Objectives and competences
The aim of this course is for students to:
• To understand the mobility (as a social and individual phenomena)
• To understand how to develop the »soft« (non-infrastructure) policies and measure.
• To learn how to integrate the vulnerable (also handicapped) people in modern transportation system.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Part 1: Development policies and transport, Concepts of national and European policies; Environmental and spatial policies; Social, demographic, family (education etc.) policies; Economic policies and globalisation processes; Global vs. European vs. National vs. Regional vs. Local…; Development programmes: Transport policies; Policies and action programmes (concepts, development, implementation, evaluation, controlling etc.); Case studies.
Part 2: Sustainable (Urban) Transport Plans. Concepts. Case Studies.
Part 3: Travel behaviour & Mobility Management; Mobility management; definition, approaches, goals.
Travel awareness; concept.
Criteria of evaluation (environment, time, security and safety, macro- and micro transport account etc.). Travel behaviour, travel patterns. Soft measures in transportation planning. Methods and models for encourage the travel behaviour change.
Travel awareness campaigns.
Soft mobility policy concepts; (Best) practice study, success stories.
Part 4: Mobility planning for vulnerable and handicapped; Special needs for vulnerable traveller; Special needs for handicapped persons; Case studies.
Learning and teaching methods
- Lectures, seminar
- Field work /laboratory work
- Project work
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and Understanding:
Upon completion of the course, students will:
• Be able to analyze and evaluate the state of mobility at the location in question
• Be able to assess the (in) compliance of the situation with the goals of sustainable development
• Be able to make a synthesis of knowledge from subjects on the environment and space, economy, transport, and society and prepare sustainable mobility plans
Transferable/Key Skills and other attributes:
Prepare Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans following the EU methodology/recommendations.
Conduct soft mobility policies.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Readings
Hutton B., Planning Sustainable Transport, Routeledge, 2013
- Priročniki za izdelavo: Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP)
- Transport Learning, Training Module 2: Mobility management – for families, kindergartens, schools, 2012, www.transportlearning.net
- Transport Learning, Training Module 7: Design and implementation of suistanable management campaigns, 2012, www.transportlearning.net
Prerequisits
Knowledge in spatial, environmental and transportation planning.