This module introduces the student to basic highway engineering planning and traffic analysis
Transport Demand Analysis
(i) Trip generation
(ii) Trip distribution
(iii) Modal Split
(iv) Traffic assignment
Highway project evaluation
(i) Economic evaluation techniques
(ii) Life-cycle cost analysis
(iii) Cost-benefit analysis
(iv) Cost-effectiveness analysis and other economic analysis techniques
Basic Traffic Stream Models
(i) Speed-Density Model
(ii) Flow-Density Model
(iii) Speed-Flow Model
Highway Capacity
(i) The capacities of highways between intersections
(ii) The Highway Capacity Manual
(iii) Basic highway segments
(iv) Level of service
(v) Lane width, HGV and driver population adjustments
(vi) Multi-lane highways
Traffic analysis
(i) Headway distributions in traffic flow
(ii) Queuing analysis
(iii) D/D/1 queuing model
(iv) M/D/1 queuing model
(v) M/M/1 queuing model
Three hours of lectures per week
| Module Content & Assessment | |
|---|---|
| Assessment Breakdown | % |
| Formal Examination | 80 |
| Other Assessment(s) | 20 |