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Urban Transport 2009 (ended)
The overall objective of the programme is to provide the participants with knowledge of how to analyse traffic and transport problems in urban areas, how to formulate goals for the transport system, develop strategies and plans for solving the problems and to evaluate the proposed strategies. The goal is that the participants after the programme on their own shall be able to develop strategies and plans for tackling problems in their own country and to feel confident in their profession.
The programme covers a wide area and the aim is to give an overview. Public transport and safety issues are given special emphasis. The main topics of the programme are as follows:
- Organisation of traffic planning in urban areas
- Identification of problems, methods and models for measuring
- Formulation of goals
- Strategies concerning public transport, safety, environment, mobility management, parking policy, design of networks
- Gender perspective in transport planning
- Consideration of elderly and disabled in the traffic planning
- Evaluation methods
The training programme in Sweden will take place during the period of August 24 - September 17, 2009 in the city of Lund.
Last modified 10 Sep 2010
