Cycling in modern urban mobility 2800-CMUM-USS-1-S1

List of topics:

1. Sustainable urban transport, The role of urban active mobility (including cycling) in sustainable urban transport;

2. Sustainable mobility strategic documents, including SUMPs – Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans

3. Cycling (bicycle) policy – definitions and basic terms;

4. Soft (social) conditions of urban cycling policies;

5. Hard (infrastructural) conditions of urban cycling policies;

6. The socio-cultural dimension of cycling;

7. Urban bicycle activism and urban grassroots in shaping cycling policy;

8. Cycling as a mode of transport (multimodal transport, cycling in urban logistics);

9. Development of bicycle sharing systems in Poland and in the world;

10. Urban planning taking into account the needs of bicycle traffic;

11. Perspectives of urban mobility development – electromobility and personal transporters.

Total student workload

Contact hours with teacher: - participation in lectures – 15 h - participation in laboratory – 15 h - participation in field practice – 20 h - consultations – 5 h Self-study hours: - preparation for lectures – 10 h - preparation for laboratory – 20 h - preparation for field practice – 20 h - writing project – 20 h - reading literature – 20 h - preparation for test – 20 h Altogether: 165 hrs (6 ECTS)

Learning outcomes - knowledge

Student: W1: enumerates the basic rules of implementation of cycling policy in the context of sustainable development idea (K_W01); W2: describes the basic rules of implementation of cycling policy in the social and infrastructural sphere (K_W01); W3: describes the basic concepts and definitions related to urban cycling and cycling policy (K_W01); W4: characterizes the socio-cultural dimension of bicycle use (K_W01).

Learning outcomes - skills

Student: U1: can discuss about possibilities of development active mobility, especially cycling in urban areas creating own opinions (K_U05); U2: can propose solutions for development of urban cycling (K_U04, K_U06); U3: can explain the main rules of shaping urban areas in context of active mobility needs (K_U01); U4: can analyse strategic documents related to cycling policy and is able to evaluate activities of local governments (K_U03).

Learning outcomes - social competencies

Student: K1: is aware of the need to shape urban space in accordance with the rules of sustainable development (K_K01); K2: is aware of need to implementing solutions for improvement of urban transport quality (K_K01); K3: is aware of social benefits arising from active mobility development, especially urban cycling (K_K01); K4: is open to cooperate during the group tasks (K_K02); K5: is ready to discuss with local governors and policymakers (K_K03).

Course coordinators

Michał Kwiatkowski

Teaching methods

Expository teaching methods: - discussion - informative (conventional) lecture - problem-based lecture Exploratory teaching methods: - case study - field measurement - project work

Expository teaching methods

- problem-based lecture
- informative (conventional) lecture
- discussion

Exploratory teaching methods

- case study
- project work
- field measurement

Type of course

compulsory course

Assessment criteria

Assessment methods:

LECTURE: test
LABORATORY: project
FIELD PRACTICE: project and activity during the field trip

Test: W1, W2, W3, W4
Project: U2, U3, K2, K4
Activity: U1, K1, K3, K5

Mark from test:

50% - 3.0,
60% - 3.5,
70% - 4.0,
80% - 4.5,
90% - 5.0.

Mark from project:

Very low-quality project – 3.0,
Low quality project - 3.5,
Average-quality project – 4.0,
Good-quality project– 4,5,
Very good-quality project – 5.0.

Practical placement

Not applicable

Bibliography

Aldred, R., Jungnickel, K. (2014) ‘Why culture matters for transport policy: the case of cycling in the UK’, Journal of Transport Geography, 34, 78-87.
DeMaio, P. (2009) ‘Bike-sharing: History, Impacts, Models of Provision, and Future’, Journal of Public Transportation, 12(4), 41-56.
Hull, A., & O’Holleran, C. (2014). ‘Bicycle infrastructure: can good design encourage cycling?’, Urban, Planning and Transport Resarch, 2(1), 369-406.
Kwiatkowski, M.A., Karbowiński, Ł. (2023). ‘Why the riverside is an attractive urban corridor for bicycle transport and recreation’, Cities, 143, 104611.
Kwiatkowski, M.A. (2024). ‘Bicycle critical mass events 30 years on – are they an urban mobility movement or a bicycle festival?’, Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 12(2), 28-39.
Martens, K. (2007) ‘Promoting bike-and-ride: The Dutch experience’, Transportation Research Part A, 41, 326-338.
Pucher, J., Dill, J., Handy, S. (2010) ‘Infrastructure, programs, and policies to increase bicycling: An international review’, Preventive Medicine, 50, Suppl., S106-S125.
Ricci, M. (2015) ‘Bike sharing: A review of evidence on impacts and processes of implementation and operation’, Research in Transportation Business & Management, 15, 28-38.
Shaheen, S., Guzman, S., Zhang, H. (2010) ‘Bikesharing in Europe, the Americas, and Asia: Past, Present, and Future’, Transportation Research Record, 2143, 159-167.
Kwiatkowski, M., Karbowiński, Ł. (2023). Leksykon polityki rowerowej [Lexicon of cycling policy]. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń.

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