URP 301
Planning Studio III
2
Course Description
At the end of the course, students are expected to:
1. describe the concept of transportation planning and how it could be integrated into
development and other land use functions;
2. identify the methodologies, techniques and models of traffic and transportation planning;
3. conduct surveys on traffic, parking and accident; and
4. describe principles and analytical techniques of urban traffic planning design to solve identified
transport problems.
Course Outline
Traffic and Transportation Planning and Design. Studio project in traffic and transportation
planning in a small town or a part of a city. Applications of principles and analytical techniques
of urban traffic planning. Traffic surveys; 0-D surveys, cordon counts, parking surveys and
accident surveys. Analysis and presentation of traffic data; forecasting future traffic;
transportation networks planning and traffic routing; road geometric design, carry a design to
solve an identified traffic problem in the society.