COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLITICS AND APPLICATIONS OF TRANSPORTATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 3009 POLITICS AND APPLICATIONS OF TRANSPORTATION ELECTIVE 2 2 0 6

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IREM AYHAN SELÇUK

Offered to

Architecture
City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

The aim of the course is examining transportation politics with different aspects. In addition this rising evaluation, synthes and discussing skills of planning students.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognition the limitations of transportation politics with legislative regulations
2   Understanding the importance of politics for transportation
3   Distinguish the developable politics of transportation on different aspects
4   Solving transportation problems for different user perspectives
5   Defining application tools, relevant institutions and disciplines for transportation politics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Discussion of Expectations from the Course and Determining Homework Topics
2 Examining Emergency of Urban Transportation Problems-Traditional Approaches
3 Examining Emergency of Urban Transportation Problems-Contemporary Approaches
4 Politics and Preventions 1: Reduction of Travel Demand
5 Politics and Preventions 1: Reduction of Travel Demand
6 Homework Design
7 Midterm Exam (%30)
8 Politics and Preventions 2: Routing Trips to Public Transport
9 Politics and Preventions 2: Routing Trips to Public Transport
10 Politics and Preventions 3: Limitation of individual transport
11 Politics and Preventions 3: Limitation of individual transport
12 Answering Questions about Homework
13 Homework Application (%30)
14 Final Exam Week
15 Final Exam Week

Recomended or Required Reading

Oppenheim, N. (1995). Urban Travel Demand Modelling, From Individual Choices to General Equilibrium, A Wiley-Interscience Publication, John Wiley & Sons, INC., Newyork/Chichester/Toronto/Singapore/Brisbane. Textbook(s)/References/Materials:
Ortuzar, J. D. D. Ve Willumsen, L. G., (1990). Modelling Transport, John Wiley & Sons, LTD., Chichester/Newyork/Weinheim/Brisbane/Toronto/Singapore
Elker, C. (2002). Ulaşımda Politika ve pratik, Ankara.
Supplementary Book(s):
Cirit, F. (2014). Sürdürülebilir Kentiçi Ulaşım Politikaları ve Toplu Taşıma Sistemlerinin Karşılaştırılması, Uzmanlık Tezi, Iktisadi Sektörler ve Koordinasyon Genel Müdürlüğü, Ağustos, 2014.
Benk, Serkan, (2007). Kentiçi Ulaşım Sonucu Oluşan Negatif Dışsallıklar ve Önleme Yolları. Uludağ Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Maliye Anabilim Dalı, Maliye Teorisi Bilim Dalı, Doktora Tezi, Bursa.
Buket, C. (2006). Türkiye de Çok Modlu Taşımacılık, AB Ulaşım Politikaları ve Uyum Sürecinin Değerlendirilmesi, Haziran 2006, Gazi Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Yüksek Lisans Tezi.
Materials:-

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The method of the lesson is introduction of transportation politics from different aspects and discussing of practices.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + FINS * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm Exam %30
Homework Assignments/Presentation %30 (LO1, LO2)
Final Exam %40 (LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

-

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0232 301 8434
irem.ayhan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 13 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Individual homework preperation (CBIKO Talent Gate) 10 1 10
Group homework preperation 2 30 60
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Project Assignment 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 147

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.11
LO.2
LO.3
LO.4
LO.5