Training materials
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Published: April 2008This training material looks at the different approaches towards urban road safety from a traffic engineering perspective. Road safety activities are a combination of policy-making, road...
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Published: April 2008In order for people with reduced mobility to travel around easily and safely in an inclusive manner, it is essential that all of the links in the transport chain are barrier-free. This training...
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Published: April 2008Cycling is often the key element of successfully encouraging clean urban transport. Cycling is emission-free and doesn’t need energy (except human power) and fuels. This means that cycling is very...
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Published: December 2007Transport Planning and Land-use is rather complex since it covers various aspects related to it. The two main aspects are the general spatial and land-use patterns that have an impact on transport...
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Published: December 2007Safety can be defined as freedom from injury or risk. It relates to the safety experienced in the transport process (absence of conflicts and accidents in traffic). Thus, traffic safety implies...
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Published: December 2007Policy formulation stands at the top of the transport planning process. It is a strategic planning process leading to a general concept, usually a ‘transport masterplan’. Such a masterplan is a...
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Published: December 2007Quality and benchmarking in public transport are both management methods. Although they are common in the industrial field and used for a long time, they are not much known in the public transport...
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Published: December 2007The subject of alternative fuels is extremely wide. This training material therefore focuses on the key aspects of a selection of alternative fuels, each one in its own individual section. As a...
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Published: December 2007This training material focuses on the relationship between local and regional urban transport, energy consumption and related environmental impacts. The material focuses especially on ...
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Published: December 2007The topic 'Regulatory framework of public transport' contains legal as well as organisational aspects. In recent years the frameworks have undergone significant changes due to the shift in...