Overview
This project-based learning unit prepares you to describe and explain the fundamental concepts and characteristics of traffic engineering systems. You will be able to develop strategies for managing and controlling traffic, identify safety issues and recommend solutions. You will be able to analyse and design intersections. You will use ethical decision-making processes to design and document pavement requirements. You will apply design codes and manuals to common design problems involving, intersection design and pavement design. You are required to work, learn and communicate effectively in a professional manner, alone and in project teams. You are required to use information literacy skills proficiently to investigate and prepare oral presentations and formal technical reports. If you are enrolled in distance mode, you will be required to attend a residential school during the term.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: [MATH11218 OR MATH11219] AND ENEC12011
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2018
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Residential Schools
This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
Click here to see your Residential School Timetable.
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Course Evaluation
Quick response time to student
The good practice of encouraging students to use the forum in asking questions will be continued. The practice of reviewing posts on the Q & A forum daily, with the view to promptly responding, will be also continued.
Feedback from Course Evaluation
Clarity with Portfolio assessment requirement.
The use of the Moodle Quiz format to generate customised questions for individuals will be continued. This format saw the greatest change in student evaluation from 2.3 to 4.0, the University preferred target.
Feedback from Course Evaluation
The use of ZOOM for interactive communication
The creation of ZOOM interactive platform links within the unit Moodle page will be continued. This proved to be popular with the students and those located in different places were collaborating constantly.
- Analyse traffic flows and describe the effect of key traffic flow parameters and their inter-relationships
- Apply systematic approaches to conduct capacity analysis and level of-service of roadways and intersections
- Evaluate the pavement sublayer materials properties using appropriate Australian guidelines
- Design structural road pavements using appropriate Australian guidelines
- Demonstrate a professional level of communication and team work
The Learning Outcomes for this unit are linked with Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competency Standard.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Portfolio - 50% | |||||
| 2 - Portfolio - 50% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Portfolio - 50% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Portfolio - 50% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Traffic and Highway Engineering, SI Edition
Edition: 5 (2015)
Authors: Nicholas J. Garber & Lester A. Hoel
Cengage Learning US
Stamford Stamford , USA
ISBN: 9781133607083
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Pavement Design Software CIRCLY
- SIDRA Software
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
j.egwurube@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Traffic Flow Relationships
Chapter
- Traffic & Highway Engineering by Garber and Hoel SI Edition Chapter 6;
- Guide to Traffic Management Part 2: Traffic Theory (AGTM02-15) Chapter 2 Basic Traffic Variables and Relationships pages 3 to 9;
- Guide to Traffic Management Part 2: Traffic Theory (AGTM02-15) Commentary 1 & 2 pages 90 to 92
- Guide to Traffic Management Part 2: Traffic Theory (AGTM02-15) Chapter 7 pages 50 to 72
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Capacity and Level of Service Concepts
Chapter
- Highway Capacity Manual (2010) Chapters 4 &5;
- Guide to Traffic Management Part 3: Traffic Studies and Analysis (AGTM03-13) Chapter 3 & 4 pages 28 to 56
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz 1:Traffic Flow Relationship due on Friday 16/03/2018 @ 17:00
Traffic Flow Relationship workbook due on Friday 16/03/2018 @ 17:00
Module/Topic
Highway Capacity Analysis
Chapter
- Highway Capacity Manual (2010) Chapters14 & 15;
- Guide to Traffic Management Part 3: Traffic Studies and Analysis (AGTM03-13) Chapter 4 pages 40 to 46
- Traffic & Highway Engineering by Garber and Hoel SI 5th Edition Chapter 9 pages 465 to 493
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz 2:Capacity Analysis of two lanes and multilanes due Friday 23/03/2018 @ 17:00
Module/Topic
Freeway Capacity Analysis: Facilities and Basic Segment
Chapter
- Highway Capacity Manual (2010) Chapters10 & 11
- Guide to Traffic Management Part 3: Traffic Studies and Analysis (AGTM03-13) Chapter 4 pages 48 to 56
- Traffic & Highway Engineering by Garber and Hoel SI 5th Edition Chapter 9 pages 447 to 465
Events and Submissions/Topic
Task 1: Capacity Analysis release
Module/Topic
Freeway Capacity Analysis: Merge, Diverge and Weaving Segment
Chapter
Highway Capacity Manual (2010) Chapters12 & 13
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Signalized & Unsignalised Intersection Capacity Analysis
Chapter
- Guide to Traffic Management Part 3: Traffic Studies and Analysis (AGTM03-13) Section 6.1 & 6.2 pages 66 to 75
- Guide to Traffic Management Part 6: Traffic Studies and Analysis (AGTM06-13) Chapter 4 pages 60 to 79
- Guide to Traffic Management Part 6: Traffic Studies and Analysis (AGTM06-13) Chapter 5
- Traffic & Highway Engineering by Garber and Hoel SI 5th Edition Chapter 8 &10
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz 3: Freeway Capacity due on Friday 20/04/2018 @ 17:00
Task 1: Capacity Analysis due on Friday 20/04/2018 @ 17:00
Module/Topic
Design of Rigid Pavement
Chapter
AGPT02-17 Chapter 9;
Events and Submissions/Topic
Task 2: SIDRA Report due on Friday 27/04/2018 @ 17:00
Traffic Engineering Portfolio Due: Week 7 Friday (27 Apr 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Granular Overlay Design on Flexible Pavement
Chapter
AGPT05-11 Chapter 6.2
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Asphalt Overlay Design on Flexible Pavement
Chapter
AGPT05-11 Chapter 6.2;
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
General Mechanistic Procedure (GMP) for Flexible Overlays Design
Chapter
AGPT05-11 Chapter 6.3;
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Thickness Design of Stabilization Treatments
Chapter
AGPT05-11 Chapter 7;
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Review
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz 4 due on Friday 01/06/2018 @ 17:00
Laboratory Report due on Friday 01/06/2018 @ 17:00
Pavement Design Portfolio due on Friday 01/06/2018 @ 17:00
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
General Information
- Answer Moodle quiz in the relevant modules.
