242141 Matching Strategies for Sustainable Mobility

Course offering details

Instructors: Prof. Dr. Andreas Knorr

Event type: Seminar

Org-unit: Corporate Management & Economics

Displayed in timetable as: Matching Strategies

Hours per week: 3

Credits: 6,0

Location: Campus der Zeppelin Universität

Language of instruction: Englisch

Min. | Max. participants: 5 | 22

Priority scheme: Standard-Priorisierung

Course content:
Environmental and other dimensions of sustainability

Transport markets


  • Key terminology
  • Growth and modal split trends in transport services
  • The economics of transport
  • Transport as a (basic) service
  • Transport as derived demand
  • Physical and non-physical forms of transport/Transportability?
  • Determinants of supply and demand for transport services
  • The role of government in transport markets (regulation, ownership)       

Transport infrastructures

  •  Key terminology
  • Trends in transport infrastructure supply and demand, degree of modernity and funding
  • Transport infrastructure planning (incl. cases)
  • Alternative approaches to transport infrastructure funding for different modes of transport (markets, government provision, PPP)

Sustainable transport Socio-economics benefits and costs of transport

  • The environmental impact of transport
  • Basisc principles of environmental economics
  • Transport-related environmental policy 

Educational objective:
Course objectives:

Students will:


  • be introduced to the key concepts of sustainability in the context of the transport sector at the national and international level
  • acquire an in-depth knowledge of transport policy instruments and environmental policy instruments related to transport
  • discuss select contemporary issues with respect to addressing sustainability concerns in transport markets, transport infrastructure provision and utilization and transport policy in case studies

Further information about the exams:
Building upon and supplementing as well as extending the introductory part of the course, students will conduct their own research in a term paper format including presentation and in-class discussion of their findings.

Topic assignment will be based on students' preferences in line with the course objectives. Accordingly, term papers may address the following areas of transport:


  • Local transport – provision and funding

    • “Free” local public transport – efficiency and distribution aspects
    • Urban congestion charges

  • Select environmental issues in transport/Sector-specific vs. universal regimes for reducing the climate impact of transport

    • Emission trading in aviation – ICAO’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA
    • Integrating aviation and shipping into the EU’s emission trading system (ETS)
    • Decarbonising road transport – what role for e-mobility?
    • Carbon taxes in road transport

  • The future of mobility

    • Autonomous driving and local public transport
    • The market potential of drones for passenger transport and goods delivery
    • Mobility-as-a-service - a sustainable business model?

  • Case studies

    •  How sustainable is high-speed rail transport in Europe?
    • The Chinese “One Road, one belt“ initiative



Students interested in a term paper assignment should contact me by email (knorr@uni-speyer.de) by September 25th at the latest.

Topic-related introductory readings will be provided after the assignment.

Presentations of the draft term papers will be held during the semionar block in early November (5th-8th, 2020). For every topic, there wiill be a 30 minute presentation and a 30 minute plenary discussion.

Final papers (3,000-4,000 words) have to be submitted electronically to the course administration by November 22nd, 2020.






 

Admitted Aids:
All academic sources may be used in preparing the draft paper presentations and final papers.

Students are expected to observe the rules and guidelines for good scientific practice. In particular, plagiarism will not be tolerated.

 

Mandatory literature:
General introductory literature:

Monographies:


  • Button K.J. (2010): Transport Economics, 3rd ed., Cheltenham
  • Cole, St.: Applied Transport Economics. Policy, Management & Decision Making, 3rd ed., London 2005
  • Hensher, D.A. / Brewer, A.M. (2004): Transport: An Economics and Management Perspective, Oxford
  • Hensher, D.A. / Button, K.J. (2003): Handbook of Transport and the Environment, Amsterdam
  • Mallard, G. / Glaister, St. (2008): Transport Economics. Theory, Application and Policy, Houndmills/Basingstoke
  • Palma, André de et. al. (2013) (eds.): A Handbook of Transport Economics, Cheltenham/Northampton
  • Polak, Jacob. B / Heertje Arnold (2000) (eds.): Analytical Transport Economics Cheltenham/Northampton
  • Quinet, E. / Vickermann, R. (2004): Principles of Transport Economics, Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA, USA
  • Rodrigue, Jean-Paul / Comtois, Claude / Slack, Brian (2017) (eds): The Geography of Transport Systems, 4th ed., London and New York 2017

Transport-related journals: 

  • European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research
  • European Transport Research Review
  • International Journal of Transport Economics          
  • Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
  • Research in Transportation Economics
  • Transport Policy
  • Transport Reviews  
  • Transportation Journal  
  • Transportation Research, Part A. General, Policy and Practice
  • Transportation Research, Part D Transport & Environment
  • Transportation Research, Part E Logistics & Transport


Additional, topic-related introductory literature will be provided individually to students after the completion of the term paper assignment.

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Appointments
Date From To Room Instructors
1 Wed, 9. Sep. 2020 13:30 19:00 online Prof. Dr. Andreas Knorr
2 Th, 5. Nov. 2020 13:30 19:00 online Prof. Dr. Andreas Knorr
3 Fri, 6. Nov. 2020 10:00 19:00 online Prof. Dr. Andreas Knorr
4 Sat, 7. Nov. 2020 10:00 19:00 online Prof. Dr. Andreas Knorr
5 Sun, 8. Nov. 2020 10:00 16:00 online Prof. Dr. Andreas Knorr
Course specific exams
Description Date Instructors Compulsory pass
1. Midterm Time tbd Yes
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Instructors
Prof. Dr. Andreas Knorr