KSU5413 Transportation Policies and Results in Developed CountriesBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs URBAN SYSTEMS AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT (TURKISH, THESIS)General Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
URBAN SYSTEMS AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT (TURKISH, THESIS)
Master TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 QF-EHEA: Second Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 7

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
KSU5413 Transportation Policies and Results in Developed Countries Fall 3 0 3 12
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: Turkish
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Assist. Prof. NİLGÜN CAMKESEN
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: Giving information about transportation politics and metropolitan tranportation system problem methodological solutions in developed countries with general planning approach.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
-having information about different transportation politics in similar degree developed countries and the degrees of transportation problems

-understanding optimal solutions in urbans of Turkey

Course Content

Transportation policies and implementations of developed countries (comparing of coniditions, trens and approaches), transportation problems of urbans and metropolitans in developed countries, effects of transportation to urbans and livable, urban transportation policy problems, urban transportation relation and modal integration problems in transportation.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction
2) Urbans in developed countries and transportation crisis in metropolitan areas
3) effects of transportation in urbans and livable, dilemma at urban transportation politics
4) Urban-transportation relation, complexity in urban transportation modes
5) Transportation politics and implementations in developed countries
6) Transportation politics and implementations in developed countries
7) Midterm
8) Common wrong opinions in urban transportation
9) Common wrong opinions in urban transportation
10) Transportation politics for livable urbans, basic principles for planning and implementation of balanced transportation
11) Transportation politics for livable urbans, basic principles for planning and implementation of balanced transportation
12) Transportation in urban planning, finding the optimal role for private car, enhancing the role of mass transport
13) Future urban-transportation relation
14) General review and student presentations

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Derste verilen notlar/lecture notes
References: Transportation for Livable Cities. Center for Urban Policy Research. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey. 1999.

Transportation Engineering: Planning & Design. 3rd edition. John Wiley & Sons.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 10 % 0
Quizzes 4 % 10
Homework Assignments 5 % 20
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 10 6 60
Homework Assignments 5 20 100
Quizzes 4 10 40
Midterms 1 30 30
Final 1 40 40
Total Workload 270

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Improving and enhancing information in expertise level on the concept of transportation licence level abilities in terms of transportation department and related departments. 4
2) Having detailed information about current technics, methods and their constraints in transportation engineering. 4
3) Estabilishing engineering problems, improving methods for solution, implementing new methods in solutions 4
4) Completing and implementing information with limited datas, integrating informations of different discipline datas
5) Estabilishing engineering problems, improving methods for solution, implementing new methods in solutions
6) New/origin idea and method implementing, improving new solutions in system, part and process designs.
7) Understanding process and results of studies, presenting the datas oral and written in related department on national and international scales, understanding a foreign language, having speaking, writing and reading level at least Europan Language Portfolio B2.
8) Understanding social and environmental phases of technological implementations. Listing ability of current technics, methods, effects, constraints and results of technological implementations.
9) Considering social-scientific-ethic values in collecting-understanding-implementing-presenting phases and all activities.
10) Having information detailed and deeply by implemented researching in technology, evaluating and implementing of information
11) Developing method for defined technological problems and implementing innovative methods in solutions.
12) Modelling and implementing of experimental investigations, solving of complex cases in this process