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CIV5309

Faculty of Engineering

18 September 2017 20 April 2024

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Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Engineering

Organisational Unit

Department of Civil Engineering

Coordinator(s)

TBA

Offered

Clayton

Synopsis

This unit introduced students to the systematic collection, interpretation and
presentation of transport and traffic data. The systems approach to survey design is
introduced and the trade-offs involved in allocation of survey resources are examined.
The unit is designed to provide a rigorous and practical coverage of the collection of
transport and traffic data using traditional traffic and travel surveys as well as through
advanced technologies. The unit discusses new and innovative techniques for
measuring and monitoring the performance of transportation systems and evaluating
changes in demographic and urban travel characteristics. Students will be introduced
to advanced transportation data collection technologies and will learn how to manage,
analyse, and visualize large and advanced datasets.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. Design traffic and transport data collection initiatives with due consideration

to manual and automatic data collection options.

  1. Assess the tradeoffs involved in allocation of survey resources.
  2. Evaluate transport and traffic data on the basis of its quality and relevance

and interpret that data to identify key insights.

  1. Design appropriate presentation of transport and traffic data to communicate

its underlying temporal and spatial dimensions

Assessment

Continuous assessment: 50%
Examination (3 hours): 50%
Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment
component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least
45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a
pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a
maximum of 45% in the unit.

Workload requirements

Off-campus - 150 hours study

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Chief examiner(s)

Professor Jeff Walker

Prerequisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Prohibitions

None