AH1025 Public Transport Systems, Buses and Rail, BC 7.5 credits

The course consists of lectures with student participation and using VISUM or other computer tools to plan a simple route and do a simplified analysis of this.

Student participation in the lecture sessions means that several things may occur:

•  A project for public transport planning
•  A scheduling task for railway
•  Submit a written report similar to a consultant's report in terms of performance and quality
•  Written test and oral test
•  A self-study and presentation of this
•  study
•  Preparation of information appearing
•  Oral presentation to the class. Everyone should be prepared to present.
•  Roleplay.

The course provides a basic knowledge of the condition, design, management and control of a public transportation system. Environmental impact, market, vehicle systems, planning, financing and organization are treated on a general level. The project task highlights the dimensioning of a public transport system using tools, traffic planning and the implementation of the traffic system in an urban region.

The students should after the course:

• be able to reason about the role and market of public transport and its contribution to economic and social sustainability
• explain the various steps in the planning of public transport
• describe the properties, e.g. capacity of different public transit systems, and be able to make realistic estimates
• account for good and poorer conditions for public transport in geographic planning
• describe the design of various types of infrastructure; stops, bus lanes, track and other infrastructure for bus and rail
• be able to describe how public transport in general is organized, its procurement and financing
• be able to carry out a simple planning and analysis of public transport route networks

AI1527- Introduction to the Planning and Building Process

AI1128- Economics of the Built Environment

• PRO1 - Project exercise, 3.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
• TEN1 - Written Examination, 4.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Particular examination, written or oral exam, administered in the middle of the course

Erik Jenelius

• All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
• In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
• In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.