Newcastle University

Intelligent Transport Systems: Policy, Practice and Implementation

[ Book online ]

This courses provide an understanding of the policy background and principles behind the concept of intelligent mobility. Participants will gain an understanding of the latest changes in research, legislation and technology that can be deployed. It complements the core ITS course (Intelligent Transport Systems) by explaining the political and policy landscape that influence the uptake of different ITS technologies. It will achieve this through lectures (including guest lectures by experts in the field), practical sessions, and visits.

The aim of the course is to provide an understanding of the main transport challenges and their interdependencies. Lectures will explore how ITS can be used to address challenges such as:

• supporting the economy with reliable and efficient transport
• reducing congestion
• improving safety
• minimising environmental impact and energy consumption
• sustaining and extending accessibility.

Delegates will be exposed to the latest research into ITS technologies and their implementation including their use to promote the uptake of electric vehicles, accessibility and elderly drivers and multi-modal transport. The lectures will also discuss how all those technologies can be brought together in future smart cities.

Course Objectives

At the end of the course, delegates will:

• understand how policies are made and how they can be influenced
• be familiar with national and European policies on intelligent mobility
• understand how ITS schemes can be delivered and implemented in order to meet policy objectives
• be able to describe a wide range of current and advanced ITS technologies and systems
• be able to guide and advise transport authorities and organisations about the effectiveness of existing ITS technologies and systems
• be able to assess existing ITS technologies and systems, comparing their effectiveness and how they meet needs
• be capable of ontributing to the design of new ITS technologies and systems and to their real-world implementation

Course Outline

Policy - Main challenges and interdependencies: Overview of how transport policy is made and scrutinised, who the key stakeholders are at international, national, regional and local level and what the big policy issues are in transport. Lectures will discuss whether policies can lead to unintended consequences or rebound effects. Delegates will be introduced to a systems approach and given pointers towards strategic policy setting.

Standards and interoperability - Delegates will be introduced to standards, how they are set and the national and international bodies that are involved in setting those standards. Case studies on electric vehicle charging infrastructure will explain how important interoperability is and how it can be achieved.

Cost benefits - Doing more for less: Lectures will provide an overview of how much is spent on transport and how the transport sector can provide more capacity in times of economic downturn. This topical aspect of ITS will focus on the challenges of developing a coherent business case for ITS systems as a whole (rather than individual ITS components) in the current economic climate.

Case study: Electric Vehicles - Lectures will be based on research undertaken at Newcastle University through SwitchEV trials and the smartCEM project. The North East of England is one of the most advanced regions in Europe for installing EV charging infrastructure and monitoring real-world driving behaviour of 44 electric cars.

Accessibility - Accessibility will be taught based on the research work at Newcastle University on the Social Inclusion in the Digital Economy Research Hub. Lectures will introduce the concepts of social inclusion, safety and accessibility.

Multi-Modal Transport and Demand Management - Lectures will discuss the issues surrounding congestion and the policy instruments in place to increase capacity on our transport networks and how journeys can be moved onto more sustainable modes of transport

Smart Cities - A case study will explain how energy, ICT and transport are linked and how those networks can be run most efficiently.

Who is the course aimed at?

This course is aimed at ITS practitioners who are interested in how policies are made in the EU and UK and how they can influence policy decisions more effectively or who would like to move into policymaking, and policymakers who are interested in how ITS will affect future policy decisions.

Presenters

School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences

• Dr Yvonne Huebner (Course Leader)
• Prof Phil Blythe
• Mr Simon Edwards

Industry Professionals

• To be confirmed

[ Book online ]

[ Back to top of page ]