Syllabus

Module I – Introduction (6 Hours)
Transportation and urban form: Transportation and urban form in the India, The Geography of Urban Transportation, Stages in the spatial revolution of the Indian Cities.
Module II – Sustainable Transportation (6 Hours)
Toward a Sustainable Future: The concept of sustainability and its relationship to cities, The problem of automobile dependence at the end of the twentieth century, Socioeconomics of Urban Travel
Module III – Mobile source air pollution (10 Hours)
Clean Air Act Criteria Pollutants, Micoro-scale air pollution, Exposure of disadvantaged populations, CO2 and Motor vehicles: Carbon dioxide buildup and motor vehicle transportation Dirt and Discomfort: Improving air quality, enhancing comfort, and conserving energy
Noise
Noise control principles, Noise Control for Residential Buildings, Cumulative ecological effects of vehicle emissions and infrastructure, Wildlife Ecology and Transportation
Policy Options
a. Clean Air Policy
b. Transport Policies
c. Land Use Policies
d. Congestion Pricing
e. Parking
Module IV – Transportation and Energy (6 Hours)
Transportation and energy: Is current energy path sustainable? Sustainable energy policy: how do we get there
Module V – Public Transportation (8 Hours)
Public transportation, Bicycling and Walking, Bicycles: Low-Tech Ecological Mobility, Transportation, environment and equity, Social and environmental justice issues in urban transportation, Social Dimensions of Sustainable Transport, Transportation and public health

To recognize the importance of transportation-related environmental problems in the global, national, regional and local context.

To understand and identify transportation policies attempted or considered in the India, and to evaluate the transferability of policies tried elsewhere.

To evaluate the effectiveness of these policies with respect to mobility and environmental quality.

To search for and propose potential policies to solve identified problems, especially at the regional level.

CO1 Identify negative environmental externalities of transportation and What should be done in the future?
CO2 Understand energy consumption implications and what we mean by sustainable transportation.
CO3 Address automobile impact on global warming and way to reduce CO2 emissions
CO4 Develop the interface between transportation planning and environmental planning, recognizing that mobile sources are the major contributor to several key pollutants
CO5 Conduct comparative research between the India and other countries, or among Cities in the India, to identify successful policies and their transferability.

Transportation Research Board, Toward a Sustainable Future: Addressing the Long Term Effects of Motor Vehicle Transportation on Climate and Ecology. Special Report 251, prepared by Committee for a Study on Transportation and a Sustainable Environment,, TRB & National Research Council. Washington, DC: National Academy Press , 1997 or the latest

R.W. Boubel,, Fundamentals of Air Pollution,, Academic Press, , 4th Ed. 2007.

Jaccard, Mark, Sustainable Fossil Fuels, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. , 2005 or the latest

Beatley, Timothy, Green Urbanism., Island Press, Washington, D. C. , 2000 or the latest

World Conferences on Transportation Research

Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C.