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CIVIL 361 : Transportation Engineering 2

Undergraduate course

Project description

Planning for land transport facilities and urban development. Arrangement of street networks and environmental areas. Basic operational analyses at priority and signalised intersections for vehicles and pedestrians. Highway capacity analyses. Parking design. Introduction to transportation planning modelling.

Year 2022

Location New Zealand

Organization University of Auckland

Project aims

Project outcome

By the end of this course, students will be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of traffic flow variables and how to conduct traffic studies in field (Capability 1.1) Demonstrate an understanding of transport models and their applications in traffic engineering (Capability 1.1) Apply fundamental traffic engineering concepts to analyse traffic operations at un-signalized intersections (Capability 1.1) Describe traffic flow variables, road types, operating conditions, HCM terminologies and parameters, LOS concept, performance measures and service measures (Capability 1.1) Implement highway capacity methodology to analyse operational performance of multi-lane highways (Capability 1.1) Describe the following: Importance of intersections; Advantages and disadvantages of traffic signals; Objectives of traffic signal design; Different types of crashes at traffic signals and their contributing factors; Types of signal operations, adaptive traffic control systems, traffic signal design elements, performance measures, delay at intersections (Capability 1.1) Analyse traffic signal timings based on critical flow ratio method (Capability 1.1) Demonstrate an understanding of transportation planning process and traditional four-stage demand forecasting model and how to conduct origin-destination survey (Capability 1.1 and 6.1) Analyse public transport operations based on fundamental concepts (Capability 1.1) Describe travel behaviour and mode shift (Capability 6.1)