Course Details (pdf) - PORTAL - Promotion of results in Transport ...

Title of the whole course:
Land use and transportation (Verkehr und Siedlungsstruktur)
Transport planning & land use
Name of the Educational Test Site: Kaiserslautern University of Technology
Objective of the whole course
To show the correlation between land use and transport with the help of existing research
results and examinations in the own city. In an empirical approach the students will transfer
the reviewed results and compare two quarters of Kaiserslautern.
The students should develop an understanding and skills about the following:
- To develop an understanding of the interrelation of land-use and transportation needs.
- To realise the transport planning problems within urban and suburban areas.
- To be informed about latest trends, policies and practices in this field, forming a
valuable background for their future work.
- To develop and exercise their critical skills that will help them in evaluation,
assessment and (later on) the design of transportation plans in urban and suburban
regions.
Content of the whole course
- policy guidelines of urban area development (Leitbilder der Siedlungsentwicklung)
- dependency on cars in different structures of urban areas (Autoabhängigkeit
unterschiedlicher Siedlungsstrukturen)
- price policy of habitation and transportation (Preispolitik von Wohnen und Verkehr)
- suburbanisation (Suburbanisierung)
- revaluation of city centers (Reaktivierung der Innenstädte)
- strategies of development of trade areas (Strategien der Gewerbeflächenentwicklung)
- choice of location of business companies (Standortwahl von Unternehmen)
- virtual mobility (Virtuelle Mobilität)
Which parts of PORTAL (project results) were taken up?
KT 9a Transport Planning and Land use, written materials and transparencies
Which PORTAL material was used?
PORTAL studying material: KT 9a Transport Planning and Land use
The written materials for all students as a basic step into the topic.
Additional literature for the home-group-work, following the mentioned literature and
projects in the written material as well as some national studies.
Selected PORTAL transparencies supplemented by additional own transparencies to support
the discussion after the presentation of the students reports and the discussion of the specific
case study in the second part of the seminar.

Separate / existing course Separate
Optional / compulsory course Optional
Name of the corresponding curricula Spatial and environmental planning
Participants’ level Level 6
Type of input Workshop seminar
Number of participants 28
Timing April 01 – Jul 02
Exercises
Language German
Name of the teacher Ulrike Huwer
- e-mail transport@uni-kl.de
- Phone number +49 631 205 3685
Website of
institution and / or
lecturer
Language of
lecturer
Fields of expertise
Home-Group-work, Discussion group, Specific
case study
http://transport.arubi.uni-kl.de
German, English
Public Transport: Integrated Transport Chains
Mobility management and Travel Awareness
Transport and land use: