Transports and Sustainable Mobility

Recommended Prerequisites

Systems of Civil Engineering and Regional and Urban Planning.

Teaching Methods

Each class will have an exposition of the material referring to that section, which will be followed by practical exercises and / or analysis of case studies. have an intervening and collaborative role through the presentation of diagnoses and proposals, with a view to their discussion.

Learning Outcomes

Explain the intervention of Civil Engineering in the articulation between Transport Planning and Sustainable Urban Development (economically, socially, environmentally and institutionally);

Provide students with the main concepts and methods that demonstrate that it is through this articulation that the sustainable management of urban mobility is promoted. This demonstration should be based on recognized science (state of the art) and practical examples (state of the world), including examples of work done at DEC;

Develop in students the critical reasoning regarding this articulation in the perspective of the Civil Engineer, with concerns of functionality and future sustainability;

Ensure the acquisition of skills in the diagnosis and programming of sustainable urban mobility through project analysis and practical exercises, using quantitative tools.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

• Sustainable management of urban mobility: present and future;

• Objectives, criteria and methodologies for assessing sustainable mobility;

• Characterization and Diagnosis of Transport and Territory Systems;

• Definition of efficient and sustainable transport policies: conditioning factors, options and reference solutions; impacts of the new technological paradigm; benchmark analysis;

• Partial and integrated strategies, instruments and measures of action on the system to implement policies;

• Principles, Instruments and Methods of Transport System Optimization: Basic principles of functional organization of road networks. Optimization of transport network anchor point locations to meet demand - models for maximizing coverage.

Head Lecturer(s)

Anabela Salgueiro Narciso Ribeiro

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 25.0%
Synthesis work: 25.0%
Exam: 50.0%

Bibliography

[1] L Schiller, Preston, Kenworthy, Jeffrey R (2018) An Introduction to Sustainable Transportation: Policy, Planning and Implementation. Routledge.

[2] Knoflacher, Herman and Ocalir-Akunal, Ebru V. (2017) Engineering Tools and Solutions for Sustainable Transportation Planning. Series: Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering. IGI Global.

[3] United Nations (2013) Planning and design for sustainable urban mobility - global report on human settlements. Earthscan from Routledge.

[4] Black, William R. (2010) Sustainable Transportation – Problems and Solutions. Guilford Press

[5] van Nunen, Jo; Huijbregts, Paul; Rietveld, Piet (Eds.) (2010) Transitions Towards Sustainable Mobility. New Solutions and Approaches for Sustainable Transport Systems. Springer.

[6] CCDRN (2008) Manual de Planeamento das Acessibilidades e da Gestão Viária.

[7] IMT, Mobilidade e Transportes. Documentos de Referência e Coleção de Brochuras Técnicas.