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Preparing for Autonomous Vehicles: Introduction

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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Sustainable Parking Management

By Luiza Quaglio

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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Demystifying Shared Mobility

By Luiza Quaglio

Welcome to the EIT Urban Mobility course ‘Demystifying Shared Mobility’! This short introductory course will give you a glimpse into the shared mobility ecosystem. Upon completion, you will understand the factors and background behind today’s shared mobility, the systems currently available, the main players involved, and where they have succeeded and failed in its implementation. You will also find out what

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Active mobility at the heart of transport modelling

By Luiza Quaglio

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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Designing a Livable Neighbourhood: The Woonerf Concept

By Lior Steinberg

In this short course, you will learn what is the Woonerf, its history behind the concept, the context in which these streets work best, and what are the principles that make a street a Woonerf. We will cover the legal and design principles and will show these principles in a real-life example. The Woonerf concept

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Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs)

By Luiza Quaglio

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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User Experience for Mobility and Public Space

By Trey Hahn

This course equips urban mobility professionals with foundational knowledge to apply user experience (UX) in practice. You will learn about the relevance of a people-centered perspective in urban mobility, develop a mindset to better understand your end users- thinking across different mobility modes- and reflect on the impact of your own work on these users.

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Free Visualisation Tools for Urban Mobility Planning: Beginners

By Lior Steinberg

Welcome to our short online course ‘‘Free Visualisation Tools for Urban Mobility Planning”! This is the first in a series of short free online courses developed in collaboration between EIT Urban Mobility and Humankind. By gaining some basic visualisation skills, you will be able to bring your ideas to a broader audience. In the following short course, you will learn how to use Sketchup and Google Earth to create your own

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User Experience for Inclusive Cycling in Cities

By Trey Hahn

This course introduces user experience (UX) as a tool for making cycling inclusive, and presents methods to rethink cycling infrastructure in terms of the end user. Learners will become versed in several user-centered methods to make cycling more accessible and inclusive. The goal is to learn about different types of everyday people and fit cycling into their lives.

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