Learning Goals
- Explain what transportation engineers aim to accomplish on behalf of the general public and other stakeholders.
- Identify transportation modes and stakeholders
- Recognize the United Nations goals for sustainable development
- Define sustainable mobility
- Identify career opportunities
- Associate personal travel experiences with the professional work of planners and engineers
- Explain how goals for sustainable development are either advanced or hindered by the strengths and weaknesses of regional transport
- Explain how a project that is both socially responsible and economically responsible can deliver an equitable solution, but not necessarily a sustainable solution
- Outline professional licensing requirements
- Explain how land use and transportation are related
- Define latent demand
- Classify programs and policies in terms of transportation demand management (TDM) vs. transportation systems management and operations (TSMO)
- Identify the benefits of a 3- to 4-lane road diet conversion
- State the purpose of Federal Highway Administration Order 5520
- Define resilient mobility
- Characterize land uses associated with a transit-supportive neighborhood
- Identify aspects of the built environment that promote walking and cycling
- Explain how micro-mobility options can help a region achieve its sustainable mobility goals
- Relate tactical urbanism to a road diet conversion, and as a catalyst for a long term change to a more complete street
- Contrast resilience versus preparedness relative to infrastructure that’s vulnerable to storm surge, wildfire or landslide
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