Academic year/semester: 2026/27/1

ECTS Credits: 5

Available for: Only for the faculty’s students

Lecture hours: 1
Seminarium:2
Practice: 0
Laboratory: 0
Consultation: 0

Prerequisites: Course in urban planning or urban infrastructure or any transport related subjects. IMPORTANT: Students can choose whether ONLY MSc courses, or ONLY vertical studio courses! Exceptions we can make on individual decisions based on special requests, maximum for less than 50% of the courses - please contact our international coordinator.

Course Leader: Dr. MACSINKA Klára PhD

Faculty: Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, 1146 Budapest, Thököly út 74.

Course Description:
Major goal of the course to introduce and analyze basic principles of sustainable urban mobility. Students will learn about several aspects of infrastructure, mobility and sustainability. Good practices from all around the world will be shown. Students will collect sustainable mobility solutions as well. Task for students: preparation of a study on a chosen city-network (existing situation, possibilities to improve and develop a more sustainable mobility system). Presentation of the findings and solutions for the problems identified in the study.

Competences:
By completing the course, students will have knowledge of urban transport networks, necessity of sustainable mobility system to keep the cities livable. They will see main objectives of developing a sustainable transport system, will be able to realize problems with urban transportation networks, will be able to apply the appropriate tools to improve local networks.

Topics:
Topics:
1. week: Urban infrastructure and sustainable mobility– introduction
2. week: Tools of sustainable transportation
3. week: Road-infrastructure of a sustainable transport system
4. week: Public transportation
5. week: Urban railways (intermodality/interoperability/tram trains)
6. week: Infrastructure for pedestrians
7. week: Cycling and micromobility
8. week: Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP)
9. week: Smart and livable cities, public spaces
10. week: Parking management
11. week: Land use and transport (LUTR), meaning and importance
12. week: Introduction and analysis of international case studies
13. week: Students’ presentation of individual works
14. week: Summary and possible further research areas of sustainable mobility

Assessment: Exam

Exam Types:

Compulsory bibliography: GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY PLAN (European Platform on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans)

Recommended bibliography: Online issues of Journal of Transport and Land Use

Additional bibliography: none

Additional Information: none