PORTAL: Promotion of results in transport research and learning

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 99.0433

Key words (English)

Teaching; learning; education; transport research; dissemination;
Information Processing; Information Systems; Social Aspects; Transport

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: 2000-RD.11024

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.3.2 Sustainable mobility and intermodality

Short description (English)

See abstract

Further information (English)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
ETH Zürich
IVT
Institut für Verkehrsplanung, Transporttechnik, Strassen- u. Eisenbahnbau

Partners and International Organizations (English)

Coordinator: FMG-AMOR, Graz (A)

Abstract (English)

PORTAL aims at exploiting the exiting results from EU research on local and regional transport to generate new teaching materials & improve dissemination of existing materials, for use in leading educational institutions, distance -learning& self-instruction.

Partners: Universities, other education and research institutes, local and transport authorities in 19 European states, who have completed over 70 EU-funded research projects.

Work Plan: Survey demand for and current availability of material based on EU research results. Set an outline for new material.

Produce teaching/ learning material: not fixed courses but flexible small modules for each topic; each available in different forms (language, target group, type of training). Test materials 50 educational sites throughout Europe before finalising.

Output: online database, supported by a central help desk, broadcast-quality audio and video, interactive learning packages and hard-copy visual aids.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 99.0433