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Training and Conferences
Conferences, Workshops and Other Reasons to Mix with your Peers
Transportation Engineering
Postgraduate Courses 2010
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Auckland
For Master of Engineering Studies (MEngSt) and Graduate Diploma (GradDipEng),
with / without Transportation specialisation, or for one-off Certificate of Proficiency (COP).
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Semester 1 (Mar-Jun ‘10)
CIVIL660 - Traffic Engineering
& Planning
(Wednesdays, 9AM)
CIVIL765 – Infrastructure Asset
Management (block mode)
CIVIL769 – Highway Geometric
Design
(block mode)
CIVIL770 - Transport Systems
Economics (extended mode)
Civil 772 – Public Transport –
Planning & Operation
(Mondays, 2PM)
Semester 2 (Jul-Oct ’10)
CIVIL661 - Highway &
Pavement Engineering
(extended mode)
CIVIL761 – Planning and
Design of Transport Facilities
(extended mode)
CIVIL763 – Transportation and
Networks Analysis (extended
mode – Tues.2PM)
CIVIL 771 – Planning &
Managing Transport
(Wednesdays, 2PM, also mixed
mode)
CIVIL 774 – Studies in Tran.1 -
Pavement and Rehab. Design
(block mode)
A range of selected topics in traffic engineering and transportation planning which will
provide a basis for extension into further studies. (Diploma course)
The integration of planning and infrastructure asset management, resource
management, institutional issues and legal requirements. The process of undertaking
asset management plans and specific asset management techniques across all
infrastructural assets.
The geometric design of highways including; user, vehicle, road environment, sight
distance, vehicle speed, design consistency, horizontal & vertical curve and crosssectional
design, design plans, signs & marking.
Fundamentals of transport economics incl. supply, demand, pricing, congestion and
other externalities; principles of economic evaluation in transport planning.
PT Data Collection; Frequency and Headway Determination; Alternative Timetables;
Vehicle and Crew Scheduling; Short-turn Design; PT Network Design; Reliability;
Design of Shuttle and Feeder lines; Bus priority and BRT.
A range of selected topics in highway engineering and pavement materials which will
provide a basis for extension into further studies. (Diploma course) (integrated with
Civil 461, Mon 11 to 2, and Fri 10 to 12)
Selected topics from: traffic signal practice/safety audits, two way highway planning,
arterial traffic management, modelling and simulation and traffic flow.
Introduction to logistics and scheduling; Definitions of graph and network theory; Max-
Flow problems; Minimal spanning trees and shortest path; Minimal-cost networks;
Location problems.
Integrated planning of transport and land use, Outline of transport planning modelling,
District Plans, Requirements of the NZTS, LTMA and RMA, Travel, trips and parking.
Integrated transport assessments with multi-modal transport, Travel demand
management, Intro to Intelligent transport systems.
Fundamentals in pavement design and life-cycle cost analysis, Background to
Materials Characterisation, Local and International Design Methods, Diagnostic
Approach, Deflection Analysis, The use of FWD in design.
Other relevant courses at Auckland or Canterbury or elsewhere may also be suitable for credit.
For more details on the courses, please contact the Course Coordinator: Civil 660 + Civil 762, (Dr Prakash Ranjitkar), Civil
765 + Civil 774 (Dr Theuns Henning), Civil 661 + Civil 769 (Dr Doug Wilson), Civil 770 (Mr Bevan Clement), Civil 772 + Civil
763 (Prof. Avi Ceder), Civil 771 (Assoc. Prof. Roger Dunn).
For Admission / Enrolment inquiries contact: Assoc. Prof. Roger Dunn, Director of Transportation Engineering
Phone: (09) 373-7599 x87714 Email: rcm.dunn@auckland.ac.nz
http://www.cee.auckland.ac.nz/transportation/transportation_home09.aspx
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