Dear All,
A FREE online taster course, Transport Systems: Global Issues and Future Innovations, developed by the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds, is now available on FutureLearn:
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/transport-systems-global-issues-and-future-innovations<https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/transport-systems-global-issues-and-future-innovations?utm_source=social_media&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=DES_transport-systems-global-issues-and-future-innovations>
What topics will you cover?
* The current state of transport.
* Challenges facing the transport sector.
* The changing nature of society and how transport is adapting.
* Designing highway infrastructure.
* Careers in the transport sector.
* The cost of transportation - vehicle noise, emissions and the effects on public health.
* The cost of transportation - maintaining infrastructure, energy and climate change.
* How new technology, such as CAV and high speed rail, can address some of the challenges facing the transport sector.
* Designing the transportation of the future.
Who is the course for?
This course is for undergraduate students and mid-career professionals interested in a career in the transport industry.
It will be useful for undergraduates studying engineering, urban planning, mathematics, economics, geography and psychology.
It will also be useful for mid-career professionals already working in the transport sector or considering a move to the transport sector from other areas such as engineering, scientific research, local and national government policy making, construction and logistics.
Please feel free to share with your students/networks.
Yue Huang PhD, CEng, FHEA, MCIHT
Lecturer in Transport Engineering
Room 1.02, Institute for Transport Studies (ITS)
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Tel: +44 (0)113 343 2254
Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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