H漫画

 

DalTRAC | H漫画 Transportation Collaboratory

Dr. Ahsan Habib

H漫画 University Courses Taught by
Dr. Ahsan Habib

PLAN 4106/6106 Transportation Planning听

This course is designed for undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in transportation planning. The main aim of the course is to introduce fundamental concepts of transportation planning, travel behaviour, multi-modal transportation, public transit, the four-stage model, and intelligent transportation systems. By the end of the course, students should have a basic understanding of 听transportation systems, and planning processes, methods and applications.

Specific objectives of the course include: Recognize transportation planning and decision-making processes; Understand transportation data collection processes, travel surveys, travel behaviour trends and its implications; Recognize multi-modal transportation theory, including public transit, alternative modes of travel such as active transportation; Develop basic understanding of transportation performance analysis, including highway capacity, level of service, transit headway, dwell time, on-time performance etc.; Understand travel demand forecasting tools, particularly classical four-stage model; Develop basic understanding of trip generation, distribution, mode choice and route assignment; Identify basic elements of intelligent transportation systems; Develop skills to conduct transportation data collection and planning studies; Present information about transportation studies/projects in a scholarly manner.

Refer to the academic calendar for official class description.

CIVL 6139 Transport Operations听

This course is an introduction to the operation of transportation services at the urban and regional levels. Surveys and data collection, development of computerized data bases, and elements of travel forecasting; trip generation, trip distribution, modal split, trip assignment are covered. Operational characteristics of public transportation, airports and freight distribution systems, and performance evaluation are discussed. Environmental, energy and safety implications of transportation systems, and existing policies are reviewed.

CIVL 7000 Transport Modelling听

Transport models are critical in understanding transportation systems. This course will focus on studying essential elements of transport modelling, following a textbook (Ortuzar and Willumsen, 2011) and related journal articles. Students will offer presentations and group discussion on various modelling issues, including mathematical prerequisites, data and space, specification and estimation of discrete choice models, and travel behaviour analysis. The student will be required to undertake a project in transport model development and application. The project will consist of identification of a transport modelling issue and developing an approach for modelling, including data acquisition, model development, estimation and interpretation of the empirical results.

Ahsan Habib, PhD

Director and Founder,听H漫画 Transportation Collaboratory (DalTRAC)
Professor, School of Planning, and Department of Civil听and Resource Engineering (cross)

Phone: 902-494-3209
贰尘补颈濒:听ahsan.habib@dal.ca

Biography

Ahsan Habib is a transportation professor at H漫画 University. He received a PhD degree in civil engineering from the University of Toronto in 2009. He held a professional position at the Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO)prior to joining H漫画 University in 2010. He is the founder of the H漫画 Transportation Collaboratory (DalTRAC) under the Leaders Opportunity Grant program of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). His research interests include travel behavior analysis, travel demand forecasting, and the microsimulation of urban systems. Dr. Habib believes multi-modal mobility options are the key to ensuring sustainability for Canadian cities.

Education

2005 鈥� 2009听笔丑顿听(Transportation Engineering and Planning)
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto

2004 鈥� 2005听Master of Applied Science听(transferred to the PhD Program) Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto

2002鈥�2004听Master of Urban and Regional Planning
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, BUET, Dhaka

1996鈥�2002听Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, BUET, Dhaka

Research Interests

  • Travel Behaviour Analysis
  • Travel Demand Forecasting
  • Integrated Transportation, Land Use and Energy Modeling
  • Transport Data Collection and Survey Methods
  • Microsimulation of Urban Systems
  • Transportation Planning and Policy
  • Sustainability Indicators and Issues in Transportation
  • Road Safety and Collision Analysis
  • Transportation in Developing Countries

Major Grants
Climate Action Awareness Fund (CAAF), "Development of a Bottom-Up, Activity-Based Transport Network and Emissions Modelling System", Awarded (PI: Dr. Habib)
NSERC Grant, "Mobility and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Partnerships for Innovation through Bottom-up Modelling and Monitoring at Local Levels", Awarded (PI: Dr. Habib)
NSERC Discovery Grant,听鈥淒eveloping Longitudinal Bottom-up Models of Land Use, Transport and Energy Use鈥�, Awarded (PI: Dr. Habib)
The Province of Nova Scotia, NS DoE, 鈥淪ustainable Transportation 听 Indicators: Transportation Data Collection and Modelling鈥�, Awarded (PI: Dr. Habib)
Leaders Opportunity Fund (LOF),听Canada Foundation for听Innovation (CFI), 鈥淗漫画 Transportation Collaboratory (DalTRAC) Infrastructure Project鈥�, (funding partners: NSRIT and HRM), Awarded (PI: Dr. Habib)
The Province of Nova Scotia, NS DoE, 鈥淭ransportation Data Collection and Modelling Centre for Sustainable Transportation Planning鈥�, Awarded (PI: Dr. Habib)
SSHRC Insight Grants, 鈥淐oordinating Land Use Planning in the Context of Multiple Plans鈥�, Awarded, (PI: Dr. Grant, [H漫画]; Co-PIs: Drs. Habib, Manuel & Rapaport [H漫画] and听 Dr. Filion [Waterloo])