SMUA5010 Urban Mobility Emneplan

1) A final project report prepared individually or in groups of 2 (or more) students, approx. 15 - 20 pages (excluding appendices, including code and calculations), weighted 60%.

2) Oral presentation and examination (individually or in the same groups as for the written part) of the project report weighted 40%.

All assessment parts must be awarded a pass grade (E or better) to pass the course.

Assessment parts: 1) can be appealed, 2) cannot be appealed

None.

1) All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

2) None

Upon completing the course, the student should have the following outcomes:

Knowledge:

Upon successfully completion of the course, the student will achieve advanced knowledge about:

• the integration of land use and transportation planning
• theories of transportation, mode choice, and travel behavior
• multi-modal transportation planning
• planning for safe, efficient, equitable, and sustainable cities
• metrics for evaluating urban mobility
• new and emerging technologies in land use and transportation planning

Skills:

Upon successfully completion of the course, the student is capable of:

• making use of travel behavior models
• applying metrics to evaluate transportation policy and planning
• applying appropriate methods and software (e.g., statistics and GIS) to evaluate transportation systems and gaps
• translating theory to practice in urban mobility

General competence:

Upon successfully completion of the course, the student:

• has a broad overview of the current state of urban mobility, its challenges, and future trends
• is able to present academic results and evaluations both to specialists and to the general public

This course is a combination of lectures, seminars, and field-trips in the Oslo area (physically or digitally). The course features 5 weeks lectures, 2 software training sessions to provide theoretical content and preliminary hands-on experience.

John Östh; Email: john.osth@oslomet.no

None.

1) All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

2) None

Graded scale A-F.

1) Two internal examiners for the assignments and the report

2) Two internal examiners for oral presentation

External examiners are used regularly.

Daniel Piatkowski