Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech

Urban Mobility (250450) – Course 2024/25 PDF

Syllabus

Learning Objectives

Specialization subject in which knowledge on specific competences is intensified. Knowledge and skills at specialization level that permit the development and application of techniques and methodologies at advanced level. Contents of specialization at master level related to research or innovation in the field of engineering. The course aims to train students in the planning and management of urban mobility. To achieve this objective, the course is divided in two blocks. The 1st Block, presents the fundamental concepts of planning public transport systems, regardless of their technological support. The focus is conceptual, and larger importance is given to the concepts and ideas in detriment of facts, statistics and other descriptive aspects. This requires a significant degree of abstraction and analytical skills. This is balanced with the 2nd Block of the course with a more practical focus, consisting in the evaluation of urban mobility scenarios with simulation tools. A partially built model for a real case (a neighborhood or a medium sized city) is used as a Virtual Lab for evaluating changes in the existing transport network.

Competencies

Especific

The ability to plan, manage and operate civil engineering infrastructure.

Knowledge of transport engineering and planning, transport types and functions, urban transport, management of public transport services, demand, costs, logistics, and financing of transport infrastructure and services.

Transversal

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION: Being aware of and understanding the mechanisms on which scientific research is based, as well as the mechanisms and instruments for transferring results among socio-economic agents involved in research, development and innovation processes.

SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT: Being aware of and understanding the complexity of the economic and social phenomena typical of a welfare society, and being able to relate social welfare to globalisation and sustainability and to use technique, technology, economics and sustainability in a balanced and compatible manner.

TEAMWORK: Being able to work in an interdisciplinary team, whether as a member or as a leader, with the aim of contributing to projects pragmatically and responsibly and making commitments in view of the resources that are available.

Total hours of student work

Hours Percentage
Supervised Learning Large group 25.5h 56.67 %
Medium group 9.8h 21.67 %
Laboratory classes 9.8h 21.67 %
Self Study 80h

Teaching Methodology

The course consists of 3 hours per week of lectures in the classroom (large group). 2 hours are lectures, in which the teacher presents the basic concepts and materials. 1 hour is devoted to present examples and exercises with a greater interaction with students. Support material will be provided on campus ATENEA: content, programming and evaluation, activities and relevant references. Although most of the sessions will be given in the language indicated, sessions supported by other occasional guest experts may be held in other languages.

Grading Rules

The evaluation calendar and grading rules will be approved before the start of the course.

The final mark of the course is obtained as the arithmetic mean of the marks obtained in the evaluable activities scheduled during the course. The worst grades are not considered in the arithmetic average, so that they do not penalize those students who, for unforeseen reasons, cannot attend any of the scheduled activities.

Test Rules

If any of the evaluation activities is not handed in in the scheduled period, it will be marked with zero.

Office Hours

By appointment by e-mail.

Bibliography

Basic

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