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AH2311 Transport and Travel Surveys 3.0 credits

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Course syllabus as PDF

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Course syllabus AH2311 (Autumn 2026–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus AH2311 (Autumn 2026–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

        The course is organized around three main cases for collecting and analyzing transport data:

  • Traffic safety analysis

  • Revealed preference data from household travel diaries

  • Stated preference data from questionnaires

Intended learning outcomes

        Students will be able to:

  • Choose the appropriate plan for collecting accident data
  • Design the overall layout and specific questions for a travel diary survey
  • Pilot a travel survey and revise it based on the results of the pilot
  • Design and implement a stated preference survey using hypothetical questions
  • Perform simple statistical analysis to examine key questions in the collected data

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

For admitted students to the Master of Science in Civil Engineering and Urban Management (CSAMH) or the Master of Science in Transport and Geoinformation Technology (TTGTM), there are no additional requirements.

For other students:

  • A completed bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, urban planning, geomatics, geography, engineering physics, computer science, statistics, economics, and/or mathematics, including at least 6 university credits (hp) in each of the following or their equivalents: Programming, Linear Algebra, Calculus in One Variable, and Probability & Statistics; and
  • English language proficiency equivalent to (the Swedish upper secondary school) English course B/6.

Literature

You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and completion

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • LAB1 - Laboratory Assignment, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Examiner

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Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

ABE/Transport and Systems Analysis

Main field of study

The Built Environment

Education cycle

Second cycle

Transitional regulations

The course in question was last offered in Autumn 2015. The three-year period during which examination opportunities were required to be provided has expired. As there are no planned future course offerings, the course is no longer considered relevant.