Foundations of Mobility Course

Mobility and the Environment

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Instruction Time Completion Time CEUs
Mobility and the Environment ~ 6-7 hours 60 days after start date 1

The Mobility and the Environment course examines the many ways that transportation affects the environment, including factors that determine the scale of impact and how these factors affect externalities such as air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. You will learn about transportation energy use, how environmental concerns have been addressed to date, and technologies that can help improve the sustainability of mobility. This course also covers the environmental effects of major modes of transportation, including light-duty vehicles (personal travel), medium and heavy-duty vehicles (goods movement), air travel, and maritime shipping. By the end of the course, you will understand how major impacts are measured, know where to find data on the environmental effects of mobility systems, and recognize the public agencies and other entities involved in addressing mobility and the environment.

Learning Objectives

You will finish this course with a comprehensive understanding of how mobility affects the environment, including the importance of scale, the general principles of environmental protection and how they apply to transportation, and what is meant by sustainability overall.

Course Overview

  • Introduction – Overview and Key Concepts
  • Travel Demand 
  • New Mobility Systems and the Future of Travel Demand 
  • Transportation Energy Use 
  • Transportation and Global Climate Change 
  • Transportation and Air Quality 
  • Motor Vehicle Emissions Control Systems 
  • Progress and Challenges in Motor Vehicle Emissions Control 
  • Vehicle Efficiency – Light-Duty Vehicles
  • Vehicle Efficiency – Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles
  • Renewable Fuels 
  • Electric Vehicle Technologies 
  • How Do Plug-In Hybrid Electric Cars Work? 
  • Electric Vehicle Energy and Emission Impacts 
  • Air Travel and the Environment 
  • Toward Sustainable Mobility – Summary and Synthesis
  • 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 requires you to receive an 70% passing grade on the course assessment.

There are no prerequisites for this course.

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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

John DeCicco, PhD

  • Research Professor Emeritus, Energy Institute

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