European Transport Policy and Regulations

The study course aims to provide students with a strategic perspective of the planning and functioning of processes and systems, comprising the national, regional and international logistics and transport industry, and with a long-term sustainability as a key issue. The course considers the process of policy making and who is responsible for implementation and evaluation of transport policy e.g., supranational, central and local government structures and the role of the private sector. It also covers economic and administrative regulatory instruments in transport field (legislative acts, tariff and non-tariff regulations, subsidies, funding mechanisms etc.), and is intended helping to understand specific problems related to the development of transport and logistics systems.
Students will learn to comprehend and apply the main documents of the EU (including Republic of Latvia) in the field of transport, to realize problems, modern trends and perspectives in transport policy development - evolution of transport networks, road, rail and urban transport policy, “Green” commuter plans, “Smarter Choices” behavioral change measures, impaired mobility in transport policy. Case studies of transport policy and planning approaches will be used.