The course provides some general background information on transportation system. The course content is intended to equip students basic knowledge of some of the fundamental issues in transportation. The primary objective is to let students start thinking about transportation critically linking up the engineering design knowledge in other disciplines. It also trains students modeling of simple traffic flows. The course also covers highway capacity and level of service analysis, basic traffic flow relationships, strategic transportation planning procedures, modeling parameters of a transportation network, fundamental designs of highway geometry and junction controls, and data collection methods.

Continuous Assessment: 50%

Examination: 50%

Examination Duration: 3 hours

To pass a course, a student must obtain minimum marks of 30% in both coursework and examination components, and an overall mark of at least 40%.