Sustainable Urban Freight Transport
Learn strategies to optimize urban freight systems for efficiency and sustainability in this 5-week course.
Learn strategies to optimize urban freight systems for efficiency and sustainability in this 5-week course.
Explore the complexities of urban freight transport in this comprehensive course. Gain insights into optimizing logistics for efficiency, sustainability, and improved quality of life in cities. Learn from global experts about city logistics practices worldwide, understand system impacts, and discover innovative solutions. Ideal for students and professionals in urban planning and logistics, this course provides a strong theoretical foundation and practical case studies to address modern urban freight challenges, including those posed by COVID-19.
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What you'll learn
Understand the complex nature of urban freight transport systems
Evaluate freight traffic impacts in urban areas
Explore different approaches to solving urban freight transport problems
Identify research methods used in city logistics
Recognize main logistics challenges facing cities globally
Explore new challenges in urban freight transport, including COVID-19 impacts
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Graded quizzes, Discussion forums, Modeling assignment
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There are 6 modules in this course
This course provides a comprehensive exploration of sustainable urban freight transport from a global perspective. It covers the complexities of city logistics, evaluating freight traffic impacts, and innovative approaches to solving urban transport challenges. Students will learn about systems thinking in logistics, various city logistics solutions, and methods for evaluating urban freight systems. The course also delves into research methods in city logistics and addresses current challenges, including the effects of COVID-19 on urban logistics and new last-mile delivery concepts. Through case studies, quizzes, and practical assignments, participants will gain a thorough understanding of the field and its practical applications.
Sustainable urban freight systems around the world
Module 1
Systems approach to understand city logistics
Module 2
City logistics solutions
Module 3
Evaluation of city logistics
Module 4
Research in city logistics
Module 5
Updates in city logistics
Module 6
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Instructors
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Distinguished Expert in Freight Transport and Logistics Systems
Lóránt Tavasszy (born 1967) is a Full Professor in Freight Transport & Logistics at Delft University of Technology, where he leads the Freight & Logistics lab collaborating across six faculties. After completing his Civil Engineering studies and PhD on multimodal freight transport models for Europe in 1996 at TU Delft, he worked as a principal scientist at TNO from 1996 to 2016 while holding part-time professorships at both the University of Nijmegen and TU Delft. His research focuses on freight transportation modeling at urban, national, and global levels, with particular emphasis on logistics systems and spatial development. He has earned international recognition through awards including those from WCTRS (1998) and US TRB (2013), and currently chairs the Scientific Committee of the World Conference for Transport Research Society. His contributions include developing the influential SMILE model and numerous research roadmaps in freight transport. He serves on several professional committees, including the EU Technology Platform ALICE's Sustainability Task Group and advisory groups on Freight Corridors, Transport Safety, and Port Innovations. His expertise spans freight transport networks, interdisciplinary mechanics, and transport systems analysis, regularly teaching these subjects at TU Delft while maintaining active involvement in industry-relevant research and policy development
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Expert in Port and City Logistics
Ron van Duin serves as both an Applied Research Professor in Port & City Logistics at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences and Assistant Professor at TU Delft's Department of Engineering Systems and Services. His academic foundation was established with an undergraduate degree in Econometrics from Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1988, followed by his Doctorate in Technology, Policy and Management from Delft University of Technology in 2012.
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