Bachelor's of Traffic and Transportation Engineering

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT PLANNING

General Data

Code: 58M313
Type of credits: ECTS
Number of credits: 6.00
Engagement hours: 180.00
ISCED-F: Transport services
Status: Mandatory
Academic Year: 2º
Term: 1º
Modality: Presential
Languages: English
Available for Mobility Students: Yes
Restricted to alliance: No

Coordination

Description

The aim of this course is for students to understand mobility as a social and individual phenomenon, learn how to develop soft (non-infrastructure) policies and measures, and integrate vulnerable and handicapped people into modern transportation systems.

Subject area

Sustainable Transport – Mobility Management, Urban Mobility Plans, Travel Behaviour, Soft Measures, Vulnerable Road Users

Requirements

Knowledge in spatial, environmental and transportation planning recommended.

Instructors

doc. dr. MARJAN LEP

Contents

Part 1: Development policies and transport – national and European policies; environmental and spatial policies; social, demographic and economic policies; globalisation; transport policies; action programmes (concepts, development, implementation, evaluation); case studies.

Part 2: Sustainable (Urban) Transport Plans – concepts, case studies.

Part 3: Travel behaviour and Mobility Management – mobility management definition, approaches, goals; travel awareness concept; evaluation criteria (environment, time, security, macro/micro transport account); travel behaviour and patterns; soft measures; methods for encouraging behaviour change; travel awareness campaigns; soft mobility policy concepts and best practices.

Part 4: Mobility planning for vulnerable and handicapped – special needs for vulnerable travellers and handicapped persons; case studies.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and understanding:

  • Analyse and evaluate the state of mobility at a given location
  • Assess compliance of the situation with sustainable development goals
  • Synthesise knowledge from environment, space, economy, transport, and society to prepare sustainable mobility plans

Transferable/key skills:

  • Prepare Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP) following EU methodology
  • Conduct soft mobility policies

Recommended Readings and Tools

Readings:

  • Hutton, B. Planning Sustainable Transport. Routledge, 2013.
  • Guidelines for Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP).
  • Transport Learning, Module 2: Mobility management for families, kindergartens, schools. 2012.
  • Transport Learning, Module 7: Design and implementation of sustainable management campaigns. 2012.

Planned Activities

Lectures, seminars, field work/laboratory work, and project work.

Course structure:

  • Lectures: 30 hours
  • Seminars: 15 hours
  • Tutorial: 30 hours
  • Individual work: 105 hours
  • Total: 180 hours

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Assessment weights:

  • Written examination: 40%
  • Seminar paper: 40%
  • Oral exam: 20%