TRA835 Smart mobility and future transport solutions (Spring 2025)
- ECTS Credits:
- 7.5
- Responsible faculty:
- Avdeling for logistikk
- Campus:
- Molde
- Course Leader:
- Lisa Hansson
- Teaching language:
- English
- Study level:
- {code=HN, name=Second degree level}
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
Contents
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
Recommended knowledge
The student's learning outcomes after passing the exam
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
Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam
- Mandatory coursework: Assignment(s)
- Courseworks given: 1
- Courseworks required: 1
- Comment:
Exam
- Form of assessment: Home assessment
- Proportion: 60%
- Duration: 5 hours
- Grouping: Individual
- Grading scale: Letter (A - F)
- Support material: All printed and written supporting material
- Form of assessment: Other assessment form, describe in comment field
- Proportion: 40%
- Duration: 1 semester
- Grouping: Group
- Grading scale: Letter (A - F)
- Support material: All printed and written supporting material