Aims

This course enables the student to analyse, model and critically reflect upon transportation systems from a system point of view (i.e. scientific engineering approach, rather than a subjective user point of view). This means that (s)he is able to:

• identify and classify influences and components of demand and supply of transportation systems and their mutual interactions, both from a users’ and a societal/system’s point of view;
• understand and explain fundamentals and theory on the interactions between demand, supply, policy and externalities of transportation systems;
• derive and explain simple quantitative models for transportation analysis; specifically the following traditional transportation modelling components: elementary discrete choice models, transport demand models (equilibrium models, user and system optimum), traffic flow theoretical models, basic transport economic models;
• schematize and model simple sketch transportation problems, solve these models and interpret its results;
• explain the link between a functional analysis of a transportation system and its interactions, and design methodologies for regional transportation systems (road network, public transportation network)
• use the course topics to derive critical, scientific arguments in public debate on traffic, mobility, infrastructure, policy measures (price strategies, transport policy, infrastructure development, traffic management,…)

Previous knowledge

Basic mathematics, statistics, computer science, and economics.

Order of Enrolment

This course unit is a prerequisite for taking the following course units:
H0T95A : Transport Models

Identical courses

This course is identical to the following courses:
H01I6B : Analyse van transportsystemen (No longer offered this academic year)

Is included in these courses of study

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• Master of Mobility and Supply Chain Engineering (Leuven) 120 ects.
• Master of Civil Engineering (Leuven) 120 ects.
• Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen: bouwkunde (Leuven) 120 ects.