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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Traffic Engineering

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 227-0054/01
Abbreviation DI
Course title Traffic Engineering
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Transport Constructions
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Miloslav Řezáč, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
• Transport in built-up area, traffic skeletons.
• Basic characteristics of the traffic flow of vehicles.
• Traffic surveys.
• Capacities of local roads and communications.
• Capacity of uncontrolled intersections
• regulation, organization and management.
• Areas for transport at rest.
• Facilities for pedestrians. Capacity.
• Cycling.
• Public transport people, transportation systems, location of bus stops, transport links.
• Capacity means HD
• Evaluating the effectiveness of transport systems.
• Psychology in transport

Exercises:
• Development of transport and transport networks. Comparison.
• Relationships basic characteristics of traffic flow of vehicles.
• Types and methods of implementation of a survey of transport.
• Surveys Transport Field
• Surveys Transport Field
• Tabular and graphical outputs from the traffic surveys
• Categories of local roads. Calculation of the capacity of the MC.
• Capacity of uncontrolled intersections
• Determination of transport inter-relationships.
• Forecast traffic
• Surveys of public transport
• Principles of tracing lines of HD
• Transport engineering documentation.
• Delivery of programs, credit

Literature

Juan de Dios Ortúzar, Luis G. Wllumsen: Modelling transport. 2011.
Roger P.Roess, Elena S. Prassas, William R. McShane: Traffic Engineering, 2004.
Roger Brockenbrough, Kenneth J. Boedecker, jr.: Highway Engineering Handbook,
Denos C. Gazis. – Boston: Traffic theory , 2002.
CA O'Flaherty and co.: Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering. Publisher's Note: Transferred to Taylor & Francis, 2012.
Highway capacity manual - [4th ed.]. - Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 2000.
Donald R. Drew, McGraw-Hill: Traffic flow theory and control, 1968.
Fred L. Mannering, Scott S. Washburn, Walter P. Kilareski: Principles of highway engineering and traffic analysis, Publisher: Wiley, 2009.

Advised literature

Juan de Dios Ortúzar, Luis G. Wllumsen: Modelling transport. 2011.
Roger P.Roess, Elena S. Prassas, William R. McShane: Traffic Engineering, 2004.
Roger Brockenbrough, Kenneth J. Boedecker, jr.: Highway Engineering Handbook,
Denos C. Gazis. – Boston: Traffic theory , 2002.
CA O'Flaherty and co.: Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering. Publisher's Note: Transferred to Taylor & Francis, 2012.
Highway capacity manual - [4th ed.]. - Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 2000.
Donald R. Drew, McGraw-Hill: Traffic flow theory and control, 1968.
Fred L. Mannering, Scott S. Washburn, Walter P. Kilareski: Principles of highway engineering and traffic analysis, Publisher: Wiley, 2009.


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