TRA835 Smart mobility and future transport solutions (Spring 2023)

About the course

Decarbonising transport and mobility systems is a pressing challenge for climate change mitigation. A radical transformation of transport systems is required and will become a key policy challenge. Along with this, new technical solutions, and new mobility modes, is currently reshaping the transport sector. Traditional automotive, public, and private transport models are being challenged as new players are emerging with disruptive service offerings; many of the new models are blurring traditional differentiations between public transport and private mobility, including in the area of urban logistics.

This course links technological innovation with mobility solutions and planning practices. Smart mobility and newer mobility solutions demands a need for reshaping regulation, working practices and business models. The course investigates multifaceted and competitive forces that affect the construction of future transport systems and smart mobilities. The course has an interdisciplinary approach, based on different social science perspectives. Students are introduced to concepts and perspectives such as smart city, smart mobility, digitalization, urban living lab, scenarios and urban planning practices.

The course uses practical examples from different cities around the world, and link these to theoretical perspectives on smart mobility, sustainability, and future transport systems. 

The course does not contain quantitative modelling, mathematics, or statistical data analytics. 

The course is connected to the following study programs

• Master of Science in Logistics
• Exchange programme - Master's level
• Master of Science in Sustainable Transport and Urban Mobility

Required prerequisite knowledge

As for admission to master in Sustainable Transport and Urban Mobility. 

The student's learning outcomes after completing the course

After completing the course, the student should:

Knowledge

• have knowledge about some central theories and analytical perspectives that are used to gain a deeper understanding of newer perspectives on sustainable transport systems and mobility solutions.
• have knowledge about some new research results in the field.

Skills

• be able to critically discuss transport planning in urban areas and its link to technology and innovative solutions.
• work with specific cases, and through these, develop abilities to discuss and present ideas related to transport solutions for sustainable cities.

General competence

• develop analytical expertise across a range of topics within smart mobility

Forms of teaching and learning

Both formative and summative learning methods are used. There will be a combination of regular lectures, discussion- and problem based group work and student presentations, which will requires the students to actively contribute to their own learning.

The lectures will be recorded. This means that the course can be taken as a distance course. The students who take the course as a distance course will watch the lectures on video, but they will lose the interaction that exists in the classroom. Questions from students, discussions, student presentations and exercises in the classroom are not recorded on video, only the teacher's lecture. 

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

• Mandatory coursework: Assignment(s)
• Courseworks given: 1
• Courseworks required: 1
• Presence: Required
• Comment:

Examination

• Form of assessment: Home assessment
• Proportion: 60%
• Duration: 5 hours
• Grouping: Individual
• Grading scale: Letter (A - F)
• Supported material:

• Form of assessment: Other assessment form, describe in comment field
• Proportion: 40%
• Duration: 1 semester
• Grouping: Group
• Grading scale: Letter (A - F)
• Supported material:

Syllabus

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• TRA835 Smart mobility and future transport solutions