Smart Mobility and Sustainable Transport Training Course

Duration 10 days 20 modules · 65 contact hours
Level Intermediate Certificate on completion
Who attends Transport Planners, Sustainability Managers and others
Fee from USD 2,200 KSh 190,000 for Kenyan organisations
Where 52 cities + online See dates by city
Next start 16 Nov 2026 Course code SD-SC-056

Before you join: Participants should have working experience in transport, fleet management, sustainability, infrastructure, urban planning, logistics, digital services or a related operational role.

Dates & prices

Two start dates a month in every city, and live online on weekdays or weekends. Fees are per participant; classroom fees include tuition, materials, lunch and refreshments, and the certificate.

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Showing the next six months. Later dates, other cities and private deliveries for your team are available on request.

Course overview

Transport authorities, employers and infrastructure operators face a practical challenge: reduce emissions, congestion, injury risk and access gaps while maintaining reliable movement of people and goods. Connected vehicle systems, electric fleets, intelligent transport systems and automated driving can support these goals, but only when technology choices are tied to clear mobility outcomes, credible safety cases, data governance and realistic operating models. Poorly specified pilots can create stranded assets, exclude users without digital access or introduce cyber and road-safety risks.

This course develops the capability to plan, assess and govern smart mobility initiatives. Participants examine sustainable urban mobility planning, transport demand management, fleet electrification, charging strategy, connected and cooperative intelligent transport systems, vehicle automation, mobility-as-a-service, freight optimisation and active travel integration. They use ISO 14083, the GHG Protocol, SAE J3016 automation levels, lifecycle assessment principles, benefit-cost analysis, safety assurance and cyber-risk methods to make defensible decisions.

Teaching combines focused briefings, transport cases, facilitated analysis, design workshops and scenario-based decision making. Cases address municipal mobility programmes, corporate commuter travel, public transport operations, logistics fleets and road corridors. Participants progressively develop a smart mobility implementation package for a selected organisation, city district, corridor or fleet. The final package includes a baseline, target operating model, technology and data architecture, emissions case, safety and cyber controls, delivery roadmap, procurement criteria and performance measures.

The course suits professionals responsible for transport policy, sustainability, fleet operations, infrastructure, digital transformation, public safety or procurement. It is particularly relevant where organisations are considering connected vehicle pilots, electric fleet transition, smart corridor programmes, mobility platforms or automated vehicle readiness.

What you will be able to do

  • Assess mobility baselines using trip, fleet, emissions, safety and accessibility data
  • Apply sustainable urban mobility planning principles to prioritise transport interventions
  • Calculate transport emissions using GHG Protocol and ISO 14083 methods
  • Specify connected and automated vehicle use cases using SAE J3016 classifications
  • Design data governance, cyber-risk and privacy controls for smart mobility services
  • Build benefit-cost cases for electrification, intelligent transport systems and demand management
  • Develop procurement requirements and operating models for smart mobility programmes
  • Present a phased smart mobility implementation plan with measurable performance indicators

Benefits of attending

For you

  • Build credible proposals for connected, electric and automated mobility initiatives
  • Interpret automation, safety and cyber terminology when working with suppliers
  • Calculate and communicate transport emissions reduction cases with greater confidence
  • Assess smart mobility pilots before committing budget, data or road space
  • Produce an implementation portfolio for transport, sustainability or infrastructure roles

For your organisation

  • Stronger investment decisions for fleet, corridor and digital mobility programmes
  • Lower transport emissions through targeted demand, fleet and operational measures
  • Reduced safety, privacy and cyber exposure in connected transport deployments
  • Clearer procurement specifications that limit vendor lock-in and poorly defined pilots
  • Shared performance measures across transport, sustainability, technology and procurement teams

Course modules

20 modules over 10 days

Participants can frame smart mobility initiatives against measurable environmental, social and operational outcomes.

  • Mobility system components: users, vehicles, networks, services and institutions
  • Avoid-shift-improve framework for transport demand and emissions reduction
  • Transport externalities measured through emissions, injuries, noise and congestion
  • Accessibility indicators distinguishing proximity, affordability, availability and usability
  • System boundaries for city, corridor, campus, fleet and freight programmes
  • Problem statements connecting mobility constraints with measurable public value

Participants can establish a decision-ready mobility baseline and indicator set.

