Introduction
This module teaches the practice of transportation planning, using the Singapore transportation system as a case study.
Students learn to appreciate the interaction between transportation and national development; generate generic and specific solutions to local transportation problems; and evaluate the performance of transportation schemes.
Topics covered are: Development of transportation in Singapore, transportation system planning and evaluation of transportation schemes.
Objectives
The objectives are to:
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Enable students to understand the interaction between transportation and national development,
- Develop students’ basic knowledge and skills on a transportation system planning,
- Provide students with a inter-disciplinary platform to appreciate the complexities and constraints in transportation planning, and
- Challenge students to generate innovative transportation solutions with an appropriate evaluation framework to assess their feasibility.
At the end of the course, students should be able to
- Appreciate the nature of transportation problems and the inter-relationships between transportation and development
- Propose, formulate and present feasible solution schemes to transportation problems
- Engage in meaningful and informed discussions on transportation issues in the Singapore context.
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