Transportatn Built Environmn

1.5 Credits · Level: Graduate

Modern life as we know it would cease to exist were it not for the efficiency and convenience that modern transportation provides. Innovations in transport have taken mankind from walking to flying enabling the shrinking of both time and distance. Whether by land, sea or air, transportation has shaped the physical landscape and given rise to urban form. The infrastructure accompanying each evolution in transportation technology has had a direct impact on how and where people live, work and play, how societies are fed, and how goods and services are produced and sold. This course will serve as a primer on transportation in a global context. The primary transportation modes will be examined including vehicular movement on roads and highways, trains and rail, seaborne ships and vessels, air carriers of passengers and freight, intermodal transport and pipelines. Transport networks and its relationship to global supply chains will be explored as well as the economics of transportation. The global context will be examined by looking at the transportation strategies of other nations including China, Singapore, Hong Kong and the European Union. A recurrent theme throughout the course will be the topic of sustainability. The impact of climate change and the need to reimagine one of the largest users of hydrocarbon energy presents itself as one of the greatest challenges of