2015/16 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

TRAN5043M Transport Planning and Policy

15 creditsClass Size: 150

Module manager: Greg Marsden
Email: G.R.Marsden@its.leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2015/16

Pre-requisite qualifications

Honours degree in programme with coverage of quantitative or qualitative evaluation approaches (or equivalent)

Module replaces

TRAN5042M

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

This module provides a grounding in defining and understanding how to approach the challenges of transport planning. It introduces students to different approaches to transport planning and provides an introduction to transport economics which is a core approach applied across the discipline. It gives students experience of working with tools, data and research findings such that by the end of the module they can take a transport related problem and propose appropriate solutions.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to demonstrate:
1. an understanding of the key role of policy objectives in formulating transport policy;
2. a sound understanding of the basic principles of transport economics and of their application to transport pricing and investment decisions;
3. an awareness and ability to access and use correctly the main sources of up-to-date information about any aspect of transport planning;
4. an ability to plan, develop and implement an objective-led strategy;
5. an ability to understand how and why different policies work and how to evaluate their success both individually and as integrated packages;
6. an awareness of the connections between transport planning and wider public policy.

Skills outcomes
- Ability to use and analyse and solve problems
- Experience with the application of a strategic transport model
- Enhanced written communication skills
- Synthesis of data and research resources.

Syllabus

- Introduction to transport planning
- Fundamentals of transport economics
- Pricing principles
- Pricing case studies
- Markets and planning
- Objective-led planning and understanding transport policy objectives
- Integrated transport policy principles and practice
- Strategy development
- Indicators and monitoring
- Alternative planning paradigms
- Public participation in transport planning
- International transferability

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	4	2.00	8.00
Lecture	5	3.00	15.00
Practical	1	4.00	4.00
Practical	3	2.00	6.00
Tutorial	2	1.00	2.00
Private study hours			115.00
Total Contact hours			35.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

Students will be expected to conduct further reading to support the lecture course materials. Independent reading and additional time to analyse and conduct the coursework task will also form an important part of the module.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Student progress is monitored in the following ways:
1. A series of facilitated tutorial groups will break the bigger group into three groups where individual contributions will be easier to observe;
2. The first coursework is returned prior to the submission of the second coursework
3. A group component to the second coursework will allow for formative feedback as part of the development of the final submission

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Report	1,000 words	20.00
Group Project	Group report 1,000 words	30.00
Report	3,000 words	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 15/07/2013

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