This course is refined version of the Post-Graduate course (ID6004) “Planning, Operation and Management of Transportation Facilities” which is being currently taught to the students of Infrastructure Design and Management at IIT Kharagpur. The course’s primary objectives are to: 1. Identify the sustainability principles in transportation 2. Introduce the concept of Travel Demand Management (TDM) 3. Disseminate the techniques of urban public transit planning, operations and management 4. Imbibe the concepts of non-motorized urban transport 5. Demonstrate the applications in intelligent transportation systems (ITS)INTENDED AUDIENCE : UG Civil Engineering, PG Civil Engineering (Transportation), UG Urban Planning, PG Urban PlanningPREREQUISITES :NoneINDUSTRIES SUPPORT :Urban Local Bodies,Transport Network Companies (TNCs), Public transportation operating companies and administrators
Introduction to Multimodal Urban Transportation Systems (MUTS)
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and NPTEL via Swayam
Overview
Syllabus
Week 1: Module 1: Overview of urban transportation Lec. 1: Urbanization and Transport (0.5 hr.) Lec. 2: Key issues in urban transportation (0.5 hr.) Lec. 3: Challenges in urban transportation (0.5 hr.) Lec. 4: Travel demand modelling overview (0.5 hr.) Lec. 5: Vehicular Level of Service (LOS) overview (0.5 hr.) Week 2: Module 2: Public Transportation Lec. 6: Introduction to public transportation (0.5 hr.) Lec. 7: Basic operating elements of public transportation (0.5 hr.) Lec. 8: Basic operating elements of public transportation (contd.) (0.5 hr.) Lec. 9: Bus Transportation (0.5 hr.) Lec. 10: Bus Transportation (contd.) (0.5 hr.) Week 3: Module 2: Public Transportation Lec. 11: Financing public transportation (0.5 hr.) Lec. 12: Transit marketing (0.5 hr.) Lec. 13: Rail transportation (0.5 hr.) Lec. 14: Intermediate Public Transportation (0.5 hr.) Lec. 15: Measuring performance of transit systems (0.5 hr.) Week 4: Module 2: Public Transportation Lec. 16: Advanced operation concepts of public transportation (0.5 hr.) Lec. 17: Bus & Rail Transit Capacity (0.5 hr.) Lec. 18: Bus & Rail Transit Capacity (contd.) (0.5 hr.) Lec. 19: Station Capacity (0.5 hr.) Lec. 20: Transit Stop Location (0.5 hr.)
Week 5:
Module 3: Non-Motorised Transportation (NMT) Planning
Lec. 21: Introduction to NMT Systems (0.5 hr.) Lec. 22: Assessing existing NMT scenario (0.5 hr.) Lec. 23: Data collection and analysis in NMT Planning (0.5 hr.) Lec. 24: Complementarity and Selection of Interventions (0.5 hr.) Lec. 25: Alternative Selection through Economic & Financial Analysis (0.5 hr.)
Week 6: Module 3: Non-Motorised Transportation (NMT) Planning Lec. 26: Introduction to NMT systems (0.5 hr.) Lec. 27: Basic NMT Characteristics (0.5 hr.) Lec. 28: Pedestrian Data Collection and Flow Characteristics (0.5 hr.)
Lec. 29: PTS Case Studies Pedestrian flow characteristics on facilities (0.5hr.) Lec. 30: Pedestrian Level of Service (PLOS) based on Flow models (0.5hr.)
Week 7:
Module 3: Non-Motorised Transportation (NMT) Planning
Lec. 31: Other types of Pedestrian Level of Service (PLOS) (0.5 hr.) Lec. 32: HCM 2010 Methodology for PLOS (0.5 hr.) Lec. 33: HCM 2010 Methodology for PLOS (contd.) (0.5 hr.) Lec. 34: Bicycle Facilities and Level of Service (BLOS) (0.5 hr.) Lec. 35: BLOS and Bicycle Compatibility Index (BCI) (0.5 hr.)
Week 8:
Module 3: Non-Motorised Transportation (NMT) Planning
Lec. 36: NMT Design Principles (0.5 hr.) Lec. 37: Design of Pedestrian Infrastructure (0.5 hr.) Lec. 38: Design of Pedestrian Infrastructure (contd.) (0.5 hr.) Lec. 39: Design of Cycling Infrastructure (0.5 hr.) Lec. 40: Design of Cycling Infrastructure (contd.) (0.5 hr.)
Week 9:
Module 4: Urban Transport & Sustainability
Lec. 41: Travel Demand Management (TDM) overview (0.5 hr.) Lec. 42: Push measures cases (0.5 hr.) Lec. 43: Pull measure cases (0.5 hr.) Lec. 44: Parking Studies (0.5 hr.) Lec. 45: Transit Oriented Development (TOD) (0.5 hr.) Week 10:
Module 4: Urban Transport & Sustainability
Lec. 46: Introduction to Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) (0.5 hr.) Lec 47: ITS components, applications and communication (0.5 hr.) Lec. 48: ITS Architecture (0.5 hr.) Lec. 49: Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) (0.5 hr.) Lec. 50: Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) System with ITS (0.5 hr.)
