Sustainability, mobility, and society

• Explain different transport modes, their typical applications, technology development, and political issues. Explain basic concepts of urban development.
• Define sustainability and measure the sustainability of transport services, especially in greenhouse gases (CO2).
• Understand and explain different soft strategies to increase the use of more sustainable modes of transport.
• Understand and explain the classic four-stage transport model: trip generation, distribution, modal split, and assignment.
• Understand and explain basic concepts for analyzing transport demand such as trip, trip stages, transfer, commute, origin, destination, alternative route, volume, level of service, etc.
• Understand the benefits and differences between origin-destination surveys and passive transport data.
• Analyze a case study of real travel data from a transport ticketing system using Microsoft Excel.
• Understand and explain the purpose and benefits of advanced traveller information systems.
• Can write technical reports and present report results orally

The course covers basic concepts of transportation systems and sustainability in transportation services. It examines various soft strategies for promoting sustainable modes, supplemented by real-world examples. In addition, students will learn basic techniques for analyzing travel demand and different types of transportation data. Emphasis is placed on developing the skills to evaluate real-world data and assess the impact of emerging public transportation options on both the transportation system and the sustainability of urban environments.

Lectures, project assignment, classroom teaching and final exam

Section of Production, Transportation and Planning
Mobility, Transport, and Logistics 1. semester