Module overview
This module develops the understanding of transport policy and planning introduced in CENV6169 ‘Transport Planning: Policy and Governance’ by providing a broad range of examples of transport planning practice. A range of transport planning measures are introduced, and the importance of taking into account the needs of a range of users is discussed. Methods for stakeholder engagement and scheme approval are explored in detail, with a particular focus on the public inquiry process.
Linked modules
Pre-requisite: CENV6169
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Collating, synthesising and prioritising information.
- Communicating, questioning and effectively evaluating alternative approaches and solutions
- Learning, studying and researching independently.
- Time management
- The use of creativity and innovation in problem solving
- Reporting your work effectively.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Discuss the impacts of transport planning schemes on a range of user groups.
- Describe transport planning practice through a broad range of examples
- Critique the case presented by others
- Generate and argue a case for or against a development proposal.
- Identify information requirements and sources for scheme design and evaluation.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- How the transport sector attempts to achieve sustainability
- A wide range of current practical transport planning issues.
- Constraints on the transport planning process
- A wide range of ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ transport planning measures available to transport planners
- The process of developing travel plans.
- How transport planners can engage with and meet the needs of transport users.
- The public inquiry process in the UK, where there is a transport component.
- Engagement with stakeholders and the media
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Debate opposing sides of a transport planning scenario
Syllabus
Contact time in the module will include the following sessions, with each session including a mix of different delivery modes as decided by individual lecturers in consultation with the module lead:
1)Transport Planning Measures: Overview and Constraints
2)Urban Design and Transport
3)Transport Users and User Engagement in Planning
4) Disabled Travellers, Equality and Discrimination
5)Pedestrians, Cyclists and the Manual for Streets
6) Travel Plans and Planning
7)Mock Public Inquiry
a.Introduction
b.Tutorial
c.Mock Inquiries
8)Stakeholder and Media Engagement and Community Involvement
9) Accessibility, Equality and Social Exclusion
10) Sustainable Mobility: Pathways and Narratives
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
a. lectures / seminars, many led by external speakers.
b.Series of debates about the transport sustainability of example development proposals.
c.Support tutorials for public inquiry coursework.
Type | Hours |
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Practical classes and workshops | 7 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 10 |
Seminar | 4 |
Lecture | 17 |
Follow-up work | 14 |
Wider reading or practice | 20 |
Tutorial | 2 |
Completion of assessment task | 40 |
Revision | 36 |
Total study time | 150 |
Assessment
Assessment strategy
Comprehensive briefing provided for the Mock Public Inquiry and the open-book final assessment.
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Continuous Assessment | 50% |
Final Assessment | 50% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Set Task | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal