2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

TRAN1021 Transport Policy in Action

10 creditsClass Size: 80

Module manager: Bryan Matthews
Email: b.matthews@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

You will explore the power and the limitations of transport policy and planning as it is enacted in the real world. The module provides a framework for exploring the evidence about different transport policies, drawing on cases from the UK and throughout the world, highlighting instances of good practice and areas of difficulty. In doing so, we seek to facilitate students’ active engagement with live transport policy developments.

Objectives

The module aims to equip students with a structured overview of the key areas of transport policy and, within each area, of specific policy interventions and their expected contributions towards more sustainable transport systems. This will include reviewing a range of evidence sources and enabling students to begin to critically evaluate the veracity and robustness of these sources. It will also include consideration of the different roles of industry stakeholders and how individual transport policy interventions might be pieced together to form a more strategic approach.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:

1. A familiarity with the role of different organisations, key stakeholders and lobby groups in the decision-making process for transport policy delivery.

2. An awareness of key sources of evidence on the effectiveness of transport policy interventions and of how to evaluate these sources;

3. An appreciation of the importance of strategic thinking in relation to implementing transport policy interventions.

Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:

1. Use of critical thinking and research skills to access, read and reflect upon a range of academic and non-academic sources to develop reasoned arguments

2. Application of technical, team-working and oral communication skills during the weekly tutorial discussions, as a means of disseminating information/ideas amongst peers;

3. Application of technical and written communication skills through the assessed essay, as a means of developing a coherent, evidence-based discussion of transport policy interventions.

Syllabus

Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lectures	10	1.00	10.00
seminars	10	1.00	10.00
Independent online learning hours			15.00
Private study hours			65.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Through weekly tutorial sessions including student discussion groups.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Coursework	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

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

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 05/06/2024

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