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Transportation Planning (VVICIB3)
Lecturer: Jerry Moselakgomo Pr.Eng. Location: B1 Lab 223
Second Semester 2023: Unit 1 & 2
Course Outline
Transportation Planning Transportation policy & Managing Transportation
stages planning Demand
Landuse-Transport
Modelling
Travel demand • Trip generation
Public transport studies
forecasting • Trip Distribution
• Modal split
• Trip assignment
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Course Units
Unit Module Topic Relevant/focused graduate attributes
Unit 1 Introduction to Transport Planning Critical understanding
Unit 2 Introduction to Transportation Modelling
Unit 3 Trip Generation models
Unit 4 Trip Distribution Models
Identify, formulate, analyse and solve
Unit 5 Modal Split Models complex engineering problems creatively
and innovatively
Unit 6 Trip Assignment Models
Unit 7 Evaluation of transport systems options
Unit 8 Evaluation of public transport systems
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Assessments
Components of the Assessment
The final course mark will be made up as follows:
Group Assignment Presentation 10%
Individual Assignment 10%
2 Tests 30%
Final Exam 50%
• 100%
There will be a third optional test.
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Exam
• Subminimum: A 40% subminimum will be required for the year mark. This will consist of individual
assignments, tests and group assignments.
• Supplementary examinations: The faculty rules for deferred examinations apply. If a student fails the course
but is granted a supplementary examination by the faculty, such an exam will cover the entire course’s
expected outcomes.
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Material to Support the Course
❑Prescribed Text:
❑Ortúzar, J.D. & Willumsen, L.G. (2011) Modelling Transport, Fourth Edition. ISBN: 978-1-119-99352-0
❑Additional notes: Specific notes will be handed out during the class
❑Recommended Text
❑Rodrigue, J-P; Comtois, C; & Slack, B (2006) The Geography of Transportation Systems
❑Goulias, K.G. (200) Transportation Systems Planning Methods and Applications, 1st Edition, ISBN
9780849302732.
❑Other Supporting material (Recommended reading)
❑Any literature on transport studies
❑I strongly recommend that you observe your surrounding with respect to land-use and transport systems.
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Unit 1 & 2: Introduction to Transport Planning
Transportation Engineering Aspects
Planning: overall planning of routes, financing,
environmental impact evaluation, and value engineering
to compare alternatives;
Traffic engineering: plans for the volumes of traffic to
be handled, the methods to accommodate these flows,
the lighting and signing of highways, and general layout.
Pavement and Roadway engineering: setting of
alignments, planning the cuts and fills to construct the
roadway, designing the base course and pavement, and
selecting the drainage system; and
Bridge engineering: design of highway bridges,
retaining walls, tunnels, and other structures.
Brockenbrough R. 2019. Transportation Engineering. Access Science. 8
Transport Planning Process
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Group Assignment
• As discussed in class.
• Assignment instructions will be uploaded to BlackBoard.
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