Aims
and Objectives
Is to cover all the necessary basic foundation
material needed for practitioners at entry level to industry and to cover the
basic theory and practice in sufficient depth to promote basic understanding
while also ensuring wider coverage of topics deemed essential to students and
trainee practitioners. It seeks to place the topic in context by introducing
the economic, political, social and administrative dimensions of the subject,
an understanding of the practices associated with planning process and highway
planning strategies related issues of environment and sustainability.
Introduction:
The road
network of any city is its lifeline and the evaluation of their performance is
very necessary for future traffic planning, design, operation and maintenance.
Understanding the framework for transport planning facilitate the studies on
transport data studies.
Tasks:
Every
student is required to discuss methods of transport planning process and highway
planning strategies in Sultanate of
Oman. The report must include and discuss but not
limited to the following
·
The importance of transportation in the national life with the statistics that
demonstrate the importance of transportation including the transportation
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The major detrimental effects that are directly related to the construction and
use of our highway transportation system.
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Characteristics of urban transport in Sultanate of Oman (Modes of
transportation)
. · Transportation Planning Organization
(Administration, The transport planning framework, Missions of transport
institutions, Relationships among transport institutions )
·
Transport development in Sultanate of Oman (the transportation
system, the increase in number transportation user, the classification of
highway system).
·
The methods of transport planning process and highway planning strategies
·
The forms of environmental impact analysis documentation.
·
The basic issues that should be considered prior to selection of an evaluation
procedure and the basic criteria used for evaluating transportation
alternatives their units.
Report
Format
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Start with the title page (including your name) or student number as requested.
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It is preferable to place figures within the text rather than group them at the
end of the report
. · Give a sequential number to all figures
(Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3, etc.)
·
Add a brief, informative caption to the figures.
Report Sections The Report should contain the
following sections:
·
Abstract (Executive summary)
·
Table of contents
·
Introduction
·
Report body
·
Conclusions
·
References
Report body
The
previous sections (abstract, table of contents, introduction) are preliminary
sections. body section is organized as follows: Headings should be informative
and descriptive providing a clue to the contents of the section.
· Describe the context of the case. Present the
central issue you will be analyzing, what decisions have already been made,
what communication processes are occurring in the situation. Focus on the
facts.
· Explain your methodology. Identify problems that
are demonstrated in the case.
· Present summaries of your findings and indicate how
you decide, and what is acceptable/not acceptable as a solution with
justification.
· Present an action plan for the recommendations.
Recommendations in a case study report should be fairly detailed.
Conclusions (maximum 1 page) Every report
should include a concluding statement/s on the subject of the report. Restate
the aim of the report and state how you have achieved it. Present the main
findings and key recommendations in a summarized. You should also restate the
limitations of the report.
References This is a list of all the sources
of information you have referred to in the report (follow Harvard references
format); minimum 10 references. All references listed at the references list
should be provided in the text properly.
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