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Transport Policy
UoS Code TPTM6450
Credit points 6
Offered Semester 1 and Semester 2
Prerequisites
Corequisites TPTM6241
Prohibitions
Assumed Knowledge
Additional Information This is the capstone unit for all transport management programs and should be completed in the last period of study.
Lectures Block mode: 6 days, 8am-4pm. Refer to timetable for further details.
Assessment Individual essays, class participation, participation in group debate and viva (face-to-face one-on-one examination).
Description This unit introduces students to the basic concepts of transport policy and decision making, including a look at the make-up of the transport sector, relationships between planning, design, decision-making, and policy, the sources of funding for transport, organisation of the transport sector, the nature of decision making, the development of policy, and the relationships among short-term, long-term, and strategic planning. The unit introduces and discusses a number of contemporary policy issues, such as congestion, greenhouse gas emissions, transport and obesity, investment in public transport, road user charging, other environmental impacts of transport, sustainable transport systems, etc. This unit is of particular value to students majoring in transport, logistics, marketing and urban planning.