Marc Sinner: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2016 |
| Name | Dr. Marc Sinner |
| URL | http://www.ivt.ethz.ch/personen/person-detail.html?persid=167258 |
| Department | Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering |
| Relationship | Lecturer |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101-0467-01L | Transport Systems Only for master students, otherwise a special permisson by the lecturers is required. | 6 credits | 4G | U. A. Weidmann, K. W. Axhausen, M. Menendez, M. Sinner | |
| Abstract | History, impact and principles of the design and operation of transport systems | ||||
| Learning objective | Introduction of the basic principles of the design and operation of transport systems (road, rail, air) and of the essential pathways of their impacts (investment, generalised costs, accessibilities, external effects) | ||||
| Content | Transport systems and land use; network design; fundamental model of mobility behaviour; costs and benefits of mobility; transport history Classification of public transport systems; Characteristics of rail systems, bus systems, cable cars and funiculars, unconventional systems; introduction to logistics; fundamentals of rail freight transports; freight transport systems; intermodal transportation Network layout and its impact on road traffic. Traffic control systems for urban and inter-urban areas. Fundamentals of road safety and infrastructure maintenance. | ||||
| Lecture notes | Lecturer notes and slides as well as hints to further literature will be given during the course. | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Obligatory lecture for students of the first semester of MSc Spatial development and Infrastructure Systems. Remark: parts of the lecture will be given in German. | ||||