Planning and Mobility Management

Code:

EC0083

Acronym:

PGMO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Territory Planning and Environment

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Spatial Planning and Environment Division
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Civil Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEC	11	Syllabus since 2006/2007	5	-	5	52,5	133

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course aims to acquaint students with the planning and organisation of the transports systems in urban areas, with special emphasis in its conceptual characteristics and experimental process.

Learning Outcomes:
2- Personal and professional skills and attributes
2.1- Engineering reasoning and problem solving
2.2- Experimentation and knowledge discovery
2.3- System thinking
3- Interpersonal skills
3.1- Teamwork
3.2- Communications
4. Conceiving, designing, implementing and operating systems in the enterprise and societal context
4.1- External and societal context
4.5- Implementing
4.6- Operating

Program

Chap. I - Introduction
Planning as a necessity; planning as a continuous process of learning; urban mobility as a competitiveness factor
The transport planning and land use; integration in other planning levels
Planning process- importance of observation/ diagnosis, programming, planning/design and monitoring/management
Transport planning: conceptual characteristics
Chapter II- Transports
Trip distribution, transport choice and routes

Chapter III- Mobility management
A strategic complement of transport planning- concepts and techniques

Chapter IV- Mobility design
Importance of design criteria in urban mobility programs: examples

Chapter V- Legislation

Mandatory literature

Babo, António Pérez; Planeamento e Gestão da Mobilidade, próprio, 2006
AMAR, Georges; Mobilités Urbaines - éloge de la diversité et devoir d'invention, Editions de l'Aube, 2004. ISBN: 2-87678-989-2
JACOBS, Jane; Morte e Vida de Grandes Cidades, Martins Fontes – São Paulo, 2000. ISBN: 85-336-1218-4
Beaucire, Francis; Les transports publics et la ville, Éditions, Milan, 1996. ISBN: 2-84113-467-9
Beaucire, Francis e Lebreton, Joel; Transports publics et gouvernance urbaine, Éditiona Milan, 2000. ISBN: 2-7459-0154-0
Attoe, Wayne 340; Transit, land use & urban form. ISBN: 0-934951-01-2
Agence d’Urbanisme Bordeaux métropole Aquitaine; LES DÉBATS SUR LA VILLE 1, Editions Confluences, 1998. ISBN: 2-910550-61-3
Richards, Brian; Transport in cities. ISBN: 1-85454-545-0
François Ascher; Les nouveaux principes de l.urbanisme. ISBN: 2-87678-665-6
Ascher, François; La République contre la ville - Essai sur l'avenir de la France urbaine, Éditions de l'Aube, 1998. ISBN: 2-87678-406-8
Vários - JA, Jornal Arquitectos 218-219; ANTOLOGIA 1981-2004, Centro Editor Livreiro da Ordem dos Arquitectos, 2005. ISBN: 0870-1504
Domingues, Álvaro 220; Cidade e democracia. ISBN: 972-8479-39-8
Vários; 20 Anos 20 Temas 1985-2005, APEA – Associação Portuguesa de Engenharia do Ambiente, 2005. ISBN: 989-20-0059-5

Complementary Bibliography

Calmar el tráfico, Ministerio de Obras Públicas, Transportes y Medio Ambiente - Dirección General de Actuaciones Concertadas en las Ciudades, 1999. ISBN: 84-498-0180-X
Calmar el tráfico, Ministerio de Obras Públicas, Transportes y Medio Ambiente - Dirección General de Actuaciones Concertadas en las Ciudades, 1999. ISBN: 84-498-0180-X
Recuperar Madrid, Ayuntamento de Madrid - oficina municipal del plan, 1982. ISBN: 84-500-5262-3
Hilferink, P. B. D. 340; Location and design of interchanges, rail, bus and car
Vários; Qualidade do Ambiente Urbano, CCRN - Comissão de Coordenação da Ragião do Norte, 1999. ISBN: 972-734-231-0
Vários; MOBILIDADE - Revista Planeamento, APPLA – Associação Portuguesa de Planeadores do Território, 2006. ISBN: 1645-915-6
Manchón, L. Filipe e Santamera, Juan A.; Recomendaciones para el proyecto y deseno del viario urbano, Ministerio de Fomento - Dirección General de la Vivenda, la Arquitectura y el Urbanismo, 1996. ISBN: 84-498-0091-9
Accesibilidad y Calidad Ambiental, Ministerio de Obras Públicas, Transportes y Medio Ambiente - Dirección General de Actuaciones Concertadas en las Ciudades, 1995. ISBN: 84-498-0080-3
Recuperar Madrid, Ayuntamento de Madrid - oficina municipal del plan, 1982. ISBN: 84-500-5262-3
Vários; Manual de Metodologia e Boas Práticas para a Elaboração de um Plano de Mobilidade Sustentável, 2008
Architecture on the move - cities and mobilities, Institut Pour La Ville Em Mouvement, 2003. ISBN: 2-9517805-1-6

Teaching methods and learning activities

This course will be based on the oral presentation of themes, their framework and on students orientation regarding their assignments.
Texts which act as a support of theoretical classes, will be available.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

Students have to reach at least a 10 out of 20 in the final exam.
The grade of the practical assignment will be based on the presentation of the texts that students have to read.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Exam: 15
Practical Assignment: 5

Examinations or Special Assignments

Teamwork
Readings (individual)

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

SPECIAL RULES FOR MOBILITY STUDENTS:
Proficiency in Portuguese and/or English;
Previous attendance of introductory graduate courses in the scientific field addressed in this module;
Evaluation by exam and/or coursework(s) defined in accordance with student profile.

Observations

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Estimated working time out of classes: 4 hours