Transport Management and Safety

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• The use of creativity and innovation in problem solving
• Time management.
• Collating, synthesising and prioritising information.
• Reporting your work effectively.
• Learning, studying and researching independently.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• How Intelligent Transport Systems can be used for managing traffic.
• The management of road space and vehicle speeds for all road users.
• Traffic management evaluation methods.
• The principles and practice of air traffic management.
• The procedure for road safety audits.
• Traffic management, control and information systems in urban and inter-urban networks including Integrated Urban Traffic Management systems and Smart Motorways.
• Transport management methods and road safety in developing countries.
• The use of systems thinking for project management.
• How urban public transport can be managed.
• The ways in which commercial fleet vehicles are managed and the impacts on overall traffic management

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Support arguments with appropriate source references.
• Write a report on a technical topic based on a critical review of existing research and evidence.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Critically evaluate the potential of different ITS technologies to improve the safety and efficiency of road transport systems.
• Analyse, design and evaluate traffic management schemes.
• Identify and describe the key features of traffic management systems and appraise their potential for specific situations.

The syllabus is designed to provide students with a detailed understanding of transport and traffic management and safety. 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) Introduction to Traffic Management & TM for urban networks

2) Road Traffic Management: Inter-Urban Highways

3) Automatic Road Traffic Monitoring

4) Speed Management and Traffic Calming

5) Road Safety Audits

6) Traveller Information Systems – Intelligent Mobility

7) ITS and In-vehicle Management Systems for Driver Support, Control, Safety and Information

8) In-vehicle navigation systems

9) Parking and demand management

10) Planning and Management for Bus Operations

11) Introduction to Air Traffic Management

12) Field trip to NATS (air traffic control centre)

13) Resilience Engineering in Transport Systems

14) Managing quality in business operations (Quality assurance)

15) Managing freight vehicle fleets

16) Introduction to managing road safety

17) Traffic management & road safety in developing countries

18) Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

Teaching and learning methods

A mixture of classroom-based teaching and learning methods will be used, including lectures, seminars, group activities and class discussions. These will be supplemented by short introductory videos available through Blackboard, self-study, and a field trip to NATS.

Assessment strategy

Ongoing formative assessment opportunities will be offered through online self-completion ‘check your knowledge’ tests, available on Blackboard, and classroom interactive activities using ‘Mentimeter’ or a similar tool.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External