Institute for Transport Studies
Continuing Professional Development Short Courses
Continuing Professional Development Short Courses Freight Transport Planning and Management 23-24 February 2010 Course fee: £399 This course provides participants with a thorough understanding of the key issues in national and international freight transport policy, together with the factors affecting the logistics decisions of individual organisations. The principles are illustrated with up-to-date examples from the UK and internationally; quantitative techniques that underpin the management tools for transport systems optimisation are also demonstrated.
Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook (PDFH 5) 26 February 2010 (London) 9 June 2010 (Leeds) November 2010 (London) Course fee: £350 This course explains the demand forecasting principles underlying the Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook, as widely used in the UK railway industry, and provides a step-by-step guide to the forecasting procedures contained within it. A wide range of worked examples are covered and a workshop tackles a series of practical demand forecasting problems using software to apply PDFH recommendations to realworld situations. The course is designed for railway managers and consultants involved in rail demand forecasting.
Transport in Developing Countries 12-16 April 2010 Course fee: £599 Transport policies, services and infrastructure are crucial to the development of the global South. This course will consider the economic, financial, institutional and demographic characteristics of developing countries and their significance for transport sector policies. It will also focus on development policy in developing countries and its role in determining transport policy. The course will also cover a range of current and relevant topics including: - road infrastructure investment; - rural road policy and investment; - road maintenance planning, infrastructure finance including the contribution of the private sector; - the roles of mass-transit; - the informal sector and non-motorised modes.
Stated Preference Methods 23-24 March 2010 Course fee: £499 This course covers the essential principles involved in the use of Stated Preference techniques to examine choice behaviour. The focus is on practical applications and a number of problem-solving exercises are conducted. These practical exercises involve the design of SP experiments using different procedures, testing these designs using discrete choice models applied to synthetic data to assess
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whether design improvements have been achieved, and applications of methods to jointly estimate models on Revealed Preference and Stated Preference data. The programme is divided into sections covering introductory issues, design, survey, analysis and interpretation, and application.
Transport Investment Appraisal 18-20 May 2010 Course fee: £599 This course equips participants with skills to undertake transport investment appraisal. Starting from the principles of cost-benefit analysis and financial appraisal, the course covers the key methods and techniques, and includes worked examples and case studies from road and rail, as well as multi-modal packages. It is suitable for those new to the field and for more experienced professionals seeking to refresh their knowledge.
Cycling: measures, modelling and monitoring 8 June 2010 Course fee: £250 Within the UK policy context, this course identifies the important determinants of cycle use and the effect of changes in these determinants. The course examines potential interventions, how these might be valued by users and the lessons to be learnt from the European experience. The course discusses options for cycle monitoring data collection and introduces appropriate analysis techniques, before suggesting how robust local targets can be set.
Introduction to SATURN 14-16 September 2010 Course fee: £750 This course introduces SATURN (Simulation and Assignment of Traffic to Urban Road Networks) software. Participants explore the features of the latest software release via practical exercises incorporating significant hands-on experience. It is suitable for those who have little familiarity with or no formal training in SATURN and for anyone wishing to understand the principles of congested network assignment models.
Further information & how to book All courses are designed to contribute to the CPD requirements of the relevant professional bodies. Course fees include learning materials, lunch and refreshments, but not overnight accommodation (details of local hotels are available on request). Except where stated, courses are held at the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds. The courses can also be delivered as bespoke or in-company training on alternative dates and at other locations. Course bookings and other enquiries can be made via the Short Courses Co-ordinator using the contact details below:
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Institute for Transport Studies
Freight Transport Planning & Management 23-24 February 2010
Continuing Professional Development
Freight Transport Planning & Management 23-24 February 2010
Course fee: £399
This course is designed to help planners, policymakers and consultants to develop a better understanding of freight operations and its specific needs. The course has two core elements. The first covers the broader context of freight operations. The second provides an introduction to various quantitative techniques for managing freight movements, in order to promote understanding of how the industry makes use of modern management techniques. In the first element, participants are provided with a thorough understanding of the key issues in national and international freight transport policy, together with the factors affecting the logistics decisions of individual organisations. The principles are illustrated with up-to-date examples from the UK and internationally. Specific attention is given both to management decisions (such as inventory control, facility location, choice of transport mode and routeing of deliveries) and also to policy decisions designed to contain the environmental and congestion impacts of freight transport operations. In the second element, participants are introduced to the analytical underpinnings of those decisions. Mathematical skills are not required, but quantitative examples are included, covering inventory control, lorry routeing and scheduling, depot location and total distribution costs.
