2023/24 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

TRAN1011 Challenges in Transport and Mobility

10 creditsClass Size: 80

Module manager: Kate Pangbourne
Email: K.J.Pangbourne@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2023/24

This module is mutually exclusive with

TRAN1030

Intro to Surface & Air Transp

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

You will explore how travel and mobility contribute to quality of life and how transport activity causes a range of problems for the wellbeing of society and the environment that have moved it up the political and media agenda in recent decades. The module is appropriate to a wide range of disciplines and perspectives and no previous study of transport is required. It is particularly relevant for those studying geography, and for degree programmes related to civil engineering, business, social science and the environment.

Objectives

To help students understand:

- the role of transport and mobility in modern societies;

- how current transport systems have evolved;

- trends in travel and key issues affecting transport in different local, national and global contexts;

- what impacts they have on society, the economy and people’s lives;

- what factors may help or hinder how we are able to travel in the future;

- how these issues relate to key topical debates in society.

Learning outcomes
1. Awareness of and initial engagement with the transport literatures (including academic and policy literatures, practice case studies and news media).

2. An understanding of the full range of dilemmas facing the transport sector.

3. An appreciation of the complex nature of transport and mobility

4. Ability to apply your own ideas and experiences to understanding and engaging with topical debates.

Skills outcomes
Observational skills for urban fieldwork are introduced, practiced and assessed (CW1).

Syllabus

1. Key challenges in transport and mobility
2. The role of transport in shaping the city
3. Accessibility, proximity of place and unequal mobilities
4. Understanding travel behaviours and mobility cultures
5. Understanding safety and risk
6. Energy, environment and climate change
7. Healthy cities and healthy lifestyles
8. Understanding more about transport through data
9. Future innovations in transport and mobility
10. Visioning sustainable transport

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Fieldwork	1	8.00	8.00
Lecture	9	1.00	9.00
Practical	1	1.00	1.00
Tutorial	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			72.00
Total Contact hours			28.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

General background reading
Preparing for seminars
Preparing courseworks – essay and coursework report based on fieldwork
Preparing for presentation

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Through weekly tutorial sessions including student presentations and discussion groups plus a mandatory 1000 word fieldwork report and a 1000 word assessed essay at the end of the semester.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Report	1,000 words	50.00
Report	1,000 words	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 28/04/2023 14:56:45

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