- Additional unit details are provided in the Moodle unit page
Communication with Lecturer
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All unit related questions must be asked through appropriate forums or during the scheduled class
time. No email will be responded for any quarries related to this unit unless those are private in
circumstances. -
All emails related to this unit should have the unit code (ENEC14016) in the subject line. Any email
without unit code in the subject line may not be responded.
Example: ENEC14016: Moodle Quiz
Laboratory Time Table
Practical Classes for on-campus students will be scheduled from week 5. Due to the multi-campus delivery of the unit, detail of the laboratory timetable will be available from unit website separately in Week 3. Distance students will complete all practicals during the residential school.
1 Portfolio
This portfolio contribute 50 marks out of 100 marks. It consist of three independent assessment task. This assessment focus on weeks 1 to 6 content.
- Workbook Task (10 marks out of 50): This is an individual activity. You will be required to complete 3 Moodle quizzes. For each quiz you will have only two attempts that would have time limit. You will also complete one workbook question
- Capacity Analysis Task (30 marks out of 50): This is an individual activity. Each student will be provided individual data for each of the questions categories. This will be generated through Moodle Quiz.
- SIDRA Analysis Task (10 marks out of 50): This is a team activity. You will be expected to apply SIDRA software to analyse selected intersections
More details are provided in Moodle
Week 7 Friday (27 Apr 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Week 9 Monday (7 May 2018)
The marking matrix shall be based on the content consisting of the following principles. Each sequential step shall be allocated marks proportionately
- Accuracy of Input parameter for each computation step with appropriate unit. Marks will only be awarded for correct input
- Application of accurate methodology with appropriate referencing. Full mark will only be awarded for error free computational steps with appropriate explanation to be understood by an independent person.
- Accuracy of answer with appropriate unit. Zero mark will be awarded with error in either Input or methodology.
- If answers to any proceeding steps are inaccurate. Zero mark be awarded for subsequent answers.
Additional information should be obtained from the Moodle Unit web-page
- Analyse traffic flows and describe the effect of key traffic flow parameters and their inter-relationships
- Apply systematic approaches to conduct capacity analysis and level of-service of roadways and intersections
- Demonstrate a professional level of communication and team work
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Portfolio
This portfolio contribute 50 marks out of 100 marks. It consist of five independent assessment task.
- Quiz (5 marks out of 50)
- Laboratory Activity and Report (5 out of 50 marks)
- Design Task 1: Rigid Pavement Design (20 marks out of 50)
- Design Task 2: Structural Overlay Design (10 marks out of 50)
- Design Task 3: Thickness Design of Stabilization treatment (10 marks out of 50)
Please refer to Moodle for more details
Review/Exam Week Monday (4 June 2018) 9:00 am AEST
After two weeks
The marking matrix shall be based on the content consisting of the following principles. Each sequential step shall be allocated marks proportionately
- Accuracy of Input parameter for each computation step with appropriate unit. Marks will only be awarded for correct input
- Application of accurate methodology with appropriate referencing. Full mark will only be awarded for error free computational steps with appropriate explanation to be understood by an independent person.
- Accuracy of answer with appropriate unit. Zero mark will be awarded with error in either Input or methodology.
- If answers to any proceeding steps are inaccurate. Zero mark be awarded for subsequent answers.
Additional information should be obtained from the Moodle Unit web-page
- Evaluate the pavement sublayer materials properties using appropriate Australian guidelines
- Design structural road pavements using appropriate Australian guidelines
- Demonstrate a professional level of communication and team work
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
