Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering • University of California Irvine CEE 123 Transportation Systems III: Planning and Forecasting Spring 2026 [Course Code: 15450] Instructor: Professor MG McNally <mmcnally-at-uci-dot-edu>
	Overview	Schedule	Notes	Homework	Project	Exams	Links	Home

Week 1	Lectures
	Homework 1	CEE123 pre-requisites and HW 1: Review
	Mon 30-Mar-26	Lecture 1: Course Requirements: Overview; [Slides (pdf)]
	Wed 1-Apr-26	Lecture 2: Systems & Networks [Slides (pdf)]
	Readings:	Mannering et al. (2012). Principles of Highway Engineering & Traffic Analysis [Ch.8 Travel Forecasting]
	Week 1 Lab	Lab 1 Miasma Beach Project: Overview; Task 1; Report Format; Deliverables
Week 2	Lectures
	Mon 6 Apr-26	Lecture 3: The Transportation Planning Process [ Slides ]
	Homework 2	HW2: Transportation Planning Process [Due: Fri 17Apr2026]
	Wed 8-Apr-26	Lecture 4: Shortest Paths Skim Trees [ slides ]
	Homework 3	HW3: Shortest Paths [Due: Wed 15Apr2026]
	Week 2 Labs	Lab 1+2 Miasma Beach Project: Overview; Task 1; Task 2;
Week 3	Lectures
	Mon 13-Apr-26	Lecture 5: Transportation Systems Analysis Overview of Manheim's TSA Framework [ Slides: Part 1 ; Part 2 ]
	Wed 15-Apr-26	Lecture 6: Performance Procedures [ slides ] ; Activity Systems [ slides ]
	Homework 4	HW4: Demand, Performance, Equilibration [Due: Wed 22Apr2026]
	Recommended Readings:	• Travel Forecasting Primer [a concise travel forecasting summary] • [Mannering] Review Ch.5 (pg.141-148, 271-272) for Performance Models
	Week 3 Labs	Lab 3: Miasma Beach Project: Report 1 due Week 4 (Guidelines)
Week 4	Lectures
	Mon 20-Apr-26	Lecture 7: Travel Behavior & Trip Characteristics [ Slides ]
	Wed 22-Apr-26	Lecture 8: Framework for Travel Forecasting: Models [ slides ]
	Week 4 Labs	Lab 4: Tasks 1 and 2 revisions. Task 3. Trip Generation: Task 3
Week 5	Lectures
	Mon 27-Apr-26	Lecture 9: Trip Generation: Overview [ Slides ]
	Wed 29-Apr-26	Lecture 10: Trip Generation: Regression Models ; Category Models [ Method Slides ]; [ OLS Slides ] Balancing Trip Ends
	Homework 5	Trip Generation [Due: Fri 8 May 2026]
	Week 5 Labs	Lab 5: Trip Generation: Task 3 [cont'd.]
Week 6	Lectures
	Mon 4 May-26	Lecture 11: Trip Generation and Trip Distribution
	Wed 6-May-26	Midterm Exam in PSCB 1300 (May 6th 3:30-5 pm) Sample Midterm (2005)
	Week 6 Labs	Lab 6: Continue Task 4
Week 7	Lectures
	Mon 11-May-26	Lecture 12: Trip Distribution: Overview [ Slides A ]; Application [ Slides B ]
	Wed 13-May-26	Lecture 13: Trip Distribution: Calibration [ Slides C ] ; MPD Theory [ Slides D ]
	Homework 6	Trip Distribution [Due: Wednesday 21 May 2025]
	Week 7 Labs	Lab 7: Trip Distribution: Task 4
Week 8	Lectures
	Mon 17-May-26	Lecture 14: Trip Distribution
	Wed 19-May-26	Lecture 15: Trip Table Adjustments: Notes [ Slides ]
	Homework 7	Trip Table Adjustments [Due: Wed 29 May 2026]
	Week 8 Labs	Lab 8: Trip Assignment: Task 5
	Project	Due: Interim Report 2 (Tasks 3-5) due 29 May 2026 (tent.)
Week 9	Lectures
	Mon 25-May-26	Memorial Day: Mo Class!
	Wed 27-May-26	Lecture 16: Trip Assignment: Overview [ Slides A ; Slides B ]
	Homework 8	Trip Assignment [Due: Fri 5 June 2026]
	Week 9 Labs	Lab 9: Miasma Beach: Alternatives Design; Tasks 6 and 7; Deliverables
Week 10	Lectures
	Mon 1-Jun-26	Lecture 17: Trip Assignment: Applications; Performance [ Slides ]
	Wed 3-Jun-25	Lecture 18: Economic Evaluation: [ Evaluation Slides ]
	Week 10 Labs	Lab 10: Miasma Beach: Alternatives Analysis & Network Design; Deliverables
Finals	Final Exam
	Mon 8-Jun-26	Final Exam: (4-6 pm)
	Final Project	Due: Final Report to be submitted by Friday, June 12th (tent.)

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