Units

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Sample subject outline - Semester 1 2013

Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.

Rationale

The transport engineer and transport planner must be familiar with the role of each transport mode in the overall transport task, along with the operational aspects of each mode. This must be overarched by an understanding of the system and tools for planning, operation and management of transport projects, particularly in context with economic, environmental and social attributes. For students wishing to pursue a career in transport engineering/planning, this unit builds upon your transport related knowledge and skills developed in ENB274 Design of Environmentally Sustainable Systems and ENB372 Design and Planning of Highways, or similar units. It also complements the knowledge and skills developed in the unit ENB376 Transport Engineering.

Aims

The aim of this unit is to develop your awareness and understanding of operations, planning, modelling and economics of transport systems.

Objectives

By completion of this unit you will be able to demonstrate that you can:

1. Classify and explain the appropriate roles of each mode of transport.
2. Analyse the operational processes associated with each mode.
3. Exemplify and apply the system for planning, operation and management of transport projects and systems.
4. Evaluate a transport project or plan with respect to its economic, environmental and social attributes.
5. Search and procure pertinent information from an appropriate range of sources using effective strategies; critically evaluate information; and use applicable information in completing your project.
6. Apply a professional dialogue with specialists and non-specialists by way of written documents and drawings in completing your project.
7. Function effectively as a team member to work towards set objectives, resolve somewhat defined tasks and manage time and a limited range of resources in completing your project.

Content

The major topics to be covered include:
1. Unit introduction and project introduction.
2. Transit operations.
3. Transit capacity and quality of service.
4. Transport planning.
5. Transport modelling.
6. Transport economics.
7. Transport project evaluation.

Approaches to Teaching and Learning

Mode of Teaching
Total hours per week: 4
Lectures: 2 hrs
Tutorials: 2 hrs
This unit offers you an ability to develop further skills and knowledge around transport engineering and planning. You will undertake a semester long, problem based learning project, in groups of four, emphasizing your team working ability and ability to communicate professionally.

Weekly lectures on new material will be provided by a team with expertise in their respective fields. You will be expected to use information and methodologies discussed, in the completion of your projects. The remaining contact time will consist of tutorials where unit staff will be available to guide you on your projects. The unit coordinator will be available throughout the semester to provide guidance on general aspects of the unit.

It is stressed that you must attend the contact sessions in order to gain full advantage of staff presence. You will be encouraged to use the unit BlackBoard site, which will be provided as a central resource.


Learning Approaches will include: problem based, team based learning, experiential learning.

Assessment

Both the formative and a proportion of the summative assessment for this unit are centred upon the completion of a semester project, which will be delivered through two team submissions.

You will sit a final examination individually to exemplify your knowledge and skills gained in the unit.You will receive feedback through group dialogue with teaching staff, written comments upon, and grading of your submission documentation, both of which will enable you to understand how your team is progressing and how your work may be improved. A component of the grade for each submission will be set for each individual based on their contribution to the submission.

Grading will be made through the use of Criterion Referenced Assessment pro-forma, which will be discussed in class and published on Blackboard prior to the due dates.

Your final examination will be graded through the use of Criterion Referenced Assessment pro-forma, which will be discussed in the final week of lectures.

Assessment name: Project (applied)
Description: Submit part one of the group project covering transit capacity, quality of services and transport planning according to the project brief. The group submission is worth 25% with a further 5% allocated for individual contribution.
Relates to objectives: 2,3,5,6,7
Weight: 30%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Group with Individual Component
Due date: Week 6

Assessment name: Project (applied)
Description: Submit part 2 of the group project covering transport modelling, economics and project evaluation. The group submission is worth 25% with a further 5% allocated for individual contribution.
Relates to objectives: 3,4,5,6,7
Weight: 30%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Group with Individual Component
Due date: Week 13

Assessment name: Examination (written)
Description: Formal Examination covering all aspects of transport engineering and planning applications
Relates to objectives: 1,2,3
Weight: 40%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: Examination Period

Academic Honesty

QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.

A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.

Resource materials

Type: Reference text
Author: Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads
Title: Integrated Transport Planning Framework for Queensland
Year: 2003
Publisher: Queensland Government
Edition: 2003 (online, no cost)

Type: Reference text
Author: Transportation Research Board (USA)
Title: Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual
Year: 2003.
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences, USA.
Edition: 2003 (online, no cost)

A package of basic background information that is relevant to each project (including Project Brief) will be issued to each team. You will be expected to identify any information further than that issued formally to the class, and where feasible, procure that information. Notwithstanding, you shall not approach members of the public nor public officers in relation to your project without authorisation of the unit coordinator.
A unit Blackboard site will provide a clearinghouse for electronic resources as well as documentation on unit housekeeping. You are expected to both review the unit Blackboard site and check your QUT student email account at least one day prior to each class.
You may incur incidental costs in printing lecture notes and web based manuals, and using electronic media for information storage.

Risk assessment statement

You will be informed of any requirements pertaining to a safe workplace. In lectures, tutorials and such, the information will include location of fire exits and meeting points in case of fire; in any laboratory practicals, you will be advised of requirements of safe and responsible behaviour and you will be required to wear appropriate protective items (e.g. steel capped shoes); on any field trips or site visits, you will progress through a safety induction session and where necessary obtain a safety induction card. If you do not follow legitimate instructions or endanger the safety of others or do not act in accordance with the requirements of the Workplace Health and Safety Act, you will be required to leave the session/site. You will be responsible for your own health and safety, and that of other members of the community as a responsible citizen, should they elect in their own time to conduct any site visits related to the project.

Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

Last modified: 22-Oct-2012