5.3 Prepare a report connecting the literature review with the case studies

Assignment:

5.3 Prepare a report connecting the literature review with the case studies

Instructions:

All the solutions and tools found should be listed and characterized folowing a given template, available here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vBc_i4mYLjhZxjX89NDE5DaYjVYOmozU/edit?gid=475529628#gid=475529628

Format:

Summary report compiling the references and case studies, including main findings and a visual map of the regions/countries assessed.

Week 7 & 8.

6.1. Develop a pilot concept outlining how one or more of the tools you researched on could be adapted and implemented in an ACCESS city or your city.

Assignment:

Develop a pilot concept outlining how one or more of the tools you researched on could be adapted and implemented in an ACCESS city or your city.

Instructions:

The concept should:

  • Integrate the research carried out on the relevant topics
  • Include a strong integrated and gender-inclusive urban planning and design component
  • Integrate at least one of the digital tools of the case studies assessed.

Format: 

Summary report compiling the references and case studies, including main findings and a visual map of the regions/countries assessed

Week 9, 10, 11 & 12

Conduct a literature review on the topic

Assignment:

Conduct a literature review on the topic.

  • Digital tools for participatory urban and mobility planning [Kamilla Contreras]
  • Mobility as a Service (MaaS) [Daniela Rojas Pinto]
  • Micromobility and shared-mobility to enhance integration and accessibility to transport [Alejandra Robles]
  • Digital tools for public transport [Paulo Canassa]
  • Digital tools for urban logistics [Shivani Singh]

Instructions:

All the solutions and tools found should be listed and characterized folowing a given template, available here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vBc_i4mYLjhZxjX89NDE5DaYjVYOmozU/edit?gid=475529628#gid=475529628

Format: 

Summary report compiling the references and case studies, including main findings and a visual map of the regions/countries assessed

Research case studies, ideally applied in Latin America

Assignment:

Research case studies, ideally applied in Latin America

  • Digital tools for participatory urban and mobility planning [Kamilla Contreras]
  • Mobility as a Service (MaaS) [Daniela Rojas Pinto]
  • Micromobility and shared-mobility to enhance integration and accessibility to transport [Alejandra Robles]
  • Digital tools for public transport [Paulo Canassa]
  • Digital tools for urban logistics [Shivani Singh]

Instructions:

All the solutions and tools found should be listed and characterized folowing a given template, available here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vBc_i4mYLjhZxjX89NDE5DaYjVYOmozU/edit?gid=475529628#gid=475529628

Format: 

Summary report compiling the references and case studies, including main findings and a visual map of the regions/countries assessed

Prepare a report connecting the literature review with the case studies

Assignment:

Prepare a report connecting the literature review with the case studies

  • Digital tools for participatory urban and mobility planning [Kamilla Contreras]
  • Mobility as a Service (MaaS) [Daniela Rojas Pinto]
  • Micromobility and shared-mobility to enhance integration and accessibility to transport [Alejandra Robles]
  • Digital tools for public transport [Paulo Canassa]
  • Digital tools for urban logistics [Shivani Singh]

Instructions:

All the solutions and tools found should be listed and characterized folowing a given template, available here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vBc_i4mYLjhZxjX89NDE5DaYjVYOmozU/edit?gid=475529628#gid=475529628

Format: 

Summary report compiling the references and case studies, including main findings and a visual map of the regions/countries assessed

4. Social Marketing or Advocacy Campaign

Assignment:

Conceptualize a social marketing plan focusing on the following:

  • Modal shift to walking and cycling
  • Promotion of Open (car-free) Streets in barangays

Instructions/Comments:

Outline campaign goals, target audience, key messages, and a step-by-step guide to execution which could be handed off to the project staff or local partners to implement. This can come in the form of a toolkit (for Open Streets) or an inception plan for an advocacy campaign promoting sustainable transport that can be scaled and further developed by the project team

Final assignment

Assignment:

Visual and written documentation of findings and designs.

 

Deadline: 31st of December, 2025

1. City Mobility profile for 2 cities in the Philippines

Assignment:

Elaborate a CITY Mobility Profile to the following locations: IloIlo city, Iliolio Province and Cagayan de Oro city, Misamis Oriental Province OR Elaborate a CITY Mobility Profile to the following locations: Calapan, Oriental Mindoro and Naga city, Camarines Sur Province

Instructions/Comments:

Consider the aspects: Policy, Technology and Key players
– Check the availability of local and national mobility plan (Comprehensive urban mobility plan /Sustainable urban mobility plan) and highlight the priority aspects for the respective cities
– Mobility challenges and current actions to address the challenges
– Key players on implementing active mobility, public transport services, EV

2. Case studies in Asia and Globally

Assignment:

Research case studies on the following topics: Active mobility, Public transport services (+ public transport electrification) and Light electric vehicles (particularly for last-mile services)

Instructions/Comments:

Collect and highlight interventions that are transferable to the case in cities in the Philippines

3. Smart Infrastructure Design

Assignment:

Taking off from Iloilo City’s pitch for a Complete Street Pilot, create a design proposal featuring street renders of actual roads for different road types (national road, local road, barangay road)

Instructions/Comments:

Incorporate the following points and principles in the design:

  • Walking and cycling as a priority: wider sidewalks, protected bike lanes. Design interventions for wide and narrow roads where walking and cycling can be made more convenient and comfortable, while limiting speed for cars
  • Improvement of transit stops for better accessibility to key establishments (Transit stop design suitable for the tropics and Proposed locations of major transit stops)
  • Integration of bike parking, wayfinding, and end-of-trip facilities that the city government and private establishments can adopt
  • Improvement of tree cover for urban heat island effect mitigation
  • Introduction of road diet interventions to discourage speeding
  • Shared street designs where open/car-free streets are feasible and where street furniture can be integrated