250ST Public Transport

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1 Coordinating unit: Teaching unit: Academic year: Degree: ECTS credits: ETSEIB - Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering DECA - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering MASTER'S DEGREE IN SUPPLY CHAIN, TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT (Syllabus 2014). (Teaching unit Optional) 5 Teaching languages: English Teaching staff Coordinator: Others: Estrada Romeu, Miguel Angel Soriguera Martí, Francesc Trapote Barreira, César Opening hours Timetable: Previously requested via miquel.estrada@upc.edu Teaching methodology Lectures and homework exercises Learning objectives of the subject Provida a overall knowledge of Public Transport Systems. Study load Total learning time: 125h Hours large group: 0h 0.00% Hours medium group: 30h 24.00% Hours small group: 15h 12.00% Guided activities: 0h 0.00% Self study: 80h 64.00% 1 / 5

2 Content Introduction Schedule, lecturers, organization of the subject. Research in Public Transport. Introduction to public transport, means and chains. Psycology and sociology of Urban Mobility. Mobility patterns. Characterization of Public Transport Systems Characterization of Public Transport Systems. Definitions and components. Means. Characterization and vehicle movement. Energy. Capacity. Performance. Effectiveness and efficiency. Indicators. Quality in colective public transport. Definition of quality. Indicators. Customers satisfaction. Perception and control. Public transport Microeconomy. Transportation costs. Inferior good. Social costs. Diseconomies of private vehicles. Founding needs. Demand quantification. Elasticities. Discrete models. Economic and social returns. Indicators of mobility. Socio-economic indicators of profitability. Indicators of financial profitability. Operations in Public Transportation (I) Operations in Public Transportation Systems (I). Basic concepts of probability. Arrival intervals in Bernouilli0s processes. Interval of arrivals in Poisson's processes. Random arrivals. Operation in public transportation systems (II) Operations in public transport systems (II). Accessibility times. Average waiting times in operation per interval. Average waiting time in operation due schedule. Optimization process. Bunching. Control strategies. 2 / 5

3 Public transport network design (I) Public transport network design (I). Strategic, tàctic and operational proccess. Review of methodologies based on mathematical programming, graph theory (network cohesion) and algorithms metaheuristic used for lines and public transport services. Bilevel programming. Continous approximations method. One corridor. Public transport network design (II) Public Transport network design (II). Continous approximations method. Network design. Public transport network design (III) Public transport network design (III). Dimensioning lines and schedules. Buses (I) Busos (I). Fleet dimensioning. Optimization. Stops: location and capacity. Lanes: types and capacity. Study in Barcelona. Intersections. Traffic lights coordination. Busos (II) Busos (II). Calculating frequencies. Production service. Monitoring and exploitation. SAE. BRT. Services on demand. Buses for neighborhoods. Optimizing the operation of buses. Operating levers for speed improvement. 3 / 5

4 Guided public transport Guided public transport (I). Metro. Commuter rail. Types of exploitation. CTC. Fixed stations management and premises (telecommander). Light Rail Transit. Tramway. People Movers. Guided public transport (II). Capacity and operativity. Intermodal Transportation Plan and Infrastructure Director guidelines. TC. Transportation on demand Transportation on demand. bus management for disabled people, renting vehicles management (bicing, carsharing). Taxi - Cabs Taxi - Cabs. Sector description. Comparing (cities, IPC). Taxi demand. Business profitability. Efficiency of service. Pricing and fare reviews. Pricing and financing policies Pricing and financing policies. Economy of exploitation. Perception systems and technologies. Tickets. Zoning. Fares. Social discounts. Level of price integration. Level of coberage. Fundings. Sharing the revenues of multioperator tickets. Transport Authority. Functions, competences, funding, clearing house. Contracts of interested management. Key aspects of the business. Concept of Bonus-Malus. Risk. Presentation of student practices Presentation of student practices 4 / 5

5 Qualification system Exam which includes all themes (50%) and exercises (50%) Regulations for carrying out activities Without class notes or books Bibliography Basic: Daganzo, Carlos. Fundamentals of Transportation and traffic operations. Oxford: Pergamon, ISBN Transit Capacity and quality of service manual. Washington: Transportation Research Board, ISBN Vuchic, Vukan R. Urban transit : operations, planning, and economics. New Jersey: Wiley, ISBN Vuchic, V.R. Urban Transit: System and Technology. New Jersey: Wiley, ISBN Complementary: Ceder, A. ; N.H.M. Wilson. "Bus network design". Transportation Research Part B [on line]. Volume 20, Issue 4, August 1986, Pages [Consultation: 01/08/2014]. Available on: < Ceder, Avishal. Transportation and Traffic Theory. Amsterdam: Pergamon, ISBN / 5