Planning, Urban Design, and Systems Integration

Location:

Online

Schedule:

Self-paced

Course Summary

Instruction Time Completion Time CEUs
Planning, Urban Design,
and Systems Integration
~ 6-7 hours 60 days after start date 1

This course digs into transportation planning and urban design, unpacking how mobility fits within our cities and how emerging modes and technologies impact these planning efforts. You will learn about current trends in urbanization, sustainable development frameworks, new planning methods, and challenges associated with innovation and uncertainty. Key lectures on scenario planning, along with expert guest discussions, provide added insight and context throughout this course.

Learning Objectives

You will leave this course with an understanding of key urban mobility terminology, stakeholders of urban planning, methods of system integration, and the forces shaping urban mobility.

Course Overview

  • Current Urban Change and the Sustainable Mobility Paradigm
    • Current Trends in Urbanization
    • The Sustainable Mobility Paradigm
  • Scenario Planning: A Method for Planning Systems with Uncertainty
    • Introducing Scenario Planning
    • Transportation Scenarios
    • Applying Scenarios to AV and New Mobility
    • Guest Discussion: Lisa Nielson
  • How Does Mobility Fit Within Urban Sustainability Frameworks? 
    • Sustainable Development Goals
    • Smart Growth
    • New Urbanism
    • Vision Zero
  • Rethinking Streets
    • Moving People and Freight Efficiently
    • Emerging Street Design Guides
    • Mobility hub
    • Guest Discussion: Geoff Thun, Taubman College
  • Planning for Emerging Modes: Bikesharing, Ridesharing, and Urban Aerial Vehicles
    • Bikesharing and Micro-Mobility
    • Ridesharing
    • Urban Aerial Vehicles
  • What’s Next?
    • Scenarios for Autonomous Urbanism
    • The Challenge of Creating Smart Urban Innovations
  • You will have access to this course for 60 days.
  • This course contains 6-7 hours of required recorded material and an associated testing assessment.
  • The course also includes supplemental reading material to bolster your knowledge.

Successful completion of course topics, readings, and testing assessment with an 80% pass rate is required to earn a digital badge for this course.

There are no prerequisites for this course.

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Administrative/Online Technical Support
Support staff are available via phone and email to help with administrative and technical issues during our normal business hours (Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time). 

Content Questions/Certification Project Support
Candidates are welcome to contact the course instructors for content questions and project support. The instructors will provide support via email, phone consultation, and/or online videoconferencing.

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Instructional Team

Robert Goodspeed, PhD

  • Chair of Urban and Regional Planning, Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

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