  • Trip purpose, mode share, occupancy and vehicle-kilometre baseline metrics
  • Origin-destination data sources: surveys, ticketing, mobile data and sensors
  • Fleet utilisation analysis using mileage, dwell time, payload and idling
  • Collision and near-miss data classified by road user and severity
  • Data quality checks for completeness, representativeness, timeliness and bias
  • KPI trees linking interventions to operational, environmental and equity outcomes

Participants can quantify transport emissions and compare intervention lifecycle effects.

  • GHG Protocol Scope 1, 2 and 3 transport emissions categories
  • ISO 14083 boundaries for freight transport chain emissions reporting
  • Well-to-wheel and tank-to-wheel emissions comparison for vehicle technologies
  • Lifecycle assessment stages: materials, manufacture, use and end-of-life
  • Emission factors selected by fuel, electricity mix, vehicle class and geography
  • Marginal emissions analysis for mode shift and avoided travel measures

Participants can structure a mobility plan that integrates land use, access and decarbonisation.

  • Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan stages from diagnosis through monitoring
  • Land-use and transport integration using accessibility-based planning principles
  • Complete Streets design balancing walking, cycling, transit, freight and vehicles
  • Parking management instruments: pricing, supply controls, permits and enforcement
  • Low-emission zones designed with exemption, compliance and equity provisions
  • Stakeholder mapping for residents, operators, employers, freight and regulators

Participants can select demand-management measures matched to travel behaviour and constraints.

  • Travel demand segmentation by purpose, frequency, flexibility and user group
  • Mobility budgets, parking cash-out and commuter benefit programme design
  • Congestion charging mechanisms, pricing structures and distributional impact assessment
  • Employer travel plans covering commuting, business travel and shift patterns
  • Behavioural insights applied through prompts, defaults, incentives and feedback
  • Before-and-after evaluation designs for demand management interventions

Participants can design integrated mobility measures that improve low-carbon access.

  • First-mile and last-mile barriers identified through passenger journey mapping
  • Service integration across buses, rail, shared mobility and active travel
  • Generalised travel cost combining fare, time, reliability and interchange
  • Bus priority measures: lanes, signal priority, queue jumps and enforcement
  • Active travel network assessment using connectivity, directness, comfort and safety
  • Universal design requirements for mobility hubs, stops and passenger information

Participants can prepare an evidence-based electric vehicle transition strategy for fleets.

  • Vehicle suitability screening using duty cycle, range, payload and dwell
  • Total cost of ownership comparing purchase, energy, maintenance and residual value
  • Battery performance factors: state-of-charge, degradation, temperature and charging rate
  • Depot charging load profiles built from vehicle schedules and connection capacity
  • Charging strategy choices: overnight, opportunity, workplace, public and destination
  • Fleet transition sequencing aligned with replacement cycles and operational risk

Participants can specify charging infrastructure requirements and grid coordination actions.

  • Charging power standards: AC, DC, CCS, CHAdeMO and pantograph systems
  • Site assessment covering electrical capacity, civil works, access and circulation
  • Managed charging controls responding to tariffs, demand limits and schedules
  • Load management methods: static allocation, dynamic balancing and smart charging
  • Renewable generation and battery storage assessed against site demand profiles
  • Interconnection planning with utilities, landlords, operators and emergency services

Participants can define intelligent transport system functions for corridor performance goals.

  • ITS architecture linking roadside equipment, control centres, vehicles and users
  • Adaptive signal control using detector data, timing plans and priority rules
  • Variable message signs governed by incident, weather and congestion protocols
  • Traffic management centre functions: monitoring, coordination, response and reporting
  • Digital twins used to test corridor operations before physical deployment
  • Interoperability requirements for interfaces, message formats, ownership and maintenance

Participants can assess connected vehicle services, communication choices and deployment dependencies.

  • Vehicle-to-everything communications: V2V, V2I, V2P and V2N services
  • Cooperative ITS use cases for collision warnings and signal priority
  • Message sets, latency, coverage and reliability requirements by use case
  • Roadside unit placement based on geometry, power, backhaul and maintenance
  • Cellular V2X and dedicated short-range communications deployment considerations
  • Interoperability testing between vehicles, roadside infrastructure and control platforms

Participants can classify automated driving applications and define their operational boundaries.

