GPS 0314 - Sustainable Transportation

Credits: 3

The movement of people, goods, and information is fundamental to our society's vitality and progress. Transportation systems play a critical role in creating and enabling efficient movement for people and goods. This course exposes students to multiple aspects of decision making around transportation systems with a focus on making them environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable. It provides an overview of the transportation planning process, its evolution, the institutional context and policies, and its relationship with land use planning. It covers the core concepts around mobility and accessibility, and the designs for sustainable transportation for a wide range of modes, providing examples of best practices. Also, students gather hands-on experience working on a project through multiple graded assignments that enable them to use the knowledge acquired.

Prerequisites: GPS 0105.

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