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Course Name (English)
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PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES IN TRANSPORT
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| Course Code |
TPT457 |
| Course Description |
This course offers and in depth approach to understanding the basic fundamentals and practices of transportation. It enables students to understand the relationship of transportation. Characteristics, advantages and limitations of such mode of transportation are also compared. This subject provides opportunities to students who are new to this field and study, and to help them to comprehend the complex world of transportation. |
| Transferable Skills |
Specific Knowledge, Communication, Presentation, Thinking & Analytical skills |
| Teaching Methodologies |
Lectures, Inquiry-based Learning, Field Trip, Problem Based Learning (PBL) |
| CLO |
| CLO1 |
Analyse the theories and concepts in transport and logistics |
| CLO2 |
Present ideas in verbal and written to appreciate theories and concepts of transport and logistics |
| CLO3 |
Demonstrate social responsibility in transport and logistics operations |
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| Pre-Requisite Courses |
No course recommendations |
| Topics |
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1. Chapter 1: Introduction to Transportation
1.1) • Modes, functions and demand of transportation
1.2) • Transportation and the economics
1.3) • Bridging the producer –consumer gap
1.4) • The concept of ‘safe-arrival’
1.5) • The provision of transportation; intermodalism, multimodality, containerization and etc.
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2. Chapter 2: Road Transportation
2.1) • The development of road transportation
2.2) • Elements, functions and impact of road transportation
2.3) • Issues on road transportation
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3. Chapter 3: Sea Transportation
3.1) • The development of water transportation; sea and inland water
3.2) • Elements, functions and impacts of water transportation
3.3) • Issues on water transportation
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4. Chapter 4: Air Transportation
4.1) • The development of air transportation
4.2) • Elements, functions and impact of air transportation
4.3) • Issues on air transportation
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5. Chapter 5: Rail Transportation
5.1) • The development of rail transportation
5.2) • Elements, functions and impact of rail transportation
5.3) • Issues on rail transportation
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6. Chapter 6: The Physical Components of A Transportation System
6.1) • The way
6.2) Development and ownership of ways
6.3) The control of ways
6.4) The characteristics of different ways
6.5)
6.6) • The terminal
6.7) The development of terminals
6.8) Functions of terminal
6.9) The effect of traffic characteristics on terminals
6.10) The location of terminals
6.11) Services and facilities required at terminals
6.12)
6.13) • The unit of carriage
6.14) Principles in the design of units of carriage
6.15) The unit of carriage and the unit of propulsion
6.16) Units of carriage by road, rail and air
6.17) Pipelines and tubes
6.18)
6.19) • The motive power
6.20) Types of motive power; natural and man-made
6.21) Motive power and road haulage, railways, aircraft power unit, at sea and pipelines
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7. Chapter 7: Passenger Transportation
7.1) • Private transportation
7.2) Types of private transportation
7.3) Advantages and disadvantages of private transportation
7.4)
7.5) • Public transportation
7.6) History of public transportation
7.7) Modes for public transportation
7.8) > road, sea, air & rail
7.9) Elements for public transportation – infrastructure, interchanges, timetables, financing, fare and ticketing, revenue, profit and subsidies, safety and security
7.10) Impact of public transportation
7.11) > environment, land use, social and economy
7.12) Regulations for public transportation
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8. Chapter 8: Non-motorized Transportation
8.1) • What is non-motorized transportation
8.2) • Modes and types non-vehicular transportation and human powered vehicles (HPV)
8.3) • Elements and regulations for non-motorized transportation
8.4) • Advantages of non-motorized transportation
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9. Chapter 9: Issues on Transportation
9.1) • Transportation and the society, entertainment, sports, leisure, information technology (IT) and the environment
9.2) • Legal aspects of transportation
9.3) • Financial aspects of transportation
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Continuous Assessment | 100.00% |
| Details of Continuous Assessment |
| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
% of Total Mark |
CLO |
| Case Study |
Case Study 1 |
20% |
CLO1
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| Case Study |
Case Study 2 |
20% |
CLO2
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| Case Study |
Case Study 3 |
20% |
CLO3
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| Final Test |
This is a final test given to students at the end of this course |
40% |
CLO2
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| Reading List | | Recommended Text | - Sham, Rohana and Shamsudin, Nurazlina 2015, Fundamentals of Transport, Oxford Fajar
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| Reference Book Resources | - Coyle, John, Robert Novack, Brian Gibson and Edward Bardi 2015, Transportation: A Supply Chain Perspective, 8th ed. Ed., South-Western Cengage Learning.
- Rodrigue, Jeal Paul and Comtois, Claude, 2016, The Geography of Transport System,, 4th Ed. Ed., Routledge.
- Emir, Astra and Oliver, Mike, 2017, Transport Operator Licensing: A Practical Guide for Goods and Passenger Operators, Kogan Page.
- Wesnveen, John G. 2015, Air Transportation: A Management Perspective, 8th ed. Ed., Ashgate Publishing Limited
- Jean-Paul Rodrigue 2013, The Geography of Transport Systems, 3rd Ed., New York: Routledge
- John Coyle, Robert Novack, Brian Gibson and Edward Bardi 2010, Transportation: A Supply Chain Perspective, 7th Ed., South-Western Cengage Learning
- Cassia, Fabio and Ferrazzi, Matteo, 2018, The Automotive Industry, Cars, Research and Society Series,, Agenda.
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| Article/Paper List | This Course does not have any article/paper resources |
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| Other References | - n/a Journal of Transport and Land Use
- n/a Department of Statistics 1997, Transport Statistics for Great Britain, HMSO
- n/a Annual Reports of Governments and
Statutory Bodies and Private
Organizations In Malaysia
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