OVERVIEW

Transport Systems Design is the engineering discipline that provides the methodologies for modelling and designing transport systems with a holistic approach and by means of appropriate mathematical and modelling tools.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The goal of the course is providing the principles of transport planning in relation to different geographic and temporal scales, the functional design of transport infrastructures and services, as well as the tools for evaluating the economic convenience and sustainability. In doing so, some relevant cases will be considered with the aim of introducing modern design techniques: OD matrix estimation and calibration, network design, public transport and car-sharing design, traffic light design.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Thanks to the teaching unit, the student shall know and shall be able to apply, through dedicated optimization and simulations software tools, basic and advanced notions about: 

• transport systems simulation
• ransport systems design
• Integrated representation of transportation systems and land use

PREREQUISITES

Students should be familiar with probability, transport supply and demand models, assignment models, and flow theory.

TEACHING METHODS

Class lectures (50% of the lessons) and software laboratory exercises (50% of the lessons).

Students with valid certifications for Specific Learning Disorders (SLDs), disabilities or other educational needs are invited to contact the teacher and the School's contact person for disability at the beginning of teaching to agree on possible teaching arrangements that, while respecting the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning patterns. Contacts of the teacher and the School's disability contact person can be found at the following link: University Committee for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities or DSAs | UniGe | University of Genoa

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The teaching unit is structured around three main topics:

• Simulation of transportation systems
  • Microsimulation
  • Macrosimulation (assignment)
• Tools for the integrated representation of transportation systems and land use
• Design of transportation systems
  • Traffic lights design
  • Public transport system design

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Transport Systems Design (Basic reference): 

• E. Cascetta, 2009, Transportation Systems Analysis 2nd ed., Springer (English)
• E. Cascetta, 2002, Modelli per i Sistemi di Trasporto: Teoria ed Applicazioni, UTET, 2006 (Italian)

Insights:

• Highway Capacity Manual, Transportation Research Board (TRB), 2010

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

https://corsi.unige.it/en/corsi/10377/studenti-orario

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral examination.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Within the oral examination, it will be assessed:

• student's knowledge of the teaching unit topics
• student's capability of designing transport systems (also by means of dedicated simulation software)

FURTHER INFORMATION

Ask the professor for other information not included in the teaching schedule.