Module manager: Frances Hodgson
Email: f.c.hodgson@its.leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2026/27
This module is not approved as an Elective
Delivering sustainable transport systems is fundamental to functioning economies, access to services and opportunities and improving our environment. Planning for sustainable transport involves complex systems requiring the combination and interaction of multiple specialisms and approaches relevant both locally and internationally. Planning for sustainable transport also involves responding to major challenges including such things as urbanisation, ageing populations, climate change and technology change. The aim of the Shaping Future Transport Systems module is that students are ready for employment to plan solutions to challenges facing the transport sector now and in the future.
The module will provide understanding the case for sustainability in planning transport systems. Students will be able to understand and contrast international approaches to transport planning and management and develop appreciation of the contribution of different specialisms in the delivery of transport sector implementations. Finally, students will be equipped with the fundamental knowledge necessary to work in multi-specialist teams, which will prepare them for the transport system design work in the Transport Integrated Project module delivered in the following semester and in their future employment.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Understanding of the fundamental elements and relationships involved in planning sustainable transport systems.
2. Understanding of the importance of sustainability for the transport sector through an appreciation of international contexts.
3. Understanding of the multi-disciplinarity of solutions for transport sustainability; delivered through streamed elements.
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 23 | 1 | 23 |
| Seminar | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Private study hours | 125 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 25 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150 | ||
The Scholarship essay is formative feedback and designed to given an opportunity to: become familiar with Minerva; familiar with processes of submission eg deadlines and coversheets; practice critical thinking based essays; explore good scholarship and develop assessment literacy. This activity is timed so that the activity and the feedback are in advance of the credit-bearing assessed work. This work addresses LO 1 and 2; SO 5 and 6.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Coursework | 25 |
| Assignment | Coursework | 75 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Check the module area in Minerva for your reading list
Last updated: 30/04/2026
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