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| GCIV2052-2 | Transport and urban mobility
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Mario Cools |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, examination in June |
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Course contents :
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| The theoretical course articulates all around three main axes:
1. The techniques of analysis of the transport systems of persons and goods
2. The development of an integrated project related to transport and mobility
3. The study of some particular facets of such an integrated project |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The course deals essentially with the planning of the mobility at the scale of a local authority (financial and socio economic aspects). Nevertheless, commercial and financial aspects of transport planning are approached at company scale.
The students will learn to use easily some techniques:
- First of all the techniques of analysis of an existing situation and the establishment of a diagnosis: supply analysis, demand analysis, the study of the interrelations between transport, mobility, space and environment.
- On base of objectives defined by the decision-maker, possible development scenarios will then be elaborated and the corresponding data will be planned according to a chosen prevision term. Presentation of the necessary tools and techniques to manage this step of the project.
- Comparative techniques of quantitative and qualitative evaluation, are then specified to allow a choice balanced on base of the aforesaid objectives. Presentation of operational decision-making tools.
- The following stage handles financing techniques of transport / mobility plans : estimation of the cost, estimation of the financial resources according to their origin, financial arrangement, ....
- Finally the management techniques of the road networks and the traffic flows, specifically in urban areas, will be analyzed: accidentology, techniques of traffic calming, sizing and the calculation of capacity of roads and intersections. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Elementary scientific notions: statistics, calculation |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| No practical exercice in these module |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course takes place in the first fourth months of the academic year, on Monday afternoons |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Power point presentations or syllabus are provided. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| For any additional information or appointments, please contact me by e-mail. |
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Contacts :
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| Mario Cools
Chemin des chevreuils, 1 (Bât. B52/3)
4000-Liège
BELGIUM
office: 0-546
tel.: +32 (0)4 366 48 13
e-mail: mario.cools@ulg.ac.be |
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