AH2173 Public Transport 7.5 credits

The course consists of lectures and tutorials with student participation, a study visit, one exercise and a project. The project involves the analysis and evaluation of alternative network designs and their implications on operations. The project covers all the major steps that have to be undertaken including data analysis, documentation and conclusions in the form of a report and a presentation and discussion

• Demand and supply factors
• Strategic planning
• Network design and analysis
• Public transport sector organization
• Service quality assessment
• Public transport performance, analysis and modeling
• Operations planning
• Service reliability and control
• Demand management and demand-responsive services

• Account for the main steps in the public transport planning process
• Discuss the primary stakeholders and factors influencing public transport development
• Account for and compare alternative financial and organizational structures in the public transport sector
• Compare alternative public transport service patterns and network structures
• Calculate and interpret measures of service and network performance
• Apply methods for frequency determination, timetable design and vehicle scheduling

For admitted students to the Master of Science in Civil Engineering and Urban Management (CSAMH) or the Master of Science in Transport and Geoinformation Technology (TTGTM), there are no additional requirements.

For other students:

• A completed bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, urban planning, geomatics, geography, engineering physics, computer science, statistics, economics, and/or mathematics, with at least 60 university credits (hp) in mathematics, physics, statistics and/or computer science; and
• English language proficiency equivalent to (the Swedish upper secondary school) English course B/6.

• PRO2 - Project, 3.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
• TEN2 - Written exa, 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.

Written examination (4,0 cr) and exercises and projects (3,5 cr)

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.