UPCOMING SESSIONS
This training course in Sustainability Impacts of Transportation Projects provides important insight into the ways the transportation projects contribute to the building, upgrading, and developing a well-off society, especially through the increased connectivity and enabling the free flow of people and goods to reduce the economic imbalances.
The training course focuses on the impacts of transportation projects in terms of environment, sociological and spatial issues, while realizing the coordination of benefits to the development of urban, rural, and agricultural modernization.
The impact of transportation systems on society and economy, through the lenses of transportation projects lifecycle cost, with the weighting of benefits and impacts of transportation system development, adopt the supervision evaluation index system in the design and development process of transportation systems, focus on the maximization of benefits and realization of sustainable development, exploring new ideas and seeking green transportation construction.
This ETC training course will highlight:
- Impacts of transportation projects on Society, Environment and Economy
- Transportation projects impact on employment
- Impact of transportation projects on GDP
- Issues and risks within transportation projects and their sustainability
- Green versus Greed transportation projects
By the end of this training course, participants will learn to:
- Develop green transportation projects
- Improve environmental sustainability within transportation projects
- Maximize societal benefits from transportation projects
- Identify representative Examples of Sustainable Transportation
- Upgrade existing transportation systems to Green and Profitable systems
Participants to this training course will receive a thorough training on the subjects covered by the seminar outline with the Tutor utilising a variety of proven adult learning teaching and facilitation techniques. Seminar methodology includes presentations with interactive practical exercises, supported by video materials, activities, and case studies. Delegates will be encouraged to participate actively in addressing the certain needs of their workplace.
The organizations will greatly benefit as the delegates will be able to apprehend and implement:
- Green transportation project design, upgrade and restructuring
- Learn how to promote consistency with transport entity policy and goals
- Be able to enhance returns on road rehabilitation projects
- Recognize infrastructure resiliency in light of climate change
- Promote innovation and new project approaches with focus on sustainability
The participants will improve their knowledge and understanding of promoting sustainability, by:
- Identifying the options to reduce energy consumption and GHG emissions
- Utilizing a project lifecycle approach
- Learning the ways to attract positive public opinions
- Promoting project team research into new, cost-effective technologies
- Instituting sustainability elements in projects
This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Decision Making and Policy Making Government Officials
- Road and Transport industry representatives
- Professionals in Urban Planning
- Architects involved in urban design
- Project Managers
- Technology Engineers, CTOs, and CIOs
- Strategic Development Personnel
- Transport Engineers and Researchers
Day One: Green Transportation
- Rules of Going Green
- Green transportation strategies
- Diminishing resources
- Agile transportation systems
- Transportation and Energy
Day Two: Sustainable Transportation Projects and Initiatives
- System Planning and Project Planning
- Environmentally sustainable transportation projects
- Planning and design criteria for sustainable transportation projects
- Community context
- Climate change impact
Day Three: Transport Systems Project Sustainability Factors
- Land use
- Investment
- Maintenance
- Projects risks
- Job creation and social returns
Day Four: Sustainable transportation system in cyclic economy
- What is Cyclic Economy?
- How to enable recycling within transportation systems?
- New technologies and the road ahead
- Sustainable transportation practices
- Sustainable networks and urban mobility
Day Five: Smart mobility
- Congestion reduction
- Health, safety, and economic benefits
- Mobility ecosystems
- Economic, ecologic, and social benefits of smart mobility
- Smart future
