Core Module Information
Module title: Traffic Engineering Design Global Online

SCQF level: 11:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10

Module code: CTR11731
Module leader: Adebola Olowosegun
School School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment
Subject area group: Built Environment
Prerequisites

N/A

Description of module content:

Road Network Operations – introduction to traffic flow, user characteristics, data collection, forecasting,
and capacity.
HighwayGeometric Design Considerations – highway link design, including design speed, crosssections, sight, and overtaking distances.
Highway Geometric Alignment Design – design of horizontal and vertical road alignment.
Intersections – general junction design principles and analysis of priority junctions.
Roundabouts – types of roundabouts, layout design and capacity analysis.
Introduction to Traffic Signal Control – principles of traffic signal control including
saturation flows, stages, phases, cycle times and green times.
Basic Isolated Traffic Signal Design – design of layouts and calculation of signal timings. Advanced
Isolated Traffic Signal Design.
Linked Traffic Signal Design - signal coordination, urban traffic control systems.
Intelligent transportation and urban traffic control systems for road network operations.

Learning Outcomes for module:


LO1: Understand and critically appraise traffic flow principles, data collection techniques and road
network operations.
LO2: Identify, examine and critically assess the major design elements and principles of road layouts,
including the geometric alignment considerations based on national and international standards and
guidelines.
LO3: Design road intersections such as priority junctions and roundabouts and analyse road traffic
capacity, queues and delays.
LO4: Design traffic signal layouts and calculate traffic signal timings for both isolated and linked
networks.
LO5: Recommend intelligent transportation and urban traffic control systems that can provide benefits for
road network operationsroad network operations

Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2023/4, Trimester 1, ONLINE, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: ONLINE
Location of delivery: WORLDWIDE
Partner: Edinburgh Napier University
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Adebola Olowosegun
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)
Online Guided independent study 200
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words
Report 40 1,2,3 8 , WORDS= 2500
Centrally Time Tabled Examination 60 1, 2, 3,4, 5 14/15 HOURS= 3
Component 1 subtotal: 40
Component 2 subtotal: 60
Module subtotal: 100

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