Planning and Management of Transportation (250409) – Course 2024/25 PDF
Contents
Introduction to the subject: contents, evaluation, readings, classes, instructors, references, etc. Transportation system. Location and Linear Mathematical Programming. Operations - trajectories. (Only Spring Term). Operations - queues. (Only Spring Term). Geometrical probability in planning and optimization. (Only Fall Term). Networks and accessibility. Transportation problems and solution generation. (Only Fall Term). Transportation microeconomics. (Only Spring Term). Funding. Costs and financing. Demand risk and cost. Private financing of infrastructure. PPPs. Concept of project finance. Structure of a Company vehicle project. Type of debt and equity. Risk assessment. Pricing (pricing) infrastructure and services. Funding. Value pricing. Service pricing. Marginal cost pricing. Regulatory Law of Contract grant of Public Works. Models of funding and management of railways, ports and airports in Spain and the European Union. Demand. Information (static and dynamic). Polls PR and PD. Review of models of 4 stages: generation / attraction, distribution, modal split, assignment routes. Balancing network: user deterministic (Wardrop) and stochastic (SUE) system. Induced demand. Ramp factors. Planning. Case: L9 metro line in Barcelona. Appraisal. Cost-benefit analysis (CBA), decision analysis in the presence of uncertainty (DA). Multicriteria analysis (weighted averages, analytic hierarchy process (AHP), systemic analytical process (ANP). Agents Matrix-effects. Effects of infrastructure and transport services (direct, indirect, induced and intangibles). Reliability and evaluation risk (RPRA). decisions under uncertainty. Arrays IA. Logistics - Vehicle routing. Logistics - City logistics. Logistics - Supply Chain Management. (Only Fall Term). Bus network layout & operation. (Only Spring Term). Traffic theory. (Only Spring Term). Taxicabs, ridesharing and MaaS. Concessions (PPP). Toll motorway. Revenue/traffic forecasts. (Only Fall Term).
Dedication
40h Large group + 4h Laboratory classes + 61h 36m Self StudyCase 1: Railway infrastructure planning in Spain. Case 2: Terminal T1, BCN airport. Guest: Francisco Gutiérrez. Case 3: Tramway link in Barcelona. Guest: Oriol Altisench. Case 4: Bus network layout & operation in Barcelona and Lleida. Case 5: Variable speed limits in Barcelona. (Only Fall Term). Case 6. Road safety. Case 7: Electro-mobility. (Only Fall Term). Case 8: Air quality and mobility. Case 9: Mobility 4.0. Case 10: Apps and business models in smart mobility. (Only Fall Term). Case 11: Mobility in developing cities/countries. Case 12: Barcelona port and BEST container terminal Case 13: Economics of quality in road pavements. Case 14: Social issues and participation.
Dedication
28h Medium group + 2h Laboratory classes + 42h Self Study