Course content

Strategies to achieve sustainable transport:

Improved public transport, restrictions on car traffic, technology for lower emissions, freight transport that is more environmentally friendly.

Analysis of how the transport system can serve vulnerable groups in a better way.

Engineering interventions in the urban transport system to improve the speed of buses; ITS and environmental consequences of transport; regulation and other action in the transport system to protect the environment, decrease energy consumption, and counteract climate change.

In addition, some topical themes from current sustainable transport policy and research will be dealt with.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

The candidate should have knowledge of:

• Sustainability problems caused by transport of persons and goods
• Strategies to achieve a more sustainable transport sector
• Traffic engineering measures to reduce congestion and environmental deterioration

Skills

The candidate is able to:

• Use software tools for analysing the environmental effects of different driving patterns
• Estimate the effects of engineering measures and other policies for promoting sustainable mobility

General competence

The candidate can:

• Comprehend and present results from international research on transport and environmental issues
• Reflect on the consequences of sustainability goals for the transport sector
• Orientate themselves in the international discourse of this field and identify relevant literature for their own studies
• Co-operate with professionals and politicians regarding transport-related environmental measures.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, group work, seminars, and exercises. The lectures and exercises are in English when non-Norwegian speaking students follow the subject.

Compulsory assignments

• Exercises

Recommended previous knowledge

The following courses will be helpful: TBA4291 Transport Analysis, TBA4286 Traffic Engineering and ITS, TBA4315 Economics of Transport Infrastructure, and TBA4320 Traffic Safety and Risk Evaluation.

Course materials

Scientific articles and reports.

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