UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Department of Civil Engineering
CIV 531F
Transport III - Planning
Fall 2015
Course Objectives:
This course is intended to provide the student with the following:
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The ability to design and execute an urban transportation planning study;
A working knowledge of transportation planning analysis skills, especially relating to
travel demand analysis;
An understanding of current transportation planning issues and policies; and
An understanding of the overall process of transportation planning and its role within the
wider context of transportation decision-making.
Instructor: Professor Khandker Nurul Habib
Room: SF3001F
Phone: 416-946-8027
Email: khandker.nurulhabib@utoronto.ca
Teaching Assistants:
Adam Weiss (adam.weiss@utoronto.ca)
Aya Aboudina (aya.aboudina@mail.utoronto.ca)
Wafic El-Assi (wafic.el.assi@mail.utoronto.ca)
Sami Hasnine (sami.hasnine@mail.utoronto.ca)
Chris Harding (chris.harding@mail.utoronto.ca)
Timetable:
Lectures:
Tutorials:
Grading:
Tuesday,
11 am - 1 pm GB220
Thursday,
12 noon - 2 pm GB221
Included within the lecture periods
Assignments
Debate
Mid-Term Exam (Aid Sheet)
Final Exam (Aid Sheet)
TOTAL
20%
10%
20%
50%
100%
Course Topics
 Introduction to Transportation Planning
 Planning and Decision making
 Planning Processes and Travel Demand
 Data for Evidence-based Planning
 Quantitative Evaluation of Travel Demand: Demand Modelling Frameworks
 Trip Generation
 Trip Distribution
 Mode Choice
 Traffic Assignment
 Transportation Supply Analysis
 Transportation Impacts
 Impact Analysis and Evaluations of Alternatives
 Land Use Modelling
 Travel Demand Management
Referred Textbook
M.D. Meyer and E.J. Miller, Urban Transportation Planning: A Decision-Oriented Approach,
Third Edition, 2012.
Digital copies of the full text or individual chapters can be purchased online
http://mtsplan.com/services.html
A hard copy will be made available on short term loan in the Engineering Library.
Required readings from the text are listed in the course schedule. Additional readings will be
distributed on the course website periodically throughout the term.
Lecture Notes
Lecture notes, and many of the course handouts will be available on the course web site.
CIV531 uses Blackboard for its course website. To access the CIV531 website, or any other
Blackboard-based course website, go to the U of T portal login page at portal.utoronto.ca and
login using your UTORid and Password. Once you have logged in to the portal using your
UTORid and Password, you’ll find the link to CIV531 course website along with the link to all
your other Blackboard-based courses.
Assignments
Assignments will be handed out in class on Thursdays and will be due in class on Thursdays as
per the schedule that will be handed out in class.
All assignments must be completed. Failure to complete all assignments by the last day of
classes will result in a 5% reduction in the final grade for the course, in addition to the zero
grade for each incomplete assignment. Assignments handed in late will receive a grade
deduction of 25% per day but will be counted as complete.
Mid-Term Exam
A mid-term examination will be held, as indicated in the schedule. The exam will be 110
minutes long. The exam will be closed-book, Non-programmable calculator, with a one-page
(double sided) aid sheet. The exam will cover both the “systems analysis” and “planning”
components of the course.
Debates
Each person will participate in one debate. The debates involve groups arguing the “pro” or
“con” side of a current transportation issue in the Toronto Area. Class votes determine the
winner of each debate. A short written report documenting each team’s position is also required.
Further details concerning the debate format and topics to be debated are forthcoming.
FROM THE CODE OF BEHAVIOUR ON ACADEMIC MATTERS
It shall be an offence for a student knowingly:
(d) to represent as one's own any idea or expression of an idea or work of another in any
academic examination or term test or in connection with any other form of academic work, i.e. to
commit plagiarism.
Wherever in the Code an offence is described as depending on “knowing”, the offence shall likewise be
deemed to have been committed if the person ought reasonably to have known.
Any cases of plagiarism will be dealt with strictly in accordance with the code of behaviour on Academic
Matters. If you are unsure of what constitutes plagiarism, please consult the following website:
http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/using-sources/how-not-to-plagiarize
HOW TO ACCESS THE COURSE WEBSITE
Logging in to your Blackboard course website
Like many other courses, CIV531 uses Blackboard for its course website. To access the CIV531 website,
or any other Blackboard-based course website, go to the U of T portal login page at portal.utoronto.ca and
login using your UTORid and Password. Once you have logged in to the portal using your UTORid and
Password, you’ll find the link to CIV531 course website along with the link to all your other Blackboardbased courses.
Activating your UTORid and Password
If you need information on how to activate your UTORid and set your password for the first time, please
go to www.utorid.utoronto.ca. Under the “First Time Users” area, click on “activate your UTORid” if you
are new to the University or “create your UTORid” if you are a returning student, then follow the
instructions. New students who use the link to “activate your UTORid” will find reference to a “Secret
Activation Key”. This was originally issued to you when you picked up your T-card at the library. If you
have lost your “Secret Activation Key” you can call 416-978-HELP or visit the Help Desk at the
Information Commons on the ground floor of Robarts library to be issued a new one. The course
instructor will not be able to help you with this. 416-978-HELP and the Help Desk at the information
commons can also answer any other questions you may have about your UTORid and Password.
Email communication with the course Instructor
At times, the course Instructor may decide to send out important course information via email. To that
end, all UofT students are required to have a valid UofT email address. You are responsible for ensuring
that your UofT email address is set up AND properly entered in the ROSI system. You can do that by
using the following instructions:
To submit the information to activate your UTORid and Password (see above), you will need to click the
“Validate” button. Follow the instructions on the subsequent screens to receive your utoronto.ca address.
Once you have your UofT email address go to the ROSI system, (www.rosi.utoronto.ca) log in and
update the system with your new institutional email address.