The proper planning, design, and operation of the transportationsystem is essential for the development of a country. However, the level of adequacy of the local professional human resources that areavailable in developing countries is poor. A single postgraduate program that trains the transportation engineering and planning (te&p)professionals that are needed is appropriate for a small developingcountry with limited resources. The program can also be disseminated through distance education services. A program that can offer m.Sc. Degrees in te&p as well as m.Phil. (Course work and research) degrees is proposed. The target pool of students, the basic principles for curriculum development, and the staff requirements for offering such a program are discussed. It is suggested that three full-time local staff that are trained abroad under scholarship programs as wellas part-time staff be used. The courses should be open not only to engineering graduates but others who are suitably qualified. Typicalcourse outlines for the proposed courses are given. This paper appears in transportation research record no. 1305, Finance, planning, programming, economic analysis, and land development 1991.
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