Future Transport and Infrastructure Strategies

This unit (BMO6004) anchors around the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), and is based on the perspectives of users, business models and regulations/policies for all modes of transport and infrastructure. Students will develop an understanding of technological, managerial and regulatory implications of ITS on transport systems, and how relevant strategies might help build the transport infrastructure network to overcome current challenges. The unit introduces the underlying concepts and standards of emerging technologies where students will appreciate the role of in-vehicle applications such as autonomous driving, vehicle-to-vehicle/vehicle-to-infrastructure communication; sensing technologies, wireless communication, computational technology; and user behaviour in transportation chains. The unit covers the integration mechanism of personalised mobility, digital assistants, big data analytics and autonomous driving, so students see its critical role in public mobility and goods movement. The focus is to support students' understanding of smart city operations, route optimisation and last mile goods delivery efficiency by using ERP systems (SAP's Transport Management (TM) software) in a lab environment. In this unit, students complete the SAP S/4 HANA Transport Management module.