Universidad del Rosario - Universidad del Rosario

Language

Spanish

Description

This course offers an introduction to the relationship between investing in transportation and mobility, and urban development. It focuses on innovation in public transportation, such as bus rapid transit (BRT) systems and aerial trams, as well as on the advances in the design and promotion of non-motorized transport in Latin America. The course will also address the technological advancements that improve shared mobility and automated transport systems. Participants will receive theoretical and practical classes on transportation and mobility planning and management with a focus on their impacts on urban development. Training on data processing and analysis will also be provided in order to understand the influence of transportation and mobility on urban geography. Upon completion of the course, participants will have the abilities to analyze information that can be used as a tool for developing and assessing public policy on mobility and urban development.

General Objective

This course offers an introduction on managing and planning for innovation in public transportation and urban development. It also provides training on data management and analysis that can be used to measure how investments in transportation and mobility impact urban development.

Specific objectives:

Understand the reciprocal relationship between investing in transportation and in urban development.
Become familiar with the different levels of intervening in transportation and mobility investments and with the different levels of analyzing the impacts these investments have on urban development.
Learn data management and analysis systems for performing impact assessments on transportation and mobility investments in urban development.
Gain data analysis skills that can be used as a tool for creating and assessing public policy.
Learn about the different areas of citizen advocacy and participation as part of the relationship between transportation, mobility and urban development.

Target public:

Professionals, public officials, entrepreneurs, and both students and graduates of undergraduate and graduate programs from the areas of transportation, urban mobility, and urban and regional planning; professionals and students from the Urban Management and Development Program; and members of the general public with an interest in issues surrounding urban development and public transportation. Ideally, participants should have a background in database management, but this is not a requirement for the course.

Methodology:

The course is divided into four modules, each of which consist of three-hour sessions.

Module 1:Innovations in Mobility (June 5 – 8): An introduction to transportation system innovations that have taken place in different cities throughout Latin America such as BRT (bus rapid transit), aerial trams and non-motorized transport. This module will explore the objectives and the operational and strategic characteristics of these innovations.

Module 2: Impacts on Urban Development (June 12 – 15): A theoretical and practical introduction to the relationship between transportation, urban mobility and urban development. This module will offer guided readings and practical exercises based on case studies.

Module 3: Impact Assessments (June 18 – 19): To better predict how investments in transportation and urban mobility affect urban development, this module will review the impact assessment research that is available from technical sources on research methods and will review technical articles on database management.

Module 4: Data Processing and Management (June 20 – 22): By applying specific databases used in this area, this module offers practical work sessions on quantitative data management and analysis in order to evaluate how investments in transportation and urban mobility impact urban development.

Program highlights

Learn about the relationship between investments in transportation and urban development and receive training on how to manage and analyze data to perform impact assessments.

Daniel
Rodríguez
Estados Unidos
Berkeley, University of California

Daniel A. Rodríguez received a PhD from the University of Michigan in the United States and a Master of Science in Transportation from MIT. Currently, he is a Professor of City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley and is the Associate Director of the Institute for Transportation Studies. His research interests focus on the relationship between transportation and land development, and their impacts on health and the environment. Professor Rodríguez’s most recent work examines the impact of transportation innovation on land markets and city development (bus rapid transit, aerial trams, protected and unprotected bicycle lane networks). He has also explored the impacts of urban transportation policy on health and equality. Professor Rodríguez’s work is driven by the practical problems cities face and by the search for solutions for public policy-makers and planners.

Erik
Vergel
Colombia
Universidad del Rosario

Professor Vergel Tovar is a new member of the Urban Development and Management Program with the School of Political Science, Government and International Relations at Universidad del Rosario. He is a former Fulbright scholar, received his PhD in City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in the United States, and completed his Master’s in Urban Strategies and Planning at the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Currently, Professor Tovar is an architect at Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogota and has started graduate studies in Tokyo, Japan, with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in the field of urban development with a focus on land readjustment.

Schedule

Dates: June 5 to June 22, 2018
Schedule: Monday to Friday, 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Sede Claustro, Universidad del Rosario
Duration: 44 hours
Type of offer: Curso
Credits: 3 UR credits (5.1 ECTS)
Language: Spanish
Organized by: School of Political Science, Government and International Relations

Academic Oganizer:
Erik Vergel - School of Political Science, Government and International Relations

Cronograma

Module 1
Innovations in transportation
SUBJECT AREA
BRT transportation systems, aerial trams
LECTURERS
Daniel Rodríguez y
Erik Vergel
DATE
June 5 to
June 8

Module 2
Impacts on urban development
SUBJECT AREA
The relationship between transportation and land use
LECTURERS
Daniel Rodríguez y
Erik Vergel
DATE
June 12 to
June 15

Module 3
Impact assessments
SUBJECT AREA
Research on impact assessments
LECTURERS
Daniel Rodríguez y
Erik Vergel
DATE
June 18 to
June 19

Module 4
Data processing and management
SUBJECT AREA
Management and analysis of quantitative data
LECTURERS
Daniel Rodríguez y
Erik Vergel
DATE
June 20 to
June 22

*May be subject to change

Register

Price: $ 1´800.000 (621 USD) *The price is subject to change depending on the exchange rate.

Prompt payment discount: 10% discount on the course fees until May 20, 2018.

Rosario community discount: A 10% discount on enrollment fees. This may be received in addition to the early bird discount.

Discount for students, professors and graduates from international institutions: 10% discount on the course fees, which can be accumulated and/or combined with the benefit for early bird discount.

General Terms and Conditions

The University reserves the right to cancel a course or program if the minimum financial resources needed to open the course or program are not met. In such event, the University will refund 100% of the amount paid by the students in the currency of origin by electronic transfer (wire transfer) to the bank account they have provided. The transfer will be made within five business days following the date that the participant's bank account information was received.

In the event that a participant decides not to take the course or program and has already paid the corresponding enrollment amount, provided the course has not commenced, the participant may request the refund of his/her money. In this case, the University will make an electronic transfer in the amount of 90% of the amount that was originally received; 10% of which will be retained for the reimbursement of administrative and banking expenses incurred by the university. The refund will be made in the original payment’s currency of origin within 8 business days following receipt of the request to withdraw, cancel and receive a refund.

Contact:

Angélica María León Z.

International Programs Adviser
UR International Summer School
summerschool@urosario.edu.co
Teléfono: (+57 1) 2970200 Ext. 2133