Efficient transport planning and policies for sustainable 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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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
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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
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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
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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…
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Welcome to the EIT Urban Mobility introductory course on autonomous vehicles! This short course will introduce you to the autonomous vehicles’ framework and then delve into the complexities of incorporating them into sustainable urban mobility planning. Looking at challenges and opportunities of the adoption of autonomous vehicles in cities, this course will: Describe the autonomous vehicles framework,
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This short course will give you an introductory understanding of what constitutes sustainable and effective parking management in cities and upon completion of this course, you will understand the issues related to parking in urban areas, and strategies to overcome them. This EIT Urban Mobility course was produced with the support of transport policy researcher
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Welcome! As cities grow and expand, the needs of those who live in them also change and evolve. The way we move reflects, to a great extent, the way we live, wouldn’t you agree? In fact, this is also true about the way we do not move, and there is a lot of not-moving, especially in
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Welcome to the EIT Urban Mobility course on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs)! This short course will give you an understanding of what a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) is. Upon completion, you will understand how cities are transitioning towards this model to provide integrated solutions to transport and mobility, guaranteeing technical, economic, environmental, and social sustainability to their residents. You will
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