  • SAE J3016 levels distinguishing driver assistance from driving automation
  • Operational design domain parameters: roads, weather, speed, lighting and traffic
  • Use cases for shuttles, freight yards, ports, campuses and fixed routes
  • Fallback strategies addressing remote assistance, minimal risk manoeuvres and recovery
  • Human-machine interface requirements for handover, supervision and driver readiness
  • Readiness assessments covering infrastructure, regulation, operations and public acceptance

Participants can develop safety controls for technology-enabled transport services.

  • Safe System approach assigning responsibility across roads, vehicles and users
  • Hazard identification using HAZID workshops, fault trees and scenario analysis
  • Safety cases structured through claims, evidence, assumptions and rebuttals
  • ISO 26262 functional safety concepts for vehicle electrical and electronic systems
  • SOTIF considerations for performance limitations, perception errors and foreseeable misuse
  • Human factors analysis addressing workload, trust, distraction and situational awareness

Participants can establish proportionate data governance and cyber controls for mobility services.

  • Data inventory mapping personal, operational, geospatial and vehicle-generated data
  • Privacy impact assessments covering collection, purpose, retention and sharing
  • Threat modelling with assets, adversaries, attack paths and mitigations
  • ISO/SAE 21434 cybersecurity activities across vehicle development and operations
  • Zero-trust access controls for devices, users, applications and data services
  • Incident response playbooks for ransomware, spoofing, data breach and outage

Participants can assess platform-based mobility services for user value and public objectives.

  • Mobility-as-a-Service models combining trip planning, booking, payment and support
  • Platform governance defining roles for authorities, operators, intermediaries and users
  • Open APIs and data standards supporting multimodal service integration
  • Fare integration options: capping, subscriptions, bundles and account-based ticketing
  • Digital inclusion measures for unbanked users, disabilities and limited connectivity
  • Platform performance metrics covering adoption, reliability, access and emissions

Participants can identify smart freight measures that reduce urban logistics impacts.

  • Freight demand mapping by commodity, vehicle type, delivery pattern and zone
  • Route optimisation using constraints for time windows, capacity and emissions
  • Consolidation centre business models for dense urban delivery areas
  • Microhubs and cargo bikes assessed for parcel density and service radius
  • Delivery time management through booking systems, curfews and loading zones
  • Freight emissions reporting using tonne-kilometres, load factor and fuel data

Participants can prepare investment cases for smart mobility options under uncertainty.

  • Theory of change linking inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes and impacts
  • Benefit-cost analysis including travel time, safety, emissions and health benefits
  • Discounted cash flow calculations using capital costs, operating costs and residuals
  • Sensitivity analysis for energy prices, uptake, utilisation and technology costs
  • Real-options thinking applied to phased pilots, scaling decisions and exit points
  • Funding models: public grants, concessions, service contracts and user charges

Participants can create procurement and partnership structures suited to smart mobility delivery.

  • Make-buy-partner analysis for technology, operations, maintenance and data services
  • Outcome-based specifications defining service levels, availability and user results
  • Request-for-proposal evaluation criteria covering technical, commercial and sustainability performance
  • Vendor due diligence covering financial viability, references, security and interoperability
  • Data ownership clauses addressing access, portability, retention and secondary use
  • Service transition plans covering testing, acceptance, training and operational handover

Participants can sequence delivery activities, governance decisions and stakeholder engagement.

  • Roadmap sequencing from discovery, pilot, evaluation, scale-up and steady-state operations
  • Stage-gate governance with decision criteria, evidence requirements and accountabilities
  • RACI matrices for sponsors, operators, technology teams, regulators and communities
  • Pilot design defining hypotheses, success thresholds, duration and comparison groups
  • Change impact assessment for staff roles, processes, skills and labour relations
  • Communications plans addressing benefits, limitations, complaints and public trust

Participants can establish a monitoring framework that supports accountable programme improvement.

  • Performance dashboards combining service, safety, emissions, equity and financial indicators
  • Baseline-and-target setting using trends, benchmarks, policy commitments and capacity
  • Evaluation methods: before-after studies, control groups and contribution analysis
  • Equity monitoring by income, gender, age, disability and location
  • Operational reviews using incident trends, service failures and user feedback
  • Benefits realisation registers assigning owners, evidence sources and review dates

Participants can build, review and present a complete smart mobility implementation package for a defined transport challenge.

