Sustainable Mobility Planning (CEAR 12/B) is a module of the Environment and Sustainable Mobility Program (12 CFU), alongside the module Ecological and Territorial Networks (M-GGR/02). For the 2025/2026 academic year, and following the reform of the LM48 Master’s program, the course is also offered to students in the ‘Rigenerazione del patrimonio urbano’ curriculum, for which additional content related to the ‘Tecniche urbanistiche per la rigenerazione’ course has been integrated.
The course aims to provide students with specialized vocabulary and foundational knowledge of mobility planning. It introduces the key tools and methods of traffic management, emphasizing the integration of car traffic, public transport, walkability, and cycling in order to enhance urban environmental quality and public spaces.
Through lectures and readings, students will cultivate a critical and personal understanding of the post-car city and sustainable mobility. They will also explore the territorial, environmental, social, and economic impacts of transport.
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The course consists of lectures (20 hours), with particular emphasis on debate and active student participation. For this reason, sessions will be interactive, allowing students to explore selected topics in greater depth. Visual tools (PowerPoint presentations and videos) will also support learning. The remaining 16 hours are dedicated to project work — an interdisciplinary activity centered on territorial application projects in which students actively participate — aimed at integrating theoretical knowledge with hands-on research in the field.
The exam is an oral interview covering the two modules that make up the integrated course on Environment and Sustainable Mobility. It assesses the student’s acquisition of the knowledge provided during the modules. Specifically, the exam evaluates:
- Knowledge of the key concepts covered in the course;
- Critical ability to apply these concepts to specific examples and establish connections between them;
- Ability to present the given topic clearly and respond precisely.
In addition, the portfolio completed during the project work will be assessed. This portfolio consists of individual and group work (mapping, infographics, reports, design plans, and video clips) and aims to measure the student’s progressive development as well as their practical skills acquired throughout the learning process.
The final grade for the teaching unit is calculated as the arithmetic mean of the grades from the two modules, with the portfolio evaluation accounting for one-third of the overall grade. The grade, expressed on a scale of thirty, is then communicated to the student and recorded in the electronic gradebook.
The module explores the transition toward sustainable and inclusive urban and territorial mobility. It begins with an in-depth examination of the key issues, tools, and challenges that shape this objective, drawing on contributions from various scholars in urban and spatial planning as well as national and international case studies.
ISSUES
- The role of mobility in the contemporary city and in the practices of living, producing, and consuming.
- The transition to sustainable, inclusive, and safe urban mobility on the urban agenda.
- Re-organizing urban mobility: modal rebalancing, local public transport, active and shared mobility, intermodality.
- Proximity: the 15-minute city and service management in contemporary metropolitan regions.
TOOLS
- Mobility planning in spatial plans and spatial governance tools.
- The Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP).
- TOD - Transit-Oriented Development.
- Metropolitan thematic-territorial strategies and the role of Urban Mobility Places (LUMs).
- Restricted Traffic Zones (ZTL), reserved lanes, pedestrianization.
CHALLENGES
- Mobility governance: limits and challenges for ordinary instruments.
- Traffic management in cities, also an urban design issue.
- Integrated policies for sustainable mobility.
- Not only people: mobility of goods and logistics in the territory.
The language of instruction for the course is English, as it is included in the ITA/ENG curriculum of the second year of the Geourbanistics degree program. For students in the "Urban Heritage Regeneration" curriculum, the content will be delivered in Italian.
If the course is delivered in a blended or remote format, adjustments may be made to the syllabus to ensure that both the course and exams remain accessible and effective in these modes.