Week 11:
Module 4: Urban Transport & Sustainability
Lec. 51: Multimodal transportation (MMT) environment (0.5 hr.) Lec. 52: Multimodal Level of Service (MMLOS) (0.5 hr.) Lec. 53: Multimodal Level of Service (MMLOS) (contd.) (0.5 hr.) Lec. 54: Design of multimodal transfer facilities (0.5 hr.) Lec. 55: Park & Ride (P&R) Facility Planning (0.5 hr.)
Week 12:
Module 4: Urban Transport & Sustainability
Lec. 56: An Introduction to Pedestrian Road Safety and associated Risk Factors (0.5 hr.) Lec. 57: Road crash estimation and elements of predictive methods (0.5 hr.) Lec. 58: Predicting Vehicle-Pedestrian and Vehicle-Bicycle conflicts (0.5 hr.) Lec. 59: Environmental Concerns of Urban Transport (0.5 hr.) Lec. 60: Sustainable strategies for Urban Transportation (0.5 hr.)
Week 5:
Module 3: Non-Motorised Transportation (NMT) Planning
Lec. 21: Introduction to NMT Systems (0.5 hr.) Lec. 22: Assessing existing NMT scenario (0.5 hr.) Lec. 23: Data collection and analysis in NMT Planning (0.5 hr.) Lec. 24: Complementarity and Selection of Interventions (0.5 hr.) Lec. 25: Alternative Selection through Economic & Financial Analysis (0.5 hr.)
Week 6: Module 3: Non-Motorised Transportation (NMT) Planning Lec. 26: Introduction to NMT systems (0.5 hr.) Lec. 27: Basic NMT Characteristics (0.5 hr.) Lec. 28: Pedestrian Data Collection and Flow Characteristics (0.5 hr.)
Lec. 29: PTS Case Studies Pedestrian flow characteristics on facilities (0.5hr.) Lec. 30: Pedestrian Level of Service (PLOS) based on Flow models (0.5hr.)
Week 7:
Module 3: Non-Motorised Transportation (NMT) Planning
Lec. 31: Other types of Pedestrian Level of Service (PLOS) (0.5 hr.) Lec. 32: HCM 2010 Methodology for PLOS (0.5 hr.) Lec. 33: HCM 2010 Methodology for PLOS (contd.) (0.5 hr.) Lec. 34: Bicycle Facilities and Level of Service (BLOS) (0.5 hr.) Lec. 35: BLOS and Bicycle Compatibility Index (BCI) (0.5 hr.)
Week 8:
Module 3: Non-Motorised Transportation (NMT) Planning
Lec. 36: NMT Design Principles (0.5 hr.) Lec. 37: Design of Pedestrian Infrastructure (0.5 hr.) Lec. 38: Design of Pedestrian Infrastructure (contd.) (0.5 hr.) Lec. 39: Design of Cycling Infrastructure (0.5 hr.) Lec. 40: Design of Cycling Infrastructure (contd.) (0.5 hr.)
Week 9:
Module 4: Urban Transport & Sustainability
Lec. 41: Travel Demand Management (TDM) overview (0.5 hr.) Lec. 42: Push measures cases (0.5 hr.) Lec. 43: Pull measure cases (0.5 hr.) Lec. 44: Parking Studies (0.5 hr.) Lec. 45: Transit Oriented Development (TOD) (0.5 hr.) Week 10:
Module 4: Urban Transport & Sustainability
Lec. 46: Introduction to Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) (0.5 hr.) Lec 47: ITS components, applications and communication (0.5 hr.) Lec. 48: ITS Architecture (0.5 hr.) Lec. 49: Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) (0.5 hr.) Lec. 50: Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) System with ITS (0.5 hr.)
Week 11:
Module 4: Urban Transport & Sustainability
Lec. 51: Multimodal transportation (MMT) environment (0.5 hr.) Lec. 52: Multimodal Level of Service (MMLOS) (0.5 hr.) Lec. 53: Multimodal Level of Service (MMLOS) (contd.) (0.5 hr.) Lec. 54: Design of multimodal transfer facilities (0.5 hr.) Lec. 55: Park & Ride (P&R) Facility Planning (0.5 hr.)
Week 12:
Module 4: Urban Transport & Sustainability
Lec. 56: An Introduction to Pedestrian Road Safety and associated Risk Factors (0.5 hr.) Lec. 57: Road crash estimation and elements of predictive methods (0.5 hr.) Lec. 58: Predicting Vehicle-Pedestrian and Vehicle-Bicycle conflicts (0.5 hr.) Lec. 59: Environmental Concerns of Urban Transport (0.5 hr.) Lec. 60: Sustainable strategies for Urban Transportation (0.5 hr.)
Taught by
Prof. Arkopal Kishore Goswami