Outline programme Mode choice Vehicle routeing and scheduling Depot numbers and locations Stock control Equipment and warehousing Distribution systems in practice Social costs of freight transport
The course benefits from the Institute’s unique team of staff involved in major initiatives, most notably the ‘Green Logistics’ consortium of university and industry research partners (www.greenlogistics.org)
Further information & how to book The course will be held in ITS training facilities at the University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT. The fee includes learning materials, lunch and refreshments during the course, but not overnight accommodation (details of local hotels are available on request). The course is also available as bespoke or in-company training on a date and at a location chosen by the client organisation. Course bookings and other enquiries can be made via the Short Courses Co-ordinator using the contact details below:
T: +44 (0)113 343 5353
E: courses@its.leeds.ac.uk
W: www.its.leeds.ac.uk
Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook (PDFH 5) Training Day 26 February or 5 November 2010 (London) or 9 June 2010 (Leeds)
Course fee: £350
This course explains the demand forecasting principles underlying the Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook, as widely used in the UK railway industry, and provides a step-by-step guide to the forecasting procedures contained within it. A wide range of worked examples are covered and a workshop tackles a series of practical demand forecasting problems using software to apply PDFH recommendations to real-world situations. The course is designed for railway managers and consultants involved in rail demand forecasting. The programme will cover the following: • •
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Outline and objectives Principles and concepts o Principles of demand models and brief overview of different types of model o Elasticities and cross elasticities o Relationships between elasticities o Generalised Journey Time (GJT) and rooftop model o Implicit elasticities o Conditional and non-conditional elasticities PDFH 5 o Discussion of PDFH as a forecasting framework o Changes from previous versions of PDFH o The effect of crowding and other service quality factors o Worked forecasting examples Demand forecasting software demonstration Practical workshop o Using software provided to cover practical forecasting problems
Venue: the London course will be held at the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) offices. The Leeds course will be held at the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds. Refreshments and lunch will be provided during the course. For further information on the course content please contact Mark Wardman - Tel: 0113 343 5349; Email: m.r.wardman@its.leeds.ac.uk or Martin Prior - Tel: 0207 529 6531; Email mprior@mvaconsultancy.com Bookings for either course can be made via the Short Courses Secretary, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT. Tel: 0113 343 5353; Fax: 0113 343 5334; Email: courses@its.leeds.ac.uk
Stated Preference Methods 23-24 March 2010
Course fee: £499
This course covers the essential principles involved in the use of Stated Preference techniques to examine choice behaviour. The focus is on practical applications and a number of problem-solving exercises are conducted. These practical exercises involve the design of SP experiments using different procedures, testing these designs using discrete choice models applied to synthetic data to assess whether design improvements have been achieved, and applications of methods to jointly estimate models on Revealed Preference and Stated Preference data. The programme is divided into sections covering introductory issues, design, survey, analysis, interpretation and applications.
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Introduction to choice modelling and stated preference Conventional orthogonal design Practical - design of a travel choice experiment Analysis and interpretation Simulation procedures and analysis Practical - logit analysis of orthogonal design Boundary value designs Analysis of boundary value designs Advanced design procedures and practical Survey issues Joint RP and SP models Applications
The course benefits from the institute’s unparalleled cluster of choice modelling researchers and practitioners, who are at the leadingedge of the field and responsible for many of the new innovations. For further information about the course content or its relevance to your work please contact the course leader - Dr Stephane Hess, tel: +44 (0)113 343 6611, email: s.hess@its.leeds.ac.uk
Further information & how to book The course will be held in ITS training facilities at the University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT. The fee includes learning materials, lunch and refreshments during the course, but not overnight accommodation (details of local hotels are available on request). The course is also available as bespoke or in-company training on a date and at a location chosen by the client organisation. Course bookings and other enquiries can be made via the Short Courses Co-ordinator using the contact details below:
T: +44 (0)113 343 5353
E: courses@its.leeds.ac.uk
W: www.its.leeds.ac.uk
Institute for Transport Studies
Transport Investment Appraisal 18-20 May 2010
Continuing Professional Development
Transport Investment Appraisal 18-20 May 2010
Course fee: £599
This course equips participants with skills to undertake transport investment appraisal. Starting from the principles of cost-benefit analysis and financial appraisal, the course covers the key methods and techniques, and includes worked examples and case studies from road and rail, as well as multi-modal packages. Recent technical developments and appraisal issues are also covered. It is suitable for those who are new to the field and for more experienced professionals seeking to refresh their knowledge.
