Efficient transport planning and policies for sustainable cities.
15-minute cities have been gaining a lot of attention lately, some positive and some negative. Some cities implement the concept considering 10 or 20 minutes distances, but the idea is the same. But what are 15-minute cities really? And how can this human centred approach to urban planning help create more sustainable environments? This course …
Explore the potential of urban green infrastructure Green infrastructure aims to reduce the impacts of climate change with a network of green areas. Building with nature rather than against it, green infrastructure can increase biodiversity in densely populated regions and help solve climate challenges. In this course you will learn to: Assess the impact of …
Successfully incorporate autonomous vehicles into sustainable urban planning For sustainable future cities, the way people use and move around urban spaces must be reviewed. The town planning done now will have massive impacts on city dwellers’ quality of life in the years to come. This course will explore how autonomous vehicles should be incorporated into sustainable …
Planning for Autonomous Vehicles: A People-Centred Approach (updated) Read More »
To be sustainable and deal with current climate change, our future cities must become greener. For urban mobility that means clean energy must replace fossil fuels. This course introduces the challenges faced by cities during that energy transition, and their possible solutions. By the end of the course, you will be able to… Explain the …
Electrification of Urban Mobility: How to Get it Right (updated) Read More »
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. …
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 …
You might not see it but you are generating it. When you order a package online, when you do your groceries, when you shop in a library… a whole logistics chain has been set into motion before you get to touch the goods. The most challenging part of this chain is the end of this …
This short course will give you an understanding of the relevance of multimodality systems. It presents the main attributes of the different modes and several examples of their presence in a sample of cities Upon completion of this course, you will understand the challenges, solutions and that their adoption as a key element in urban mobility …
Multimodal transport: why a diversity of modes for healthy cities? Read More »
Do you consider urban transport to be gender neutral? Most planners and decision-makers do. Looking at it more closely you will however see that men and women have different travel patterns and mode usage and that transport planning is unconsciously biased towards traditional male travel patterns and modes! Many urban transport professionals are not aware …
Insights into gender differences in urban transport Read More »
With the global move away from fossil fuels and towards sustainability, ensuring city residents have reliable access to the goods and services they need, known as urban logistics, must be reconsidered across Europe. This course aims to explore supply chain management challenges and possible solutions. By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to… …
