Models are essential to transport planning and the formulation of policy in this field. This unit introduces transport modelling and its relationship to real-world planning and considers the feasibility and limitations of alternative methods. Students are given direct experience of techniques in practical exercises. The unit begins with the four steps of trip generation, distribution, mode choice and traffic assignment, and goes on to random utility theory, activity-based approaches, basic traffic-flow theories and freight modelling. It also introduces the application of genetic algorithm to optimise transport investment plans. -- Course Website