Transport systems are the set of components and their interactions that determine the demand for mobility of people and goods between different points in the territory and the supply of transport services to satisfy it.
In this framework, Transport Systems Planning (in short TSP) is the engineering discipline that provides the methodologies to model, analyze, and design transport systems with a holistic approach and by means of appropriate mathematical and modelling tools.
The problems faced by TSP range from the mathematical formalization and implementation of models for understanding users' mobility choices to the design of performing solutions.
The aim of the course consists of providing the tools and the capabilities for studying transport systems across different geographic and temporal scales. Specifically, the first part of the course focuses on the analysis phase and provides the student with the skills to define models of transport infrastructures and services, articulate models of the mobility demand, and state and solve basic assignment problems. The second part of the course focuses on the advanced problems pertaining the design phase and provides the student with the skills to collect and use field data for customizing, calibrating, and enhancing supply and demand models, In addition, students will gain the capability to solve advanced assignment problems and define and compare different design alternatives both in terms of performances and costs.
After the course, the student shall know and shall be able to apply the basic techniques for representing and analyzing transport systems, as well as providing their functional design and the evalaution of the costs and benefits
Basic calculus
Lectures consist of class activities, with theory and exercises.
The course is divided into four main chapters:
Transport Systems Analysis (Basic reference):
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Ricevimento: Office hours: To fix an appointment send an email to nicola.sacco@unige.it
NICOLA SACCO (President)
ANGELA DI FEBBRARO
DAVIDE GIGLIO (President Substitute)
ALICE CONSILVIO (Substitute)
FEDERICO GALLO (Substitute)
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Written and oral exam
The first question is always a numerical exercise which must be sufficient to proceed with the theoretical questions.
During the course, some homework will be assigned. If all the homework will be completed and sufficient, the oral exam will consist only of questions on theory.
Students with learning disorders ("Disturbi Specifici di Apprendimento", DSA) will be allowed to use specific modalities and supports that will be determined on a case-by-case basis in agreement with the delegate of the Engineering courses in the Committee for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities.
Within the examination, the student's knowledge of the course topics and his/her capability to discuss how to formalize and solve simple transport problems are assessed.