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Design of Highways and Motorways

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 227-0453/02
Abbreviation PSD
Course title Design of Highways and Motorways
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Transport Constructions
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jan Petrů, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1st Quality of traffic on roads and highways, determine congestion
2nd Level of quality of service (ÚKD) on two-lane road and the roads and highways vícepruhových
3rd Grade-separated interchanges (GSI), the choice and arrangement of the type of flyover, at the crossroads ÚKD
4th Designing intersections on roads and highways, lanes in intersections
5th The objects and branches GSI, capacity at the point of dividing and connection
6th Lateral branches of the organization and capacity of GSI, the branches ÚKD junctions
7th The spacing of intersections, průplet, ÚKD and sizing
průpletových sections collector belt
8th Roundabouts on the roads, design principles, software using
9th Approximate road signs (CGI) on the road
10th Variable traffic signs (PDZ) and for traffic information (ZPI)
11th Equipment for traffic telematics
12th GIS applications for registration and management of road and highway networks, design documents obtained from the web portal
13th Measures for safe transport infrastructure, road safety audit and road safety inspection

E-learning

LMS Moodle (VŠB-TUO): 2270453 Design of Highways and Motorways

Literature

- Design Manual. Washington State Department of Transportation [on-line], USA, 2017, https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/publications/manuals/fulltext/M22-01/design.pdf
- HCM2010: highway capacity manual. 5th ed. Washington, D.C.: Transportation Research Board, 2010. ISBN 978-0-309-16077-3 .

Advised literature

- WALSH, Ian D., ed. ICE manual of highway design and management. London: ICE, 2011. ISBN 978-0-7277-4111-0 .
- The Design Manual for Roads and Bridges [on-line]. The Highways Agency, Department for Transport, United Kingdom, http://www.dft.gov.uk/ha/standards/dmrb/