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).
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
Course coordinators
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
Additional information
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