Requirements
Weekly Reading Assignments and Discussion Topics 30%
Mid-term Exam     20%
Term Project     30%
Final Exam      20%
Total     100%

Weekly Reading Assignments and Discussion Topics

Each week reading assignments will be given either through electronic means or in the course text book.  You are required to submit a summary of this reading assignment and two discussion questions.

Course Text

Intelligent Transportation Primer, 2000

Term Project Description

The term project will be a team project that will require student groups of 3-4 students to develop a comprehensive ITS program for an assigned location in the United States.