This module introduces to students transport systems. It addresses schemes and policies implemented in these cities for promoting sustainable transport including walking, cycling and public transport. It focuses on the ingredients and challenges of different transport systems and the institutional and political barriers that transport policies may face.

Learning outcomes should be at the correct level for the module.

1. Appreciate the processes involved in transport policy-making in cities with different characteristics
2. Understand the procedures for the formal approval of master plans for specific sites and their environments
3. Appreciate the ingredients and challenges of different transport systems
4. Understand the institutional and political barriers that transport policies may face
5. Appreciate the environmental, economic and human-related consequences of transport

The module will be delivered through lectures and seminars, in-person and on campus unless mitigating circumstances arise. Seminars will enable small group discussion about key issues relevant to the module. Students are expected to engage with additional module content on Learning Central e.g. readings or other material, to prepare for lectures and seminars, and to supplement and deepen taught components.

1. Write clear and concise reports, reflecting the most important points of the problem
2. Be able to ask interesting questions and challenge speakers
3. Read local, regional and/or national government reports and relate them to what you learn in module acivities, critically discussing discrepancies and similarities

Formative Assessment

Formative assessment takes place throughout the module.  There are learning checks in every lecture and the workshops which support the assessments provide an opportunity for peer to peer and tutor feedback.

THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REASSESSMENT IN THIS MODULE:

Re-assessment

Students are permitted to be reassessed in a module which they have failed, in line with University regulations. You will only be reassessed on the components of the module in which you have failed. The format of the reassessment will be the same as the original assessment and will take place in the Summer re-sit period.

Data collection and Ethical Approval

For some assessments, students may be required to collect their own data. In such assessments ethical approval from the School Research Ethics Committee must be obtained before data collection can begin. The module leader will discuss the process for obtaining ethical approval if it is needed in this module. Ethical approval is not needed for students using existing, open data sets (e.g. anonymised secondary data). This does not include social media data (e.g., Twitter or Facebook posts), where ethical approval must be obtained. The ethical approval process will take time and you are strongly recommended to adhere to the timetable outlined by the module leader to ensure you are not delayed in your assessment.

Transport policy design. The politics of transport policy. Designing a sustainable transport system in a town or city. Public transport and active travel in cities: the role of local authorities. Setting objectives and ambitions for transport in the city. Links between land-use and transport planning.