RedVector
RV-11147
Transportation Engineering: Highway Capacity
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Describe the fundamental concepts of highway capacity and how they are applied in the design of safe and efficient roadways, and in the evaluation of existing roadway facilities
- Identify transportation system elements, the structure of transportation systems, and the types of roadway facilities
- Describe the underlying assumptions and base conditions in highway capacity analysis methods that are used to analyze the capacity of various types of roadway facilities
- Describe simplified highway capacity analysis methods, as well as software products that have been developed to assist roadway engineers
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: Kwabena Ofosu Ph.D., P.E., PTOE
Kwabena Ofosu currently serves as Community Development Engineer in Titusville, Florida. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Division of Engineering, Computer Programming and Technology, Valencia College in Orlando, Florida, where he teaches undergraduate courses in Statistics and Probability for Engineers, Engineering Mechanics, and computer applications for engineers. He earned his Bachelor’s degree with Honors in Civil Engineering from the University of Science and Technology, in Ghana. He earned his Master’s degree and PhD, both in Civil Engineering from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. His research areas include bridge engineering, transportation asset management, and artificial intelligence.
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