ENTR614-23S2 (C) Semester Two 2023

Planning and Design of Sustainable Transport

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 July 2023
End Date: Sunday, 12 November 2023
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 30 July 2023
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 1 October 2023

Description

Pedestrian planning and design; Cycle planning and design; Public transport operations and network design; Travel behaviour change and travel plans.

This course explores sustainable transport topics and planning-related processes related to personal mobility, featuring the consideration of walking, cycling, and public transport. It covers the following topics:
• Concept of sustainable transport
• Planning and design for pedertains
• Planning and design for cyclists
• Public transit planning and operation  

No prior practical experience in transport modeling is assumed, although some previous exposure to the theoretical elements of transport planning and integer programming in operations research are useful. The engineering undergraduate course ENCN361 (Transportation Engineering) is considered a useful pre-requisite.

Learning Outcomes

  • Become familiar with the concept of sustainability in the context of transport systems, identify major sustainability issues in transport, and the related initiatives;
  • Have a solid grounding in the basic concepts of planning/design for walking, cycling, public transport, and travel behaviour change programmes;
  • Be able to apply basic theory, modeling, and practice for public transit planning and operations, including passenger demand, service design, and network (route) design.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Programme Director

Timetable Note

The course will comprise ~28 hours of lectures, presented in two 2-day blocks in Semester 2, 2023:

• 24-25 Aug 2023 (tentative)
• 28-29 Sept 2023 (tentative)

Away from these blocks, you will be expected to study the material provided and other references, and work on your assignments.

Course Coordinator

Yi Wang

Assessment

The final grade is based upon a final examination (55%) and coursework (45%) as follows:

• Pedestrian/Cyclist Design Exercises   15%
• Public transport demand/scheduling/routing exercises 15%
• Public transport modelling/oprimization problems 15%

The three-hour final exam will be in mid-late October (date to be confirmed in class). While a minimum 50% overall grade for the year is the usual benchmark for passing, to guarantee a pass in the course you must also achieve at least 40% in both coursework and examination total marks.

Textbooks / Resources

Detailed handouts/notes will generally be provided covering the topics discussed. Students are also expected to annotate this material or make their own notes. There is no prescribed text, but some useful relevant documents are available in the Engineering Library and will be referenced where appropriate.  Similarly, many useful websites and online documents will also be referred to in the course material. Some course material and web-links will be provided on Learn, the university’s online teaching system (see separate handout), and students will be expected to use this to supplement any handouts and notes taken in class. Students will also be expected to monitor the Learn discussion & news forums for notices about the course and its assessment, and to use it to send back any queries.

Notes

Detailed handouts/notes will generally be provided covering the topics discussed. Students are also expected to annotate this material or make their own notes.
There is no prescribed text, but some useful relevant documents are available in the Engineering Library and will be referenced where appropriate.  Similarly, many useful websites and online documents will also be referred to in the course material.
Some course material and web-links will be provided on Learn, the university’s online teaching system, and students will be expected to use this to supplement any handouts and notes taken in class. Students will also be expected to monitor the Learn discussion & news forums for notices about the course and its assessment, and to use it to send back any queries.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,164.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 4 people apply to enrol.

For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .

All ENTR614 Occurrences

  • ENTR614-23S2 (C) Semester Two 2023