Syllabus 2011/2012 VTTN10

Syllabus academic year 2011/2012
(Created 2011-09-01.)

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

VTTN10

Credits: 7,5. Grading scale: TH. Cycle: A (Second Cycle). Main field: Technology. Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. Optional for: IBYV3, V4tv. Course coordinator: Anders Wretstrand, anders.wretstrand@tft.lth.se and Stina Johansson, stina.johansson@tft.lth.se, Traffic and Roads. Recommended prerequisits: VTTF10 Effects of Traffic: Accessibility, Level of service, Mobility, Safety. Assessment: The grade is awarded on the basis of project assignsments groupwise and written exam. Assessment is carried out with the teaching goals as a point of departure. Further information: Lectures, project work and study visits. Home page: http://www.tft.lth.se.

Aim
The course is for you who want to learn more about public transport as a whole. The objectives are knowledge of public transport and public transport planning and the different conditions and roles of public transport in society on a local as well as interregional level. The relation between public transport planning and planning for housing and infrastructure is stressed. The important role of public transport in a sustainable society with the connections towards the transport policies is studied. The economics, both business and social, for public transport is included.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Have knowledge about the role of public transport in a sustainable society
Have knowledge about different system of public transport
Have knowledge about the connection between social and infrastructural planning and public transport
Have an in-depth knowledge about the needs and prerequisites of different traveller cathegories, regarding the traffic as well as the vehicles and the infrastructure.
Have knowledge about the organisation and economics of public transport
Have knowledge about the important role of marketing and information

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

Be able to plan a bus route network in a smaller city
Be able to plan regional public transport (commuter train and buses) based on difference in conditions.
Be able to design terminals that are both effective and user-friendly.
Be able to calculate social and business economics of different public transport ideas

Contents
Basic knowledge about the conditions of public transport

Concepts
Factors of standard
Organisation
Demand models
Prizing

Public transport planning on a local and interregional level (trafficking, terminals, maintainance, economics)

Route network planning in smaller cities
Regional public transport

Public transport in larger cities

Information and marketing of public transport

Public transport in the future

Literature
Hydén et al. (2008) Trafiken i den hållbara staden, Studentlitteratur
Norheim, B., Ruud, A. (2007). Kollektivtransport. Utfordringer, muligheter og løsninger for byområder. Statens vegvesen.
Vägverket (2008) Effektsamband för vägtransportsystemet Kollektivtrafik - Effektkatalog, Publikation 2008:10
A course library is available