Transport Management and Safety

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

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

• The ways in which commercial fleet vehicles are managed and the impacts on overall traffic management
• The principles and practice of air traffic management.
• The traffic safety management process, the risk of accidents and 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.
• How Intelligent Transport Systems can be used for managing traffic.
• How urban public transport can be managed.
• The management of road space and vehicle speeds for all road users.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Identify and describe the key features of traffic management systems and appraise their potential for specific situations.
• 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.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

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.

The syllabus is designed to provide students with a detailed understanding of transport and traffic management systems and their safe operation. The syllabus focuses primarily on road-based modes and covers core topics of urban and inter-urban traffic management systems and the various technologies used to monitor traffic; the different ways in which speed can be managed through various traffic calming measures; how roads are assessed in terms of risk through the process of road safety auditing and Intelligent Transport Systems and their role in information provision to enable intelligent mobility. Other topics cover parking and demand management; road traffic safety management to reduce accident risk in developed and developing countries; the management of vehicles fleets (public sector buses and private sector freight vehicles); air traffic management and resilience engineering in transport systems.

The module is focused around classroom-based teaching and discussions. Lectures are live recorded and made available for subsequent reviewing via Blackboard. Guest lecturers complement the programme with specific industry-focused topics.

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.