January 2011
Simon Cohen
To promote teaching and research activities in the field of transport infrastructure management.The Chair organises lectures, classes, specialist seminars with academic experts and people working in the field.It contributes to the funding of scientific exchange activities.Every year, it awards the Abertis Prize for research and innovation in recognition of a doctoral thesis and research project (Masters dissertation) in the field of transport management and planning.
Though focusing on road transport and the relationship between supply and demand, transport infrastructure management covers a wide range of topics.It tackles road use, including questions of maintenance and upkeep.Intelligent transport systems (ITS) and new technologies are naturally included.Planning and travel demand analysis also form part of the work of the Chair.Mobility is approached from a perspective of sustainability.It encompasses questions of the environment, safety, efficiency, economic viability and acceptability.Methods of infrastructure financing and their consequences in terms of costs and pricing are also major themes for exploration. This multiplicity of topics is matched by a multiplicity of methods.Apart from modelling and simulation, the different categories of assessment are included.Methods of economic analysis, optimisation and statistical analysis naturally have their place in the panoply of methodological approaches.
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