Sustainable Mobility and Transports
Objectives
At the end of this CU students will:
- Understand the relationship between the mobility and transport system, the urban system and the environmental system.
- Understand the various types of urban, social and environmental externalities associated with various modes of transport.
- Know the fundamentals of sustainable urban mobility planning (SUMP''s). Focus on the fundamentals of the planning and management for the pedestrian and cycling mobility and the interfaces of public transport, road network, parking and public spaces.
- Know how to carry out audits on the quality of pedestrian mobility as well as the quality of cycling routes.
- Be able to carry urban-environmental analyzes of public transport interfaces in accordance with the TOD Model. Focus in the urban area surrounding the interface.
- Be able to intervene in the regeneration of mobility and transport systems, aiming to improve their impact on the local and global environment, human health and urban efficiency.
General characterization
Code
12678
Credits
3.0
Responsible teacher
João António Muralha Ribeiro Farinha, José Carlos Ribeiro Ferreira
Hours
Weekly - 2
Total - 37
Teaching language
Português
Prerequisites
Without specific requirements, beyond the necessary pro-activity of the student and willingness to explore the subjects and to deepen knowledge sometimes autonomously and in close articulation with the professor.
Bibliography
- Estratégia Nacional para a Mobilidade Ativa 2020-2030; MATE; Portugal; março 2019.
- Guidance on Conducting Walking Audits – Active Access Project; Intelligent Energy Europe, EC; Bronwen Thornton -- Walk21; 2013.
- Guidelines. Developing and Implementing a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP); EC, 2013.
- Pacote da Mobilidade (IMT) - Estratégia para a Acessibilidade, Mobilidade e Transportes; Portugal, 2011.
- Reclaiming City Streets for People - Chaos or Quality of Life?; European Commission; s.d.
- TOD Standard 3.0 - Padrão de Qualidade DOTS (Desenvolvimento Orientado ao Transporte Sustentável); IPTD; Nova York; 2017
Teaching method
The teaching methodology includes the critical reading of scientific articles, discussion in class, presentations by the teacher, accomplishment of exercises for consolidation of materials, researches in the internet, visualization of motivational videos, accompaniment and orientation of the practical works of students and spaces to carry out fieldwork in AM Lisboa. Presentations and discussion of results
Evaluation method
50% work + 50% test
Subject matter
Build Foundations and Quality Visons. Concepts of mobility, accessibility, transport and land use. Systemic relationships. Negative externalities and cost internalization. Paradigm changes ‘predict and provide’ vs ‘aim and manage’ and urban-environmental reasons. Visions of the city of Oslo. Case study from Amsterdam. EU Guidelines on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans and the Portuguese guidelines and context. Traffic calms, zones 30 and streets of coexistence. Road hierarchy, parking management.
Active Mobility. Focus on the planning and management of three active mobility subsystems: footpaths, cycling networks and public transport interfaces. Exploration of the TOD model.
Prototypes. Build prototype instruments to perform quality audits in each of the three sustainable mobility subsystems.
Hands-on. Practical application of prototypes to audit the quality of smooth mobility (pedestrian, cycling and interfaces) in concrete cases in AM Lisboa and propose improvements.