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17094
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
L0
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| ECTS Credits |
3
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| Workload |
PL(19H)/S(4H)/T(19H)
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| Scientific area |
TRANSPORTES E VIAS DE COMUNICAÇÃO
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Entry requirements |
Basic knowledge of English.
Basic knowledge of transport and road design.
A minimum level of digital literacy, i.e. the ability and autonomy to use a digital learning environment (e.g. Moodle).
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Learning outcomes |
The main objective of this activity is to exchange, acquire and consolidate cultural experience and knowledge in transport engineering to identify risk factors related to pedestrian safety and to promote the development of innovative, well-founded and advanced approaches aimed at improving the safety of vulnerable road users.
At the end of the BIP activity, students will be expected to:
1. Identify, formulate and analyse pedestrian safety problems arising from real situations.
2. Develop problem-solving procedures.
3. Find solutions to real problems.
4. Develop specific digital problem-solving skills.
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Syllabus |
1. Elements and safe design of pedestrian infrastructure.
2. Pedestrian crossing solutions.
3. Pedestrian environment quality and walkability.
4. Human behaviour in pedestrian safety (crossing time, reaction time, amongst others).
5. Pedestrian road safety data.
6. New technologies to analyse pedestrian infrastructure, behaviour and safety data: Video footage, GIS, machine learning, amongst others.
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Main Bibliography |
1. Department for Transport, Inclusive Mobility - A Guide to Best Practice on Access to Pedestrian and Transport Infrastructure, 2021, London (available online).
2. NZ Transport Agency, Pedestrian planning and design guide, ISBN 978-0-478-35228-3, 2009, New Zealand (available online).
3. Department of Transport and Main Roads, Technical Guideline - Raised priority crossings for pedestrians and cycle paths, 2019, The State of Queensland (available online).
4. Austroads, Guide to Road Design Part 6A: Paths for Walking and Cycling, 2021, Sydney (available online).
5. Federal Highway Administration, Guidebook for developing pedestrian & bicycle performance measures, U.S. Department of Transportation, 2016 (available online).
6. https://highways.dot.gov/safety/pedestrian-bicyclist
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
This course includes an 8 hour online component, 35 hours of contact with the teaching team, 2 hours of assessment and 39 hours of independent student work, leading to the award of 3 ECTS to successful students.
Classes are divided into theoretical classes, which include an exposition of the syllabus and the presentation of small problems, and theoretical-practical classes, which apply the syllabus to the solution of practical problems.
Assessment is periodic and consists of a group activity (75%) and a final individual written test (25%).
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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