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2011/2 Provisional Module Catalogue - UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 Module Code: ENGM149 Module Title: TRANSPORT STRATEGIES & INTERVENTIONS
Module Provider: Civil, Chemical & Enviromental Eng Short Name: SE1M31
Level: M Module Co-ordinator: THORNE AM Mr (C, C & E Eng)
Number of credits: 15 Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
 
Module Availability
Autumn Semester
Assessment Pattern

Unit(s) of Assessment

 

Weighting Towards Module Mark (%)

 

3 hour examination

 

70

 

Coursework – two assignments

 

30

 

Qualifying Condition(s) 

 

An overall mark of 50% is required to pass the module.

 

Module Overview
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
None
Module Aims

To enable students to develop and demonstrate:

 

  • Understanding of the importance of demand management in contemporary transport planning and of the range of techniques available.

     

  • Understanding of the principles and methods used to control the interaction of motor vehicles and other road users.

     

  • A basic understanding of planning, funding and operation of public transport.

     

  • Understanding of the opportunities for and requirements of the slow transport modes (e.g. walking and cycling).
  • Understanding of ITS concepts and familiarity with specific examples relevant.
Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the module, students should be able to:

 

  • Explain the role of demand management in transport planning, evaluate the techniques available and specify where and how they are most effectively applied.

     

  • Analyse an existing urban traffic problem and justify appropriate traffic management strategies (e.g. on grounds of congestion, safety or environmental impact).

     

  • Use direct survey or modelling to predict demand for passenger transport services.

     

  • Demonstrate a critical awareness of how services might be operated (including use of real time information systems), funded and regulated.

     

  • Assessment accident and other data to identify the need for cycle and/or pedestrian facilities and prepare outline proposals for such facilities.
  • Show conceptual understanding of how Intelligent Transport Systems can contribute to urban and inter-urban traffic management.
Module Content
  • Demand management

     

  • Traffic management techniques

     

  • Passenger transport

     

  • Walking and cycling
  • Intelligent transport systems
Methods of Teaching/Learning

20 hrs lectures, 10 hrs discussion/workshop, 60 hrs assignments, 57 hrs independent learning, 3 hrs examination

 

Total student learning time 150 hours
Selected Texts/Journals

a) Future of Transport White Paper, DfT (http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_about/documents/divisionhomepage/031259.hcsp)

 

b) Smarter Travel Choices – Changing the Way We Travel, DfT (http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_control/documents/contentservertemplate/dft_index.hcst?n=10689&l=1)

 

c) Online TDM Encyclopaedia, Victoria Transport Policy Institute (http://www.vtpi.org/tdm)

 

d) Car Sharing and Car Clubs: Good Practice Guide, DfT (http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_susttravel/documents/page/dft_susttravel_035116.pdf)

 

Transport in the Urban Environment. IHT 1997. ISBN 0 902933 21 3

 

Traffic Signs regulations -HMSO

 

Design Manual for Roads and Bridges  HMSO

 

HomeZones –Design Guidelines   IHIE

 

Traffic Calming Techniques -IHT

 

Planning for Public Transport in Developments -IHT Operational Costings for Transport Management –Croner

 

Coach and Bus operations  -Croner

 

Passenger Interchanges – ILT

 

Council for Passenger Transport pblicatiosn

 

SRA  Guidance of New Rail Stations

 

Websites:  Sustrans guidelines

 

Providing for journeys on foot -IHt

 

Cycle friendly infrastructure –IHT

 

Cycle Audit and Cycle reviews – IHT
Last Updated

06 February 2009