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UBGMFX-15-M Transport Infrastructure Engineering Assignment - University of the West of England, UK

Assignment - Design Portfolio

Design 1: Metrobus South-west facing on and off slip-roads on the M32 at Stoke Lane, Bristol

Metrobus has been constructed in Bristol. The plan of the routes shown here indicates the routes for Metrobus. Metrobuses on the proposed North Fringe to Hengrove route need to interchange between the M32 (South) and Stoke Lane (North).

Some people suggested during the planning stages that the bridge and slip road arrangement constructed for Metrobus to leave the M32 were unnecessarily costly because of the requirement for the additional bridge. This recently constructed bridge lies North of the current Stoke Lane bridge and its plans are shown in the file 'Metrobus proposals at Stoke Lane.pdf' on Blackboard.

Your task is to develop an alternative design which provides South Facing slip-roads just for Metrobus onto and off the M32 from Stoke Lane. This would have cost considerably less, and also would have allowed for shorter journey times between the M32 and Stoke Lane.

You will need to submit the following, which will form appendices to your design report:

Appendix D1.1: A design statement up to a single side of A4 that a) Describes the problem; b) summarises the principles adopted to solve the problem; c) notes particular challenges and issues; and d) summarises the final design and remaining deficiencies in the design.

Appendix D1.2: A tabulation of the assumptions you have adopted for the design and calculations you have made based on these (Annex 1 to this brief provides a tabulation of design parameters that you will need to make assumptions about for the design).

Appendix D1.3: A plan layout at an appropriate scale which shows the general arrangement of the proposed south facing slip-roads (an off-slip on the North West side of the motorway and an on-slip on the south west side of the motorway between Stoke Lane and the M32).

Appendix D1.4: A fully-dimensioned cross-section at a particular chainage chosen by you on one of the slip roads (either the on-slip or the off slip) drawn to an appropriate scale showing the actual batter slope lengths both sides of the construction that connect to existing ground level (NB This should *NOT* be a generic cross section). Assume the batter slopes are at 1:2.

Appendix D1.5: A statement on a single side of A4 concerning ways in which the design will safely ensure that only Metrobus will use the slip-road. You will need to address the issue of how general traffic vehicles which mistakenly enter the slip-road(s) are to be dealt with. You may wish to consider Intelligent Transport System applications in this regard.

Design 2: High level cycle route across the valley of the River Frome

Routes to cycle between UWE (and the North Fringe beyond UWE to the North West) and Downend (and its hinterland of Staple Hill and Mangotsfield to the east and south) and are not direct, as shown on the plan in Figure 1. There is a proposal to create a high level cycle bridge across the valley of the River Frome at or near the current location of the Ha'penny Bridge, as also shown on Figure 1.

Figure 1 Existing cycle routes between UWE and Fishponds and Downend.

The cycle route is proposed to connect College Road with Sheldrake / Begbrook Drive (near to Begbrook primary school). There are existing footpaths between these two routes as shown by the blue line in Figure 2. Note that the ring road cycle route carries 600 cycles each way per day, the majority of which are in the peak period. You should assume that the bridge will attract at least half of these cyclists and many more besides.

Figure 2 Existing Routes between College Road and Sheldrake Drive

Your task is to design the vertical and horizontal alignment of a cycle route between the end points of the proposed cycle route as shown in Figure 2. Only the end points and levels of the end points are fixed. You can assume that you are able to use any land that you need between these two end points apart from:

- land shaded pink in Figure 2 (the old hospital site)

- land coloured brown within the curtilage of Begbrook Primary Academy on Sheldrake Drive

- land taken by the College Road allotments.

You need to accommodate pedestrians in your design, and these need to be separated from the cycle route by a kerb.

You will need to submit the following, which will form appendices to your design report:

Appendix D2.1: A design statement up to a single side of A4 that a) Describes the problem; b) summarises the principles adopted to solve the problem; c) notes particular challenges and issues; and d) summarises the final design and remaining deficiencies in the design.

Appendix D2.2: A tabulation of the assumptions you have adopted for the design and calculations you have made based on these.

Appendix D2.3: A plan layout at an appropriate scale which shows the horizontal geometry of the proposed cycle route.

Appendix D2.4: A long-section at an appropriate scale which shows the vertical geometry of the proposed cycle route. A critical feature of the design is the level of the proposed bridge and this should be clearly stated. Also make sure you indicate clearly the approximate length of the bridge.

Appendix D2.5: A statement concerning the proposed surfacing and lighting for the route, and this should be supported by appropriate sketches of cross-sections to demonstrate construction features.

Submission - You will submit a report the main body of which will be 2000 words in length discussing what you have learned from the two design tasks. This report will have appendices, exactly as lettered and numbered in the individual tasks above, which present the designs you have prepared. The report and its appendices will be contained in a single WORD file. The structure of the report will be as follows:

Section 1 of the report will be titled 'Introduction' and will summarise the content of the report in about one page.

Section 2 will be titled 'Reflections on design processes' and you will present your reflections on the cognitive processes used in developing design options, especially the way you defined the problem, were creative in developing possible solutions, and evaluated those.

Section 3 will be titled 'Strengths and weaknesses of design guidance' and you should critically appraise the way the standards and guidance are presented to designers

References. A section providing the bibliography in alphabetical order for all the citations in the text and appendices.

The appendices, as listed above, in order.

Note - For more detailed information see attached file.

Attachment:- Transport Infrastructure Engineering Assignment File.rar