GEG4334

Traffic engineering

(ENG)

Not offered in 2001

P Walker and J Jarvis

6 points + 52 lecture hours and 26 tutorial and practical hours + Second semester + Gippsland/distance + Prerequisite: GEG3333

Synopsis: Land use planning and its influence on the demand for transport of goods and people. Common transport modes, their operational characteristics and operating costs, the public transport systems for transport of goods and people. The road transport system, traffic surveys, estimation of future growth, the theory of traffic flow, road safety and accident studies, the design of intersections, traffic signals and street lighting schemes. Current practices in urban traffic management.

Assessment: Examination: 70% + Assignments: 30%