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CVE 471 Highway and Transportation Engineering I

400 levelEngineering & Technology8 topics

CVE 471 covers 8 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Characteristics of transportation modes
  2. Traffic flow analysis
  3. Highway design standards
  4. Traffic volume and speed surveys
  5. Geometric design of horizontal and vertical curves
  6. Highway alignment
  7. Intersection design principles
  8. Sight distance and design speed

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Characteristics of transportation modes

The topic examines how the main transportation modes are distinguished by their operating, physical, and service characteristics such as speed, capacity, cost, flexibility, safety, and suitability for different journeys. For exams, you must be able to compare modes systematically and explain why a particular mode is preferred for a given traffic, terrain, or economic condition.

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