Transport and Environment Models

Recommended Prerequisites

Traffic Engineering; Transport Systems.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical-practical classes will be based on the oral presentation of themes of the course supported by slides and problem solving, where students can apply the concepts that have been taught. “Laboratory classes” will also be part of teaching procedures where students will have the opportunity of developing and applying models.

Learning Outcomes

The main goal will be to provide the students of knowledge in the area of transport modelling in order to understand the actual system and to analyse the impacts of new solutions:

• To present to students the planning and research problems, in which modelling is used or can reasonably be used as a tool;
• To give a general picture of the modelling techniques available, and to present the basic theoretical background of the techniques;
• To provide the students with the capability to choose the most appropriate modelling technique for each modelling problem, taking time and cost restrictions and the data availability into consideration;
• To provide the basic skills of using the most common modelling techniques, and to help students in finding more information on modelling. The more detailed information of the practical use of modelling technique is learned, when the models are developed and used in practice.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Transport Planning
     Theoretical background
        Modelling and transport systems
        Networks: notions of graph theory
    Transport Models
        Network and Transport Zones
        Four steps model
        Model developing
VISUM Model
    Specification
    Codification
    Calibration and validation
    Analysis
Environmental Modelling
Road traffic emissions
Main pollutants
Emission factors
Modelling approaches
Practical application
Air Quality modelling in urban areas
Legal framework
Current situation in Portugal
Modelling approaches
Practical application
Environmental Noise:
        Terms and Definitions;
        Current situation in Portugal;
        Legal and normative framework;
    Simulation models (sources of information and needed data; available tools and models; calibration/monitoring; noise maps; noise conflict maps);
        Practical Application.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 50.0%
Project: 50.0%

Bibliography

Juan de Dios Ortúzar, Luis G. Willumsen 2011 de Dios Ortuzar, Juan, and Luis G. Willumsen. Modelling transport (4th Edition). John Wiley & Sons, 2011.

Treiber, Martin; Kesting, Arne 2013 Treiber, M., & Kesting, A. (2013). Traffic Flow Dynamics: Data, Models and Simulation, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Bowbel RG et al. (1994) Fundamentals of air pollution.

FRIEDRICH R., Reis S  (2004) Emissions of Air Pollutants Measurements, Calculations and Uncertainties.

Dibyendu Banerjee (2012) Assessment of Urban Road Traffic Noise: Impact assessment of urban road transport noise exposure by monitoring and modeling.