Transportation

TTE 4003

– Fall

2018

– Paper Assignment

This paper

is    assigned in order 

to 

strengthen

your

writing skills

and get you familiar with the type of 

report

format

you w

ill be preparing in your future careers

. 

The 

paper

is  required

to be a m

aximum 4 pages 

(excluding cover, tables, figures and references). It must 

be typed, single

-spaced

, times new roman 

or serif font size 12. 

Please select one of the following topics:

1.

Transportation safety and vulnerable road users

2.

Transportation demand management

3.

Urban eco

nomics for traffic congestion

4.

A dilemma of Public Transportation: Is BRT a right solution? 

5.

Better transportation

-land use planning for transit oriented development  

6.

Importance of Freight in Florida and its impact in the State’s economy 

7.

Assessing the imp

act of transportation in public health

8.

The future of transportation with connected and autonomous vehicles

Follow these requirements so that you do not lose points. You must include in your paper:

•

Cover page with title, name, class name, date and keywords

•

Introduction/background section

•

Main content/body section

•

Conclusions/Findings/Discussion section

•

References: Minimum of 5

trustworthy (i.e. not Wikipedia

, not random internet sites, and not 

class lecture material, etc.

) articles

/reports

(preferably peer reviewed journal articles

and/or 

State or U.S. DOT reports

) on the subject of your choice (from the list above)

. 

Submit the article in MS Word

document through

Canvas. Online submission only.

The paper will be 

checked for plagiarism using Turnitin software

. 

The assignment is due on November 21

th

,  end of the day.

There will be a presentation for 5 points during the last 3 classes. The presentation is for each student, 

and it will be for a maximum of 5 minutes.