TM 401 – Traffic Estimation and Strategy
NZ$425.00 excl GST
Last updated: June 2025
TM 401 is designed to help you understand the principles of traffic monitoring strategies and traffic estimation for road networks.
This includes how data is collected, how to set up a data collection strategy and programme and how to estimate traffic flows across your network using the collected data.
TM 401 is completed entirely online, allowing you to learn at your own pace, in your own time. You can begin as soon as you enrol.
Description
Overview
TM 401 is designed to help you understand the principles of traffic monitoring strategies and traffic estimation for road networks.
This includes how data is collected, how to set up a data collection strategy and programme and how to estimate traffic flows across your network using the collected data.
The course materials are the RIMS traffic monitoring guidelines aligned with the authoratative guide for Asset Managers in New Zealand, the Āpōpō Guide.
On completion, learners are awarded a digital badge which can be saved and shared.
This course is a collaboration between Āpōpō and Beca.
Who Should Attend
Those in, or who aspire to, transportation asset management roles.
Typical Attendees Include
- RCA transportation asset managers
- Consultants
- Contractors who are responsible for traffic monitoring strategies, programmes and updating network estimates.
Recommended Prior Learning or Equivalent Experience
- An understanding of the content of the following badges: AM 101, AM 202, AM 203 and AM 204.
Outcomes
This course will develop your understanding of traffic monitoring strategies, the importance of network traffic data, and how to create a traffic count strategy.
Content
- Traffic data and monitoring technology
- Terms and processes
- Building blocks
- Estimation
- Traffic monitoring strategy
Learning Material
- Text, images, video
- Formative assessment
- Activities
- Case studies
- Summative assessment
