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Electrification of Urban Mobility: How to Get it Right

Gain key insights into successful electrification To be sustainable and deal with current climate change, our future cities must become greener. For urban mobility (trips generated within a city) that means clean energy must replace fossil fuels. This course introduces the challenges faced by cities during that energy transition, and their possible solutions. Electrification of …

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Fundamentals of Urban Mobility

This course introduces the fundamentals of urban mobility planning. Mobility choices affect all aspects of city life: from economic efficiency to social inclusion, sustainability, and quality of life. These choices shape and reshape cities in irreversible ways. Urban life is much better for everyone when we invest in mobility for all, not just car users. …

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Tackling noise pollution in cities

The propagation of noise that can have a harmful impact on the activities of humans and wildlife is known as noise pollution.The growing levels of environmental noise worldwide have caused multiple environmental and health problems, including sleep disturbance, annoyance and irritability, heart disease, or learning difficulties, among others. Major sources of noise pollution include road, railway …

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Hydrogen Technologies for a Sustainable Urban Mobility

We know that climate change and the rise of energy demand are two megatrends that are challenging the way we live… and the way we move around our cities. Something needs to change, and energy is at the center of this change. In this course, you will discover why hydrogen can be one of the main …

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