16-Civ-B7 Transportation Planning and Engineering
Worked solutions to 14 past sittings (2013–2019), 98 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.
- December 2019
- December 2018
- May 2018
- December 2017
- May 2017
- December 2016
- May 2016
- December 2015
- May 2015
- December 2014
- May 2014
- December 2013
- May 2013
- Undated paper
Topics across the sittings
Topics that come up in more than one sitting, taken from the headings of our worked solutions. A topic counts once per sitting.
- IIA Property (5 sittings): December 2019 Q7 · December 2018 Q7 · May 2018 Q7 · December 2017 Q6 · Undated paper Q7
- Multinomial Logit Mode Choice (5 sittings): December 2019 Q7 · December 2018 Q7 · May 2018 Q7 · May 2017 Q6 · Undated paper Q7
- Greenshields Model (4 sittings): December 2019 Q4 · May 2018 Q4 · December 2017 Q4 · May 2017 Q4
- Asphalt Mixture Volumetrics (3 sittings): December 2016 Q4 · May 2016 Q6 · May 2013 Q2
- Crest Vertical Curve (3 sittings): May 2016 Q1 · May 2015 Q7 · May 2013 Q6
- Cross-Classification (3 sittings): December 2019 Q3 · May 2017 Q3 · Undated paper Q3
- Land Use (3 sittings): December 2019 Q1 · May 2017 Q1 · Undated paper Q1
- Regression (3 sittings): December 2019 Q3 · May 2017 Q3 · Undated paper Q3
- Stationing (3 sittings): May 2016 Q1 · May 2015 Q4 · May 2014 Q3
- Trip Production (3 sittings): December 2019 Q1 · December 2017 Q1 · May 2017 Q3
- By Regression (2 sittings): May 2018 Q3 · December 2017 Q3
- Field Compaction Control (2 sittings): December 2016 Q6 · May 2016 Q6
- Forms of asphalt (2 sittings): May 2015 Q2 · December 2014 Q5
- Grades (2 sittings): May 2014 Q3 · May 2013 Q6
- Greenshields' Model (2 sittings): December 2018 Q4 · Undated paper Q4
Questions by sitting
December 2019
- Question 1: Land Use, Trip Production and Travel-Demand Management
- Question 2: Deterministic Queueing at a Toll Booth
- Question 3: Trip Production — Cross-Classification versus Regression
- Question 4: Greenshields Model and Shock Waves behind a Slow Truck
- Question 5: Two-Zone Gravity Model of Trip Distribution
- Question 6: User Equilibrium versus System Optimal Assignment
- Question 7: Multinomial Logit Mode Choice and the IIA Property
December 2018
- Question 1: Trip Frequency, Travel Demand Management and Highway Capacity
- Question 2: Deterministic Queueing at a Single-Lane Bottleneck
- Question 3: Trip Generation by Regression and by Cross-Classification
- Question 4: Greenshields' Model and Shock Waves behind a Slow Vehicle
- Question 5: Singly-Constrained Gravity Model for Three Zones
- Question 6: User-Equilibrium Assignment and the Value of a New Route
- Question 7: Multinomial Logit Mode Choice and the IIA Property
May 2018
- Question 1: Trip Generation Factors, Travel-Demand Management and Suburban Mode Choice
- Question 2: Deterministic Queueing at a Signalised Approach
- Question 3: Trip Production by Cross-Classification and by Regression
- Question 4: Greenshields Model and Shock Waves at a Railway Grade Crossing
- Question 5: Two-Zone Gravity Model of Trip Distribution
- Question 6: Wardrop User Equilibrium on Parallel Routes
- Question 7: Multinomial Logit Mode Choice and the IIA Property
December 2017
- Question 1: Land Development, Trip Production and Connected-Vehicle Traffic Management
- Question 2: Deterministic Queueing at a Signalised Approach
- Question 3: Trip Production by Cross-Classification and by Regression
- Question 4: Greenshields Model and Shock Waves Behind a Slow Truck
- Question 5: Two-Zone Trip Distribution by the Gravity Model
- Question 6: Four-Mode Multinomial Logit and the IIA Property
- Question 7: Wardrop User Equilibrium on Parallel Routes
May 2017
- Question 1: Land Use, Mode Choice and Traveller Information
- Question 2: Deterministic Queueing at a Parking Lot
- Question 3: Trip Production — Cross-Classification and Regression
- Question 4: Greenshields Model and Shock Wave Analysis
- Question 5: Trip Distribution by the Gravity Model
