Course topics
Mobility Academy courses cover a wide range of sustainable mobility topics. Courses are designed to provide insight into specific aspects of each topic area and to encourage discussion and exchange of experience and knowledge on the topic's real-world applicability.
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New pricing measures
A variety of effective pricing schemes (e.g. parking pricing and road user charging) have been implemented in cities around the world in an effort to reduce road congestion due to motorised vehicles.
- How to successfully implement a new parking pricing measure (TIDE)
- Road user charging: how it works, the challenges and the benefits (TIDE)
Active transport
Active modes of transport, such as cycling and walking, bring with them an array of environmental and health benefits. Courses under this topic discuss strategies and opportunities for promoting non-motorised transport.
- Cycle parking: Why? Where? How much? What kind? (TIDE)
- Training units and trigger questions towards your own "Implementation Scenario" (SWITCH)
- Transport Infrastructure - Spring 2015 (SOLUTIONS)
- Cycling Infrastructure - Autumn 2015 (SOLUTIONS)
Network and traffic management
Multimodal transport networks require up-to-date management tools which make effective use of transport data.
- Open data: how can cities make the best use of it? (TIDE)
- Network Management - Spring 2015 (SOLUTIONS)
- Network Management - Autumn 2015 (SOLUTIONS)
Electric mobility
From private and public passenger transport to freight logistics, these course explain how cities can learn to promote and make use of electric vehicles to reduce air and noise pollution.
- Charging infrastructure for electric vehicles: What kind? Where? How? (TIDE)
- How to encourage increased electric mobility in the logistics sector (TIDE)
- Clean Vehicles - electric vehicles for cleaner cities - Spring 2015 (SOLUTIONS)
- Clean Vehicles - electric vehicles for cleaner cities - Autumn 2015 (SOLUTIONS)
Public transport organisation
Public transport authorities are in a constant state of self-evaluation and evolution. Our public transport organisation courses explain strategies for PTAs to meet their goal of providing more accessible, efficient transport options to customers and potential customers.
- Using market research to help optimise your public transport system (TIDE )
- Creating a metropolitan public transport authority (TIDE)
- Sustainable Public Transportation - Spring 2015 (SOLUTIONS)
- Sustainable Public Transportation - Autumn 2015 (SOLUTIONS)
- SmartMove Online Course (SmartMove)
Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning
- SUMP Self-Assessment tool (SUMP Self-assessment)
- SUMP Basics (CH4LLENGE)
- Participation in Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (CH4LLENGE)
- Cooperation in Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (CH4LLENGE)
- Measure Selection for Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (CH4LLENGE)
- Monitoring and Evaluation in Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (CH4LLENGE)
- Analysing the impact of new mobility measures in your city (TIDE)
- Integrating new transport measures into your city's SUMP (TIDE)
- Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans - Spring 2015 (SOLUTIONS)
- Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans - Autumn 2015 (SOLUTIONS)
Driver training: eco-driving
Driving technique can make a big difference when it comes to energy consumption for buses and trams. In these courses, drivers learn energy-saving driving techniques which will still ensure that they get their passengers to their destinations safely and on time.
- Training for safe and economical driving of electric vehicle type: Trolleybus - English (ACTUATE)
- Training for safe and economical driving of electric vehicle type: Trolleybus - German (ACTUATE)
- Training for safe and economical driving of electric vehicle type: Trolleybus - Czech (ACTUATE)
- Training for safe and economical driving of electric vehicle type: Trolleybus - Italian (ACTUATE)
- Training for safe and economical driving of electric vehicle type: Tram - English (ACTUATE)
- Training for safe and economical driving of electric vehicle type: Tram - German (ACTUATE)
- Training for safe and economical driving of electric vehicle type: Tram - Czech (ACTUATE)
- Training for safe and economical driving of electric vehicle type: Tram - Italian (ACTUATE)
- Training for safe and economical driving of electric vehicle type: Hybrid bus (English, German) (ACTUATE)
- Training for safe and economical driving of electric vehicle type: Hybrid bus - German (ACTUATE)
EU wide strategies
- TRANSFORuM results - interactive (TRANSFORuM)
City Logistics
- City Logistics - Spring 2015 (SOLUTIONS)
- City Logistics - Autumn 2015 (SOLUTIONS)