CE 439 - Transportation Infrastructure and Economics

Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Credit Hours: 3

This course examines several modes of transportation (primarily water, air, and rail) and the cost associated with building and maintaining its infrastructure. Students will explore how the finances involved in the construction/maintenance process translate into everyday user cost/charges. Financial scenarios concerning different transportation infrastructure projects are reviewed, and students grow to develop solutions that improve the system functionally and economically. Prerequisite(s): CE 333