Outline programme • Principles of project appraisal; financial appraisal and cost-benefit analysis • Capital budgeting. Acceptance tests, choice between alternatives, capital rationing, deferment, examples • Financing transport projects; the effects of alternative financing media in appraisal; purchase and lease finance • Valuation of costs and benefits (1); willingness to pay methods (RP & SP); valuation of travel time benefits • Valuation of costs and benefits (2); applications to safety and environmental impacts • Allowing for risk and uncertainty in transport appraisal • Frameworks; multi-criteria analysis; the New Approach to Appraisal; WebTAG; the NATA Refresh; and applications • Road project appraisal case study • Public transport project appraisal; commercial rail projects • Public transport projects; social appraisal and the DfT guidelines • Development and regeneration benefits
The course benefits from the considerable expertise of research-active staff and draws upon ITS’ experience of advising the Department for Transport (DfT) and other prominent organisations. For further information about the course content or its relevance to your work please contact the course leader - John Nellthorp, tel: +44 (0) 113 343 6613, email: j.nellthorp@its.leeds.ac.uk
Further information & how to book The course will be held in ITS training facilities at the University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT. The fee includes learning materials, lunch and refreshments during the course, but not overnight accommodation (details of local hotels are available on request). The course is also available as bespoke or in-company training on a date and at a location chosen by the client organisation. Course bookings and other enquiries can be made via the Short Courses Co-ordinator using the contact details below:
T: +44 (0)113 343 5353
E: courses@its.leeds.ac.uk
W: www.its.leeds.ac.uk
Institute for Transport Studies
Cycling: measures, modelling and monitoring 8 June 2010
Continuing Professional Development
Cycling: measures, modelling and monitoring 8 June 2010
Course fee: £250
This course provides an overview of cycling measures, an understanding of the quantitative modelling of cycling, what this tells us about the determinants of cycle use, together with practical advice for monitoring cycling. An overview of the different measures which can be used to increase the levels of cycling is followed by detailed coverage of mode choice modelling in relation to cycling. Within the UK policy context, important determinants of cycle use are also identified, plus the effect of changes in these determinants. The course examines potential interventions, how these might be valued by users and the lessons to be learnt from the European experience. It also includes a session covering good practice for monitoring, particularly using ATC counters. The heart of the course is the workshop session which considers relevant measures and the extent to which these can stimulate additional cycle use. These considerations develop the ability to set robust local targets for increased cycle use.
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Review of measures to promote cycle use including engineering, planning and other interventions Transport demand and mode choice modelling applied to cycling Monitoring cycling - best practice in using automated counters and other data collection methods Workshop on setting robust local targets for cycle use and monitoring these targets
The course benefits from the considerable expertise of research-active staff from ITS, the University of Bolton and Sky High Traffic Surveys. For further information about the course content or its relevance to your interests please contact the course leaders - John Parkin (Tel: 01204 903 027, email j.parkin@bolton.ac.uk) or Matthew Page (0113 343 1789, m.page@its.leeds.ac.uk).
Further information & how to book The course will be held in ITS training facilities at the University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT. The fee includes learning materials, lunch and refreshments during the course. The course is also available as bespoke or in-company training on a date and at a location chosen by the client organisation. Course bookings and other enquiries can be made via the Short Courses Co-ordinator using the contact details below:
T: +44 (0)113 343 5353
E: courses@its.leeds.ac.uk
W: www.its.leeds.ac.uk
Institute for Transport Studies
Introduction to SATURN 14-16 September 2010
Continuing Professional Development
Introduction to SATURN 14-16 September 2010
Course fee: £750
This course introduces SATURN (Simulation and Assignment of Traffic to Urban Road Networks) software. Participants explore the features of the latest software release through practical exercises incorporating significant hands-on experience. The course has been developed in conjunction with experienced practitioners from the sector, including the Greater Manchester Transportation Unit (GMTU). It covers the theoretical principles underlying the model; the mechanics of network building; running the programs and analysing the outputs; the issues of calibration and validation; forecasting and appraisal for new developments and road schemes; and presents evidence from real life studies. It is suitable for those who have little familiarity with, or no formal training in, SATURN and for anyone wishing to understand the principles of congested network assignment models.
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Introduction Assignment Simulation Network Building 1: Data Collection Network Building 2: Coding The Assignment-Simulation Loop Calibration and Validation Use of Interactive Graphical Analysis (P1X) Applications of SATURN 1: Forecasting for Developments and Road Schemes Applications of SATURN 2: Introduction to Appraisal (Tuba etc.)
The course will be led by Dirck Van Vliet, with other expert contributions from GMTU, Highways Agency and ITS. For further information about the course content or its relevance to your work please contact Andrew Koh, tel: +44 (0)113 343 5345, email: a.koh@its.leeds.ac.uk
Further information & how to book The course will be held in ITS training facilities at the University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT. The fee includes learning materials, lunch, refreshments and one course dinner. Overnight accommodation is not included, but details of local hotels are available on request. The course is also available as bespoke or in-company training on a date and at a location chosen by the client organisation. Course bookings and other enquiries can be made via the Short Courses Co-ordinator using the contact details below:
T: +44 (0)113 343 5353
E: courses@its.leeds.ac.uk
W: www.its.leeds.ac.uk