Low carbon mobility for future cities

Decarbonising transport

Principles and applications

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Course outline

1. Introduction to the Masterclass
2. Introduction to decarbonising transport - principles and applications
1. Background
2. Aims and learning outcomes
3. Unit outline, structure and content
4. How to use the online learning platform
5. Before we begin...
1. The changing landscape of urban mobility
2. Key strategies and solutions
3. Test your knowledge (Part 1)
1. Rapid urbanisation: The rise of cities as magnets of economy
2. Rapid urbanisation: Challenges for mobility and transport infrastructure
3. Road safety
4. Traffic congestion
5. Cost of congestion
6. Ageing infrastructure and backlog of transformative transport projects
7. Ageing infrastructure and barriers to investment
8. Test your knowledge (Part 2)
9. Pollution and emissions
10. Resilience of infrastructure and transport services
11. Transport energy
12. Climate change
13. Health and well-being
14. Pandemics
15. Test your knowledge (Part 3)
16. More Resources on Transport System Resilience
1. Limitations of conventional approaches
2. What is sustainable transport?
3. What is low carbon and low emissions mobility?
4. Planning for sustainable transport
5. Test your knowledge (Part 4)
6. Conventional versus sustainable approaches - Part 1
7. Conventional versus sustainable approaches - Part 2
8. Conventional versus sustainable approaches - Part 3
9. Conventional versus sustainable approaches - Part 4
10. Conventional versus sustainable approaches - Part 5
11. Conventional versus sustainable approaches - Part 6
12. Test your knowledge (Part 5)
1. Introduction
2. Urban transport energy efficiency
3. Policy instruments
4. The "avoid, shift, share, improve" framework
5. Ten key principles of the "avoid, shift, share, improve" framework
6. Matching policies to city needs
7. Test your knowledge (Part 6)
1. Introduction
2. Background and motivation for LUTI
3. Sustainable land use and transport
4. Travel behaviour
5. Accessibility and travel choice
6. Accessibility metrics
7. Alignment of policy and practice
8. Integration of policy and practice
9. LUTI case studies
1. Introduction
2. Smart cities opportunities
3. Technology-driven smart mobility
4. The role of disruptive technologies in shaping sustainable urban mobility
5. The role of digital platforms in facilitating collaborative mobility opportunities
6. Mobility as a service
7. Smart mobility benefits: More for less
8. Case studies – early beginnings
9. Case studies – new beginnings
10. Case studies - public transport innovations
11. Legislative support challenges
12. Software resilience and cybersecurity challenges
13. Privacy challenges
14. Policy lessons from leading nations
15. Summary and implications for the future of urban mobility
1. The changing landscape of vehicle electrification
2. Basics of electric vehicles
3. The role of electric vehicles in energy transition
4. Changes in consumer attitudes
5. Battery economics
6. Charging infrastructure
7. Challenges of charging infrastructure
8. Regulatory policies
9. The global impacts of electric vehicles
10. Observations about recent EV developments during the COVID-19 pandemic
11. Future potential: Convergence with other disruptive forces
12. Battery electric versus hydrogen fuel cells (Part 1)
13. Battery electric versus hydrogen fuel cells (Part 2)
14. Battery electric versus hydrogen fuel cells (Part 3)
15. Battery electric versus hydrogen fuel cells (Part 4)
16. Battery electric versus hydrogen fuel cells (Part 5)
17. Battery electric versus hydrogen fuel cells (Part 6)
18. Battery electric versus hydrogen fuel cells (Part 7)
19. More resources: Elements of electric vehicle strategies
20. More resources: The electric vehicle mobility business
21. More resources: The future of electric vehicles
22. More resources: Battery advances - materials, energy density and price
23. More resources: Placing safety of people and the planet first
24. More resources: Will the electric cars stop the climate emergency?
1. Introduction to shared mobility
2. Roundtrip car sharing
3. Personal car sharing
4. Bike sharing
5. Scooter sharing
6. Ride sharing and for-hire driver services
7. Ride-splitting, E-Hail Services and On-Demand Public Transport
1. Congestion charging as a travel demand management strategy
2. Congestion charging impacts
3. Busways, bike sharing systems, car-free urban centres
1. Planning stage
2. Implementation stage
3. Monitoring stage
4. Evaluation stage
1. Decarbonising transport: Key themes
2. Reframing urban mobility
3. Six categories of broad policies and strategies
4. Research agenda for low carbon mobility in the digital age
5. Industry-focused research: Programs 1-3
6. Industry-focused research: Programs 4-6
7. Practical research routes
8. Course concluding remarks
1. More resources for you
2. Before you go...
1. Smart mobility
1. Intelligent transport systems
2. Transport modelling and analytics

About this course

$400.00
120 lessons
9 hours of video content
14 hours (self-paced)
Last update: April 2024

Future Transport Academy

Decarbonising transport

Course outline

Welcome to the Masterclass!

Welcome to decarbonising transport

Introduction

Global transport challenges

Opportunities and emerging trends

Decarbonising transport - policy principles

Decarbonising transport - land use transport integration

Decarbonising transport - role of technology and digitalisation

Decarbonising transport - vehicle electrification

Decarbonising transport - shared mobility

Decarbonising transport - case studies and applications

Decarbonising transport - pathways for deployment

Summary of key themes and policy directions

Course final steps

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