Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Transport and Mobility

Code

722041089

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

Geografia e Planeamento Regional

Credits

10

Weekly hours

3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1) Understand the inter-relations between the development of transport systems and spatial organization;
2) Develop theoretical and practical knowledge about the transport systems and urban mobility;
3) Develop critical thinking about problems related to urban transport and mobility;
4) Mastering essential methods and techniques for participation and development studies and plans of transport and mobility;
5) Conceptualize solutions in the organization of transport systems and urban mobility

Prerequisites

None.

Subject matter

a) Introduction: the problem of mobility;
b) The fundamental concepts;
c) Interaction: transport, land use and environment;
d) Technical characteristics of networks and transport modes;
e) Legal framework of transport;
f) The challenges of urban mobility;
g) Transport policies and parking;
h) The logistics and freight transport.
i) The transportation studies and Mobility Plans;
j) Concepts and techniques inherent in the design, planning and operation of transportation systems.

Bibliography

IDAE, PMUS: Guía práctica para la elaboración e implantación de planes de movilidad urbana sostenible, Madrid, Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio, 2006, 155 p.
VUCHIC, V.R, Urban Transit: Operations, = Planning and Economics, N. Jersey, Wiley, 2005.
RABINOVITCH, J.; LEITMAN, J., “Urban Planning in Curitiba”, in Scientific American Magazine, Março, 1996, 8 p.
RODRIGUE, J.P.; COMTOIS, C.; SLACK, B., The Geography of Transport Systems, New York, Routledge, 2006, 352 p.
BEN-AVICA, Mosche (ed.), Transport Policy, Vol.1, No.1, Oxford, Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1993

Teaching method

Presentation and discussion of case studies, discussions and application of methodologies and techniques.

Evaluation method

Theoretical Classes (50%): Expositive and Participative Classes (debate); Practical classes (50%)

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