  • Select a priority mobility problem using baseline evidence and stakeholder needs
  • Define intervention portfolio spanning demand, infrastructure, vehicles, data and services
  • Produce emissions, safety, accessibility and financial impact assumptions
  • Specify operating model, procurement route, governance structure and partner roles
  • Build phased roadmap with milestones, dependencies, risks and decision gates
  • Present implementation package for peer review and sponsor-level decision making

Exercises and examples are adapted to each cohort's sectors and roles.

What you take back to work

  1. Smart mobility baseline and KPI template
  2. Transport emissions calculation model
  3. Connected and automated vehicle use-case assessment
  4. Fleet electrification and charging plan
  5. Smart mobility procurement requirements checklist
  6. Phased implementation roadmap and benefits register

Who should attend

  • Transport Planners — prioritise sustainable mobility investments and corridor interventions
  • Sustainability Managers — quantify transport emissions and shape decarbonisation programmes
  • Fleet Managers — plan electric, connected and lower-emission fleet operations
  • Public Transport Managers — assess digital mobility services and integrated passenger journeys
  • Infrastructure and ITS Managers — specify smart corridor systems, data flows and safety controls
  • Procurement and Project Managers — procure technology, services and delivery partners with clear requirements

Skills and tools covered

Mobility emissions accountingConnected vehicle planningFleet electrificationTransport safety assuranceMobility data governanceImplementation roadmapping

Tools and standards

GHG Protocol, ISO 14083, SAE J3016, ISO/SAE 21434

How the course runs

Training methodology

Short instructor briefings establish the technical, policy and commercial foundations for each subject. Participants work through transport authority, corporate fleet, public transport and freight cases using operational data, planning assumptions and supplier propositions. Group exercises test trade-offs between emissions, access, cost, safety and service reliability. Simulations examine incident response, technology selection and investment prioritisation. Application planning begins in the first week, allowing participants to refine a selected mobility challenge into a practical implementation package during the second week.

Requirements and prerequisites

Participants should have working experience in transport, fleet management, sustainability, infrastructure, urban planning, logistics, digital services or a related operational role. They should be comfortable interpreting basic operational data such as vehicle kilometres, fuel use, ridership, travel times or project costs. Familiarity with local transport policy, fleet operations or sustainability reporting is useful but not essential. No engineering degree, coding experience, specialist traffic modelling background or prior knowledge of automated vehicle systems is required. The course explains technical concepts sufficiently for informed planning, procurement and governance decisions.

A typical training day

08:30 – 10:30First session
10:30 – 10:45Refreshment break
10:45 – 12:30Second session
12:30 – 13:30Lunch and networking
13:30 – 15:00Third session
15:00 – 15:15Refreshment break
15:15 – 16:30Workshop and daily review

Live online deliveries follow the same structure in East Africa Time, with shorter screen blocks and longer breaks.

What the fee includes

  • Instruction by a practitioner facilitator
  • Full course workbook and materials
  • Exercise files, templates and case studies
  • Refreshments and lunch on classroom deliveries
  • Certificate of completion
  • Post-course application plan

Frequently asked questions

You need practical familiarity with a transport, fleet, sustainability, infrastructure, logistics or digital service role. Prior exposure to operational data is helpful, but specialist engineering, coding and traffic modelling expertise are not required.

Bring a laptop for working with case materials and planning templates. If possible, bring a current mobility challenge, fleet data extract, transport policy, supplier proposal or project concept from your organisation.

It suits professionals who plan, operate, procure or govern transport services and infrastructure. Participants commonly come from local government, public transport, corporate sustainability, fleet operations, logistics, property, consulting and technology teams.

Electric vehicle courses focus mainly on vehicle and charging transition, while transport planning courses commonly focus on policy, networks and demand. This course connects those subjects with intelligent transport systems, connected vehicles, automation, data governance, cyber risk and implementation decisions.

Participants use course methods to define a mobility problem, test intervention options and prepare an implementation package. The resulting templates can support business cases, pilot specifications, fleet transition plans, procurement documents and programme governance.

Each training day runs from 08:30 to 16:30 and provides about 6.5 contact hours. The first week establishes baselines, emissions, planning and technology options; the second week addresses safety, data, finance, procurement, delivery and the final capstone presentation.

Questions about this course?

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