Disciplina
Tecnologias de Transportes e Gestão de Operações
Área
Área Científica de Sistemas Urbanos e Regionais > Gestão de Infraestruturas e Serviços de Transportes
Activa nos planos curriculares
MSCIT 2008 > MSCIT 2008 > 2º Ciclo > Tecnologias de Transportes e Gestão de Operações
DFASCIT2007 > DFASCIT2007 > 3º Ciclo > Tecnologias de Transportes e Gestão de Operações
Nível
a) Individual Written Exam
Tipo
Não Estruturante
Regime
Semestral
Carga Horária
1º Semestre
4.0 h/semana
112.0 h/semestre
Objectivos
Provide the students with the knowledge of main types of transports technologies, and with the competencies to understanding the main problems related to design, construction and operation of the vehicles and their infrastructures.
Programa
a) Technologies covering all modes, vehicles and infrastructures: road; railway; maritime; air. b) Technologies in support of intermodality on cargo units, on vehicles, on infrastructure. Existing solutions, evolution trends. Most frequent models of investment underwriting c) Operational elements for transport service and infra-structure (lines, networks, stop and stations, linear and nodal infra-structures) d) Organization and optimization of productive processes and resources. Planning, programming and service level in transport operations. e) Configuration of urban systems, modal choice, assessment of aggregated performance. f) Unimodal vs. Intermodal Transport: main differences on the producers side, on the clients side and on society?s side. Situations of great potential gain in the application of intermodal solutions and main barriers to their success g) Contraints imposed to operation by safety and security elements. h) Performance monitoring, management control and service quality.
Metodologia de avaliação
a) Individual Written Exam
Pré-requisitos
Componente Laboratorial
Princípios Éticos
Componente de Programação e Computação
Componente de Competências Transversais
Bibliografia
Principal
Transportation Engineering, Planning and Design
Brooks, M. R., Button, K., Nijkamp, P.
Forsyth, P., Button, K., Nijkamp, P.
Handbook of Transport Systems and Traffic Control
Button K.J. and Hensher D., (Eds)
A Primer on Efficiency Measures for Utilities and Transport Regulators (WBI development studies)