ABB252 Transport Planning

Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Gardens Point, Internal

Overview

This unit introduces you to transport systems in selected cities around the world, facilitating an investigation into schemes and policies for promoting sustainable transport. The unit also assists you to integrate transport modelling theory with a set of analytical approaches which are frequently used in transport planning practice, including revealed and stated preference approaches. You will learn about how to design data collection instruments, analyse transport-related data, and communicate results effectively.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Critically analyse contemporary policy discourse relating to transport planning;
2. Analyse survey and travel behaviour data used to guide transport planning interventions and frame arguments with concise problem statements and objectives, review of relevant literature and accurate description of research methods.
3. Make innovative arguments based on rigorous analysis of primary empirical data with the formulations of modelling, planning and forecasting.
4. Utilise teamwork to approach apply appropriate communication and professional responsibility with transport planning.

Content

Learning Approaches

In this unit, you will employ problem-based and collaborative learning approaches to provide you with opportunities to develop your research and analysis skills and formulate innovative solutions to problems.

Your participation in the unit will include independent preparation for lectures/presentations and tutorials through engagement with online resources. The unit is structured into one and a half-hour lectures/presentations and one-hour tutorial sessions. Lectures/presentations provide an in-depth overview of course topics and an opportunity to discuss relevant issues. In the tutorial sessions, you will actively engage with transport-related problems, building skills in data analysis and determination of appropriate planning and policy options. Tutorials also provide a forum to raise questions related to assessments and seek feedback on work in progress.

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

Feedback is offered by teaching staff to assist with assessment items. Assessments 1 and 3 are marked using Criterion Referenced Assessment (CRAs) and returned with summative feedback so that you may understand how you are progressing and how your work can be improved.

More importantly, you will exchange verbal and written feedback with instructors, peers, and industry regarding in-class exercises and work in progress in tutorial sessions. As such, regular participation is encouraged.

Assessment

Overview

Assessment in this unit has been designed to give you the opportunity to show your learning against the unit learning outcomes where you apply the knowledge and skills obtained from lectures, presentations, and tutorials.

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Transport Policy Review

Acting as a transport analyst you will critically review existing transport policies aimed at solving a particular transport problem and assess their effectiveness by making recommendations through a report.

This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.

Assessment: Multiple Choice Exam

You will reflect on your understanding of a range of transport planning issues responding in a multiple choice exam.

Assessment: Research Paper

Acting as policy advisors you will work in a group to empirically test and evaluate the impacts of transport policies on your chosen transport problem and follow up with a research paper that advises the lead policy director on the outcomes and recommended changes.

This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.

The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Resources

Risk Assessment Statement

All commencing Faculty of Engineering students are required to complete the Mandatory Safety Induction

There are no extraordinary risks associated with the classroom/lecture activities in this unit. You will undertake lectures and tutorials in traditional classrooms and lecture theatres. As such, there are no extraordinary workplace health and safety issues associated with these components of the unit.

Standards/Competencies

This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.

Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer

1: Knowledge and Skill Base

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   Relates to: Transport Policy Review, Multiple Choice Exam, Research Paper
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   Relates to: Research Paper
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   Relates to: Transport Policy Review, Multiple Choice Exam
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   Relates to: Transport Policy Review, Multiple Choice Exam

2: Engineering Application Ability

1. 
   Relates to: Multiple Choice Exam

3: Professional and Personal Attributes

1. 
   Relates to: Transport Policy Review, Research Paper
2. 
   Relates to: Research Paper
3. 
   Relates to: Multiple Choice Exam

Course Learning Outcomes

AB01 Bachelor of Built Environment (Honours)

1. Design and critically evaluate sustainable and creative solutions to social, economic, technological and environmental challenges.
   Relates to: Transport Policy Review, Multiple Choice Exam, Research Paper
2. Communicate knowledge, ideas and creative solutions in diverse modes, for a range of contexts and diverse audiences.
   Relates to: Transport Policy Review, Multiple Choice Exam, Research Paper
3. Strategically collaborate with diverse stakeholders and communities, including First Nations peoples.
   Relates to: Research Paper