Congestion and Your City: the FLOW Approach
Congestion and Your City: the FLOW Approach
This e-course introduces participants to the FLOW project’s philosophy on
congestion and congestion reduction through walking and cycling measures. They
look at the FLOW conceptual framework and the role of walking a cycling in
congestion reduction, the FLOW Handbook on Indicators that measure congestion
reduction in the context of walking cycling and the FLOW portfolio of walking
and cycling measures relevant for congestion reduction. A concrete example of
the application of FLOW tools in the context of College Green in Dublin is
demonstrated.
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This e-course has run and moderated during the indicated timeline in the course description. At the moment the content of this course is still available in a self-paced format for all participants who wish to access. The course is no longer moderated and therefore, there is no possibility to get a certificate from this course. In case there any updates regarding this course, it will be published here.
The current contact for this course in case of any questions is: Bonnie Fenton - b.fenton@rupprecht-consult.eu
We might launch e-courses in similar topics in the near future, thus, please stay tunned and check regularly our landing page, all new e-courses will be announced here: https://www.mobility-academy.eu/
Thank you very much for your understanding and we look forward to having you in future courses!
The Mobility Academy team.
Unit one introduces you to this learning platform, the course and your moderators. Unit two talks about the current state with regard to congestion in urban settings, the FLOW approach, why a change is needed and which direction it needs to go. Unit three introduces several walking and cycling measures that have been demonstrated to reduce (or at least not increase) congestion in European cities and beyond. Unit four describes to conceptual framework that underpins FLOW and how it can support decision making around congestion reduction. Unit five covers FLOW’s multimodal definition of congestion and what that implies in practice (i.e. how to operationalise the definition) as well as determining a congestion threshold for your city. Unit six summarises and wraps up.
Your course moderators
Frederic Rudolph is experienced with transportation forecasting
procedures and with corresponding software solutions and is also familiar with
project appraisal methods such as cost-benefit analysis. He is a project
coordinator with the Wuppertal Institute, where he has carried out tasks such
as scenario development, baseline development/business as usual development ex
ante and ex post and evaluation and monitoring of policies and measures.
Kristin
Tovaas has an interdisciplinary background in
sustainability science, communication and system analysis, with a
specialisation in sustainable transport and urban development. She works at
Rupprecht Consult coordinating projects and researching on sustainable urban
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Unit 1 will get you started with the course. It introduces you to the background and idea of the FLOW project and how you can get the most out of this online platform and this course.
Module 1.1: Overview of the FLOW e-courses and webinar series. This includes course aims, target audiences and what you will gain from the course.
Module 1.2: Getting the most out of this course. This module talks about how you can use this course to best develop your own knowledge as well as learn and exchange with your fellow participants.
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Unit 2 looks at the current context in which we are working and the extent to which walking and cycling are generally incorporated in transport planning. It then addresses the paradigm shift that FLOW (and others) see as necessary in order for non-motorised transport to fulfil its potential in addressing issues of urban congestion.
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This module sets the context for the FLOW project, describing the current role of cycling and walking with regard to urban road network performance (i.e. flowing traffic or congestion).
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This looks at the changes necessary for non-motorised transport modes to be taken more seriously.
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Unit 3 illustrates different types of walking and cycling measures. It shows the spatial scope that each measure type usually has, thereby giving a first idea of how each can (positively) influence the performance of the transport network. After a brief introduction, several examples of congestion reducing walking and cycling measures in European cities are presented – including an example from the FLOW city of Munich.
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A typology of walking and cycling measures that have the potential to reduce congestion.
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Examples of walking and cycling infrastructure measures.
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Examples of traffic management and mobility management measures
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An example from the FLOW city of Munich: a pedestrian crossings at a major arterial
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A key goal in FLOW is to develop tools that enable decision makers to better understand the transport and socio-economic impacts of walking and cycling measures for cities. This unit explains the context by presenting the conceptual framework that underpins FLOW.
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This module provides an overview of the FLOW conceptual framework, i.e. how FLOW supports decision making for a walking/cycling measure using both transport and socio-economic arguments.
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Module 4.2 describes the example of planned walking and cycling measures at College Green in the FLOW city of Dublin.
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Unit 5 covers FLOW’s multi-modal definition of congestion – and how that definition is put into play in the real world. It also gives a brief overview of the calculations used in the operationalisation of the definition, the aggregation of the calculations for the different modes of transport and the city-specific identification of a “congestion threshold”.
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Module 5.1 addresses the FLOW definition of congestion and operationalises the definition.
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This module looks at calculations for the different modes, aggregation of the calculations and determination of a “congestion threshold” by a city.
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What have you learned and what else can you learn from the FLOW project?
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