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Innovative Mobility Concepts

Niveau

Introduction & advanced study

Learning outcomes of the courses/module

The participants:
• analyze current and future mobility systems as well as their ecological, economic and social interactions.
• assess innovative mobility solutions with regard to sustainability, energy efficiency and system integration.
• develop conceptual approaches for sustainable mobility options in companies, municipalities or regions.
• reflect on barriers to transformation, user behavior and regulatory framework conditions and derive options for improvement.

Prerequisites for the course

Fundamentals of energy technologies

Course content

- Fundamentals of sustainable and multimodal mobility systems
- Electromobility, charging infrastructure and energy system integration
- Sharing models, mobility-as-a-service and new mobility services
- Autonomous and digitally connected mobility
- Barriers to transformation
- Mobility concepts for companies, cities and regions

Recommended specialist literature

- Janasz, T. (2018). Paradigm Shift in Urban Mobility: Towards Factor 10 of Automobility. Springer Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-20460-0
- Schwabe, P. (2021). Comparison of Alternative Mobility Concepts. LAP LAMBERT ACADEMIC PUBL.
- Shaheen, S. (2018). Shared Mobility: The Potential of Ridehailing and Pooling. In D. Sperling (Ed.), Three Revolutions (pp. 55–76). Island Press/Center for Resource Economics. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-906-7_3
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. (2020). A Handbook on Sustainable Urban Mobility and Spatial Planning: Promoting Active Mobility. United Nations. https://doi.org/10.18356/8d742f54-en

Assessment methods and criteria

Portfolio examination

Language

German

Number of ECTS credits awarded

3

Semester hours per week

Planned teaching and learning method

Lectures, discussions, exercises, case studies, group work

Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered

3

Type of course/module

Type of course