Course overview
This course introduces students to transportation engineering systems and elementary aspects of civil engineering surveying. The course includes treatment of the following topics in transportation engineering: introduction to transportation systems, pavement design, analysis and modelling techniques for transportation systems, flow theory, scheduling, route planning, demand estimation and economics. Surveying topics include: linear measurement, levelling, theodolite and horizontal and vertical curves.
Course learning outcomes
- Apply fundamental principles to the design and management of transportation infrastructure
- Analyse and model transportation data for decision making
- Evaluate economic social and environmental impacts of transportation systems
- Operate basic surveying equipment and complete a levelling traverse