Transport and Living Environment

Lectures
• Transportation and its role in society
• Energy and raw material intensity of transport
• Economic aspects of transport
• Social aspects of transport
• Adverse impacts of transport on the environment
• Health risks of transport
• Possibilities to mitigate the negative impacts of transport
• Sustainable development and transport
• Strategy of corporate environmental policy
• Legislative instruments and government on the impact of transport and environment
• Transport Research in CR and EU
• Information systems for environment and transport •
• Methods of analysis of pollutants, processing and interpretation of data obtained
• Preparation and presentation of term paper

Exercises
• Modelling of transport emissions and air pollution
• Measurement of chemical emissions and air pollution
• Measurement and modeling of acoustic emission
• Assessing the impact of linear structures on the environment (EIA, SEA)
• Determination of the toxicity and genotoxicity of pollutants produced by transport
• Requirements for the design and manufacture of vehicle fuels from an environmental point of view