Sustainable Transportation Planning

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Describe and evaluate the geographic distribution, functions, and interactions of multimodal transportation networks in North America and assess their impacts on urban accessibility, mobility, and transportation equity.
• Apply and analyze transportation planning models, methods, and analytical tools to investigate urban transportation problems and support planning decisions.
• Examine and assess the political, social, economic, and environmental factors that shape transportation systems and influence transportation policy and planning outcomes.
• Critically evaluate emerging challenges and opportunities affecting the future development of urban transportation systems, including technological innovation, demographic change, climate change, and sustainability concerns.
• Develop and justify sustainable transportation planning strategies that promote efficient, affordable, accessible, and environmentally responsible urban transportation systems.
• Formulate evidence-based transportation plans or policy recommendations that integrate sustainability principles, stakeholder considerations, and planning objectives to address contemporary urban transportation issues.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Unit Exams	50%
Unit Activity & Discussion	25%
Term Paper	25%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93-100%	A
90-92%	A-
87-89%	B+
83-86%	B
80-82%	B-
73-79%	C
<73%	F

Incompletes will not be given when more than ½ the coursework is incomplete.

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance/participation is not a graded component included in the student's final grade for this course.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.