Transport Systems Design

Introduction to Transport Systems Design. Models of Transport System Design. The four-step process in transport planning. Transportation Inference - theory and applications. Movement allocation - theory and applications. Choice of means - theory and applications. Patterns of discrete choice. Allocation in the network. Transport Planning Software. Real-world application of four-step model. Data Collection in Transport. Special issues in transport planning. Sustainability and low speed media.

Identification and analysis of the role, structure, characteristics, specificities and design requirements of transport systems. Formulation and implementation of the general process of designing transport systems (four-step process) and its individual methods and techniques. Application of methods and tools for estimating and forecasting travel demand, distribution, choice of mode and traffic distribution. Application of the 4-step procedure for estimating the loads on a transport network. Application of survey and data collection techniques in transport Analysis and evaluation of transport system operations and performance. The design of key elements of urban transport systems. The development of the basic structure of sustainable urban mobility plans.