Instructor information

Module leader : Prof. Luca Persia

Course assistant and subject expert: Dr. Sevket Oguz Kagan Capkin

Course information

ECTS : 12 credits 

Status : Compulsory 

Semester : 1 

Hours : 120 

Link : course page 

Objectives

The objective of the course is to provide students with knowledge on sustainable transport planning framework, as well as skills on specific applications.

Syllabus outline

Essential reading list

• Main characteristics of transport systems: Introduction; classification of transport networks; mobility demand components; demand measurement/estimation; road vehicles; introduction to transport modeling; transport costs; freight transport and city logistics; the effects of the COVID 19
• Introduction to sustainable planning process: The planning process; the different planning levels and context; approaches and actors; EU policies.
• Definition of objectives: Conflicting objectives; methodologies for definition of objectives; the involvement of stakeholders and citizens: the crowdsourcing methodologies and tools
• Integrated sustainable policies: Classification of transport policies; multimodal transportation; transport policies and land-use; international databases; innovation and future trends: Mobility as a Service (MaaS); sharing mobility; electric mobility; and automation.
• Supporting methodologies and tools: The benchmarking methods; online supporting tools; and the Crowdsourcing tool.
• Effectiveness and efficiency assessment: Ex-ante evaluation tools: Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), Cost Effectiveness Analysis (CEA), Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA); Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA); Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment (SEA); and Road safety Impact Assessment (RIA).
• Implementation management: Project management basic concepts; initiation and planning; risks and mitigation strategies; execution, monitoring and control; contingency planning; managing transport plans and projects.
• Results monitoring: Monitoring indicators; data collection; gaps analysis; assessment of results; and plan updating.
• Planning tools: The Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP)
• The Urban Traffic Plan (UTP); The Regional Transportation Plan (RTP); The sectorial plans: Road safety plan, cycling plan; public transport plan; city ​​logistics plan, company mobility plan.
• Exercise: definition of a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) for a selected city
  • Lecture notes, handouts and exercises provided by the instructor