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2010/1 Module Catalogue
 Module Code: ENGM150 Module Title: DEVELOPING TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS
Module Provider: Civil, Chemical & Enviromental Eng Short Name: SE1M32
Level: M Module Co-ordinator: THORNE AM Mr (C, C & E Eng)
Number of credits: 15 Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
 
Module Availability
Spring 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:

 

  • An appreciation of the mechanisms through which travel behaviour can be influenced on an individual & collective basis.

     

  • Knowledge of how the capacity and operational performance of highway links and junctions are assessed.

     

  • The ability to prepare and review a Transport Assessment for a new development.
  • Familiarity with objectives, concepts and practice of transport modelling.
Learning Outcomes

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

 

  • Identify opportunities for behavioural change and demonstrate understanding of the obstacles to changing travel behaviour.

     

  • Develop a personalised journey plan.

     

  • Understand the factors that affect capacity of highway links and calculate values.

     

  • Use available techniques for assessing capacity and operational performance of different junction types.

     

  • Justify when a Transport Assessment is required and appreciate the likely objectives of the three main parties. Be able to undertake or evaluate a Transport Assessment.

     

  • Identify and justify appropriate modelling approaches for the appraisal of different policies and interventions.

     

  • Specify the data needed and how it can be collected.

     

  • Explain how behavioural responses are represented in strategic models, and implications for model structure.

     

  • Evaluate the relationship between input policy changes and outputs of transport.

     

  • Evaluate principles and methodologies used in transport modelling and, where appropriate, propose new approaches.
  • Apply quantitative methods and computer software to solve problems.
Module Content
  • Transport modelling –concepts and methods

     

  • Capacity of highway links and junctions

     

  • Human response and behaviour

     

  • Impact of new developments
  • Transport modelling – Micro simulation
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

Personalised Journey Planning

 

A review of the effectiveness of personalised journey planning techniques, DfT http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_susttravel/documents/page/dft_susttravel_504131.hcsp

 

Individualised Travel Marketing (as used in Perth, ): http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/travelsmart/

 

Slinn, Matthews and Guest Traffic Engineering Design – Principles and Practice,

 

DfT Guidance on preparation of Transport Assessments

 

TRAVL or TRICS software

 

Design Manual for Roads and Bridges volumes 12, 12a and 13 

 

http://www.official-documents.co.uk/document/deps/ha/dmrb/vol12/sect1/12s1p1a.pdf

 

http://www.official-documents.co.uk/document/deps/ha/dmrb/vol13/sect1/13s1p8.pdf

 

Transport Analysis Guidance WebTAG http://www.webtag.org.uk/

 

Ortuzar, J de D and Willumsen, L G (2002). Modelling Transport (Third Edition). Wiley.

 

IHT (1997). Transport in the Urban Environment. The Institution of Highways and Transportation, London

 

Website:  www.webtag.org.uk

 

ARCADY , TRANSYT User Guides, TRL

 

PARAMICS Good Practice Guide, SiASCycle Audit and Cycle reviews – IHT
Last Updated

06 February 2009