Traffic engineering and control
3 hours per week * First semester * Caulfield/Gippsland/Distance
Previously PCE2220. The student will be provided with the knowledge to improve traffic flow whilst at the same time seeking a minimisation of traffic collisions. Traffic characteristics, effect of vehicles on flow patterns, special problems of commercial vehicles, cycles, pedestrians. Traffic surveys: sample sizes, equipment to determine volume, speed, density, travel time, delay and origin and destination studies. Intersections, uninterrupted (rural highway), interrupted flow (urban roadway), speed, free, 85th percentile, speed limits and enforcement, theory of traffic flow, flow optimisation and accident minimisation, road capacity, mid block and intersection, level of service, traffic signals, vehicle-actuated, linked-Scram, police role in traffic control, pedestrian movements and control, road furniture, parked vehicles on and off the street, capacity and accident problems, lighting.
Assessment
Written (5000 words): 100% * Seminar participation/seminar presentation, class contribution