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Unit of Study CIVL2008 - Traffic and Road Safety Engineering (2021)

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    This is an advanced unit that requires essential skills from earlier units, including including statistics and probability distributions, employing engineering processes to solve real world engineering problems and report writing. These skills are provided by the pre-requisite units or equivalent experience.

Unit description

Introduces the concepts of traffic engineering and explains the fundamental principles of traffic flow theory and analysis. Develops the ability to conduct traffic capacity analysis for various types of roads and intersections. An understanding of road safety is also developed.

Unit content

Introduction to Traffic Engineering 
Road Safety Audits 
Fundamental Principles of Traffic Flow 
Types of Intersections
Intersection Capacity and Level of Service Analysis
Highway Capacity and Level of Service Analysis
Traffic Impact Assessments

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Lismore
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Learning outcomes

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate an in-depth understanding of traffic engineering and the contextual factors which influence decision making within the discipline

analyse traffic and transport systems including traffic variables such as travel demand, existing traffic volumes, traffic generation and distribution, intersection analysis, road capacity analysis, saturation and level of service

use traffic analysis software to analyse a traffic engineering problem

identify, formulate and solve traffic problems using established traffic engineering methods, creativity, innovation and pre-emptive approaches

understand critical elements in road safety and identify practical preventative measures to address road safety issues

explain traffic related professional and ethical responsibilities including road safety.

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