- Question 6: Multinomial Logit Mode Choice
- Question 7: User-Equilibrium Traffic Assignment
December 2016
- Question 1: Spiralled Horizontal Curve and Superelevation Development
- Question 2: Sight Distance on a Horizontal Curve and a Sag Vertical Curve
- Question 3: AASHTO Flexible Pavement Design
- Question 4: Asphalt Mixture Volumetrics and Aggregate Relative Density
- Question 5: Filter Design and Drainage-Layer Capacity
- Question 6: Field Compaction Control and Asphalt Pavement Distress
- Question 7: Asphalt Overlay Design by Effective Structural Number
May 2016
- Question 1: Crest Vertical Curve — Minimum Length and Stationing
- Question 2: Horizontal Curve Design and Superelevation Development
- Question 3: Intersection Sight Distance and Pavement Distress
- Question 4: Flexible Pavement Design by the AASHTO Method
- Question 5: Subgrade Intrusion and Trench-Drain Capacity
- Question 6: Asphalt Mixture Volumetrics and Field Compaction Control
- Question 7: Serviceability, Overlay Design and Concrete Moduli
December 2015
- Question 1: Crest Curve Sight Distance and an Unsuperelevated Curve
- Question 2: Superelevation Design from Coordinate Geometry
- Question 3: Moving the Low Point of a Sag Curve onto a Catch Basin
- Question 4: Minimum Radius and Length of a Freeway Exit Ramp
- Question 5: Curve Stationing on a Three-Tangent Route and a Curb Return Radius
- Question 6: AASHTO Flexible Pavement Design for a Rural Interstate
- Question 7: Economic Comparison of Two Low-Volume Pavement Sections
- Question 8: Marshall Mixture Volumetrics and Asphalt Cement Grading
May 2015
- Question 1: Earthwork volumes by average end area and the pyramid rule
- Question 2: Joints in concrete pavements, pumping, and the forms of asphalt
- Question 3: Flexible pavement design by the 1993 AASHTO method
- Question 4: Circular horizontal curve — stationing and deflection angles
- Question 5: Free water in aggregate, and uniform flow in a trapezoidal channel
- Question 6: Sag vertical curve — PVI, PVT, low point and grade points
- Question 7: Crest vertical curve — high point and 50-m station elevations
December 2014
- Question 1: Earthwork volumes by average end area, and the shrinkage balance
- Question 2: Jointing of unreinforced concrete pavements, and pumping
- Question 3: AASHTO-93 flexible pavement design for a four-lane divided highway
- Question 4: Mix design methods, and the three principal HMA mixture types
- Question 5: Marshall optimum asphalt content, and the forms of asphalt
- Question 6: Circular curve stationing and deflection-angle layout
- Question 7: Free water in an aggregate sample, and HMA volumetrics
May 2014
- Question 1: Channel Capacity, Culvert Minor Losses and Inlet-Control Profiles
- Question 2: Joints in Portland Cement Concrete Pavements
- Question 3: Stationing, Grades, and Horizontal and Vertical Curves
- Question 4: Hot Mix Asphalt — Mix Types, Design Objectives and Mixture Behaviour
- Question 5: Aggregate Moisture, Superpave Gradation Terms and HMA Volumetrics
- Question 6: Blending Two Aggregates to Meet a Gradation Specification
December 2013
May 2013
- Question 1: Earthwork Volumes — Reservoir Storage and Embankment Fill
- Question 2: Asphalt Mixture Volumetrics
- Question 3: Concrete Pavements — Materials, Joints and Curing
- Question 4: Sag-Curve Comfort Length and the CBR Test
- Question 5: Standard Proctor Compaction and the Zero-Air-Voids Line
- Question 6: Crest Vertical Curve — Geometry, Sight Distance and Grade
- Question 7: AASHTO-93 Rigid Pavement Thickness Design
Undated paper
- Question 1: Land Use, Trip Purpose and Advanced Vehicle Technology
- Question 2: Deterministic Queueing at a Freeway Incident
- Question 3: Trip Generation — Cross-Classification and Regression
- Question 4: Greenshields' Model and Shock Waves at a Signal
- Question 5: Singly Constrained Gravity Model
- Question 6: Wardrop User Equilibrium Assignment
- Question 7: Multinomial Logit Mode Choice and the IIA Property