Transport Systems

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Lectures combining theoretical explanations with exercise solving and with conceptual and real-case discussions.

Learning Outcomes

Make the students aware of the role of transport systems in our society and recognize the key factors for its demand, and to perform an evaluation of networks and individual projects of transport, as well as to know the tools for government intervention in the sector.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1 - Introduction. Transportation as a complex socio-technical system. Transportation systems components. Modeling / demand / equilibrium. Costing.

2 - Traveler Transportation. Traveler level of service. Urban transportation and the land-use connection. Mobility vs. accessibility. Urban form. Urban public transportation. Intercity traveler transportation: Road, Train, Air.

3 - Freight Transportation / Logistics. Introduction to logistics. Modes and their characteristics. Freight Intermodality.

4 - Themes. Project evaluation and finance. Public policy issues - privatization. Transportation technologies - their role and limitations. Sustainable development. Sustainable transportation. Transportation, regional economic development and safety.

Head Lecturer(s)

António José Pais Antunes

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Participation in classroom activities; home assignments; and written final exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Button, K. and Henscher, D. (2001), Handbook of Transport Systems and Traffic Control, Pergamon.

Rodrigue, J.P., Comtois, C. and Slack, B. (2009), The Geography of Transport Systems, Routledge.

Small, K. and Verhoef, E. (2007), The Economics of Urban Transportation, Routledge.

Sussman, J. (2000), Introduction to Transportation Systems, Artech House Publishers.