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| OINS4016 | Transportation Policies | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of CIVIL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Erol İSKENDER | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To teach students the transportation policies and their results in developed countries, such as US, Australia, European and Esat Asian countries, so that they acquire the knowledge of successful and unsuccesful transportation policies worldwide, criticize the current transport policies in our cities and metropolitan areas, and determine the policies that can be applied to our cities that were already successful at international arena. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | compare the different transport policies and outcomes of developed countries. | 5,8 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | discuss the most appropriate transport policy for our country. | 1,3,5,8 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | gain awareness in adopting the successful transportation policies of the developed countries, and not adopting the policies which are dictated by the crisis. | 1,3,5,8 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| In this course, the problems of transportation in cities and metropolitan areas in developed countries, the effects of transportation on cities and livability, dilemma in urban transportation policies, urban-transportation relation, transportation policies and practices in developed countries, common misconceptions in urban transportation, transportation policies for livable cities, basic principles for planning and implementation of balanced transportation, transport issues in city planning are explained. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Course introduction and distribution of syllabus | | | Week 2 | Cities in developed countries and the transportation crisis in metropolitan areas | | | Week 3 | Effect of transportation on cities and their livability, Dichotomy in urban transportation policies | | | Week 4 | City-transportation relationship, complexity of urban transport modes | | | Week 5 | Transport policies and applications in developed countries (comparing conditions, trends and approaches) | | | Week 6 | Transport policies and applications in developed countries (comparing conditions, trends and approaches) | | | Week 7 | Common misconceptions in urban transportation ()Kentsel ulaşımda yaygın olan yanlış kanılar (duygusal raylı taşıma karşıtlığı) | | | Week 8 | Common misconceptions in urban transportation ()Kentsel ulaşımda yaygın olan yanlış kanılar (duygusal raylı taşıma karşıtlığı) | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Transport policies for livable cities, Fundamental principles for planning and application of balanced transportation | | | Week 11 | Transport policies for livable cities, Fundamental principles for planning and application of balanced transportation | | | Week 12 | Transport in urban planning, Finding the optimal role for private transportation (pricing the automobile use), Increasing the role of public transport | | | Week 13 | City-transport relationship in future | | | Week 14 | Review for the semester-end and student presentations | | | Week 15 | General review | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Kızıltaş, M.Ç. 2016; Ülkemiz ulaştırma sistemi üzerine değerlendirmeler, Akıl Fikir Yayınları, İstanbul. ISBN:978-605-9790-64-2. | | | |
| 1 | Kılınçaslan, T. Elker, C. Sutcliffe, E.B. 2012; Kentsel Ulaşım: Ulaşım sistemi, toplu taşım, planlama, politikalar, Ninova Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | 2 | Özenmiş, Ç. 2011; Sorularla AB politikaları ve Türkiye - Ulaştırma Politikası, İktisadi Kalkınma Vakfı Yayınları, Yayın No: 245, İstanbul. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1,5 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1,5 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Arasınav | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Ödev | 5 | 1 | 5 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Total work load | | | 90 |
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