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| Degree programme | | Study hours | Credits | P1 SBU | P1 SP | 2nd Chance Exam1 | Tolerance2 | Final grade3 | |
 | part 2 Master of Transportation Sciences (by distance learning) | Compulsory | 324 | 12,0 | 324 | 12,0 | Yes | Yes | Numerical |  |
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| The holder of the degree considers society as a whole as an important stakeholder and reflects on the social relevance and consequences of recommendations and assignments in a critical manner. In addition to society, the master can also identify and set to work with other stakeholders (interested parties) and their specific needs. | | | - DC
| The student is able to identify and discuss the opportunities and challenges of transportation planning at different geographic levels. | | | | - BC
| The student can describe and explain the transportation planning process at different geographical levels such as statewide, metropolitan, corridor, local, and site level. | | | - DC
| The student is able to identify the most important stakeholders within the context of his/her topic and to elucidate their relevance. | | | | - BC
| The student can elaborate on the interaction between transport planning and land use, environmental considerations, and public funding. | | | - DC
| The student can reflect on the challenges regarding financing and funding of transportation related projects | | | | - BC
| The student can explain the major funding sources and financing strategies that can be applied in light of transportation projects. | - EC
| The holder of the degree is able to identify relevant traffic safety and transportation problems in the field of transportation sciences. | | | - DC
| Understanding of problematic situations and usage of different information sources and methods related to road infrastructure audits and inspections | | | | - BC
| The student is able to quantify and assess problematic situations related to transportation infrastructure. | | | - DC
| The student can explain, elaborate and apply the concepts of the planning processes for different transport modes with consideration for the specifics of the different modes. | | | | - BC
| The student can describe a typical planning process, including opportunities and challenges, for road highway planning, transit planning, and pedestrian and bicycle planning. | | | | - BC
| The student is able to conduct a planning process for the initial project phases and produce relevant deliverables (graphs, plans or maps). | | | | - BC
| The student is able to assess different transportation scenarios on their merits. | | | - DC
| The student can describe and analyse a traffic situation based on the fundamental characteristics of traffic flows. | | | | - BC
| The student can explain the main traffic flow characteristics: traffic volume, speed and density, their interrelations, and their role in the transport planning process. | | | | - BC
| The student can discuss properties of the traffic characteristics in time and space. | - EC
| The holder of the degree offers realistic solutions for complex traffic safety or transportation problems by using relevant theories and/or models from the field of study of transportation sciences or related domains. | | | - DC
| The student can provide an overview of the main categories of traffic analysis tools and argue why a traffic analysis tool is (not) suited for a specific problem. | | | | - BC
| The student can discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different traffic analysis tools in the context of a specific problem statement. | | | | - BC
| For a specific problem statement or scenario analysis, the student is able to explain why a microsimulation tool is the right tool for the job (or not). | | | - DC
| The master student is able to design, apply and calculate microsimulation models for a concrete simple problem. | | | | - BC
| The student can apply a microsimulation tool to evaluate an infrastructure scenario, run the simulations, interpret and visualise the simulation results, and formulate and present a conclusion on the intervention. | | | - DC
| The master can discuss microscopic submodels and critically assess the parameters of car following models. | | | - DC
| The student applies basic data management and visualisation techniques to transform data into relevant information. | | | | - BC
| The student generates reports that are correct, concise, clear, visually appealing, and to the point. | | | | - BC
| The student is able to perform simple quantitative analyses of transportation problems based on data from different sources. | | | | - BC
| The student is able to work with georeferenced information. |
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In this course the multidisciplinary transportation planning process is tackled at different geographic levels. Concepts and techniques applicable to statewide, metropolitan, corridor, local and even site transportation planning level will be discussed. At the level of travel demand generation, the link with land use and urban design, travel demand modeling, and travel demand management is established. At the travel supply level, transportation planning challenges such as road capacity planning, transit network planning and operations, planning for pedestrian, bicyclist, and parking facilities are investigated.
As transportation planning is embedded in a broader societal context, additional topics that will be highlighted are transportation funding and finance, operations, safety, and public participation and engagement.
The majority of your learning will be done through self-study, based on the course material that is made available online. You will have access to a range of useful online learning materials such as online lectures, reading materials, as well as access to thousands of e-books, online journals and other resources via our online university library. Approximately mid-semester, an online interactive Question and Answer session will be organised, where students can meet the course lecturer and fellow students online and have the opportunity to go deeper into the course material.
All evaluations will be done online, whether by submission of assignments or by taking written or oral exams online, or a combination of assignments and exams. Written exams will be done with online proctoring (exam supervision) to retain the integrity of a supervised exam, while providing the flexibility of an online platform. For the online exams, distance learning students should ensure to have a laptop/pc with a working webcam and microphone, a charged mobile device (phone/tablet) and a stable internet connection (minimum upload speed of 1.5 MB/second), as well as a quiet, secluded room to take the exam in.
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Period 1 Credits 12,00
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| Written evaluaton during teaching periode | 50 % |
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| Transfer of partial marks within the academic year | ✔ |
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| Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic year | Students that pass the practical part but fail the course keep their scores on the practical part for the second chance exam. |
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| Explanation (English) | In case of failing the practical part of the course during the first chance exam, a new assignment will have to be made for the second chance exam. |
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The practical part of this course involves working on real-life like projects. The different scopes discussed in the theoretical part are approached through typical tasks that would be performed by a transport specialist working for the relevant stakeholders. Such tasks involve using and mastering a number of basic skills such as data management, working with spatial data, and computer aided design. Some prior knowledge of these areas is desirable. |
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| Compulsory textbooks (bookshop) |
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Transportation Planning Handbook,ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers), Michael D. Meyer,4,John Wiley & Sons,9781118762356 |
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Slides from class and reader (available through Blackboard) |
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1 examination regulations art.1.3, section 4. |
| 2 examination regulations art.4.7, section 2. |
3 examination regulations art.2.2, section 3.
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| Legend |
| SBU : course load | SP : ECTS | N : Dutch | E : English |
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