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.