Intelligent Transportation Systems

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	227-0451/02
Abbreviation	IDS
Course title	Intelligent Transportation Systems
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Transport Constructions
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Vladislav Křivda, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Characteristics of ITS, their role and contribution, categorization of ITS
2. Collection of data on road infrastructure, processing, transmission and provision of information
3. Using of the information in transport architecture of ITS
4. ITS Planning and Development, the main principles for the use signs with variable symbols
5. The category and benefits of signs with variable symbols, organization and implementation design of systems for signs with variable symbols
6. Architecture system, telematics in transport
7. Using the means for the organization of transport telematics, the using of telematics means for traffic management
8. Introduction to road traffic management, technical means for road traffic management
9. Traffic surveys in the area of road traffic management
10. Creation of fixed signal plans, dynamic traffic management
11. Coordination of control (green wave), controllers and traffic detectors, central management (in selected cities)
12. Preference public transport, managing the movement of pedestrians and cyclists, telematics applications in the field of road traffic management
13. Excursion specialized centers

E-learning

LMS Moodle (VŠB-TUO): 2270451 Intelligent Trasportation Systems

Literature

- KUTZ, Myer, ed. Handbook of transportation engineering. Volume I, Systems and operations. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2011. ISBN 978-0-07-161492-4.
- KUTZ, Myer, ed. Handbook of transportation engineering. Volume II, Applications and technologies. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2011. ISBN 978-0-07-161477-1.
- RUDIN-BROWN, Christina and Samantha JAMSON, ed. Behavioural adaptation and road safety: theory, evidence, and action. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c2013. ISBN 978-1-4398-5667-3.

Advised literature

- GARBER, Nicholas J. and Lester A. Hoel. Traffic and Highway Engineering, 2009.
- RODRIGUE, Jean-Paul, Theo NOTTEBOOM and Jon SHAW, ed. The SAGE handbook of transport studies. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2013. ISBN 978-1-84920-789-8.
- Roess R.P., Prassas E.S., McShane W.R.: Traffic Engineering. Pearson Education Inc. London, 2004
- PIARC Road Safety Manual, 2004
- Roberto Busi, Maurizio Tira: Safety for pedestrians and two-wheelers, 2001
- M. Ohidul Haque: Road Safety, Data Colletion, Analysis, Monitoring and Countermeasures Evaluation with cases, 1984
- N. J. Garber, L. A. Hoel: Traffic and Highway Engineering, 2009
- Rune Elvik, Truls Vaa: The Handbook of Road Safety measures, 2004
- 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.
- 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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