Terminated in academic year 2015/2016

Traffic Building

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	227-0105/02
Abbreviation	DSn
Course title	Traffic Building
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Transport Constructions
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Miloslav Řezáč, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures
• Transport in peace, historical development, legislation
• Local roads, urban transport skeletons
• Traffic areas, use
• Parking Systems
• Transport Engineering design data for transport equipment in the rest
• Calculate the required number of parking spaces for the territory for building
• Parking and vehicle shut-in built-up area
• Specific requirements for parking spaces at shopping centers
• Attached garages - the location and engineering requirements
• Objects to parking and shut-down vehicles (conventional, unconventional)
• Design, layout and technical parameters of the collective garages
• Areas and facilities for freight car transport
• Capacity and design requirements for equipment for transport at rest with respect
• physically handicapped persons
• Negative impacts of transport equipment in the rest of the environmental

Exercises
• Examples of processed documents
• Preparation of surveys of stationary traffic
• Surveys static traffic
• Balance the needs of parking and shutdown at the site
• Alternatives to address the needs of stationary traffic) on the terrain, the terrain, objects, etc.)
• Economic evaluation of various alternatives

Literature

A policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 2009.
Roger Brockenbrough, Kenneth J. Boedecker, jr.: Highway Engineering Handbook, 3.ed, Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2009.
Nicholas J. Garber, Lester A. Hoel: Traffic and Highway Engineering, 2001.
CA O'Flaherty and co.: Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering. Publisher's Note: Transferred to Taylor & Francis, 2012.
Fred L. Mannering, Scott S. Washburn, Walter P. Kilareski: Principles of highway engineering and traffic analysis, Publisher: Wiley, 2009.

Advised literature

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