Design of Urban Roads

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	227-0471/01
Abbreviation	PMK
Course title	Design of Urban Roads
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Transport Constructions
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Vladislav Křivda, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to the subject. Basic legislation.
2. Traffic surveys and capacity assessment of urban roads and intersections.
3. Roads - types, basic design rules.
4. Road intersections - types, basic design rules.
5. Parking of vehicles - types, basic design rules.
6. Integrated mass transport systems.
7. Traffic calming.
8. Pedestrian communication - types, basic design rules.
9. Cyslist communications - types, basic design rules.
10. Residential zones, zones 30 - types, basic design rules.
11. Analysis of traffic accidents and traffic conflicts.
12. Road safety audit.
13. Road safety inspection.
14. Basics of traffic modeling on urban roads.

E-learning

LMS Moodle (VSB-TUO): 2270471 Design of Urban Roads

Literature

Design Manual. Washington State Department of Transportation, USA, September 2022. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/publications/manuals/m22-01.htm
Design Guidance for Intersection Auxiliary Lanes. Washington: Transport Research Board, 2014, 159 p.
Highway Capacity Manual. A Guide for Multimodal Mobility Analysis. 7th Edition. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Transportation Research Board, 2022.
Traffic and Transportation Simulation. Washington: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, 2015, 156 p.

Advised literature

Meyer, M. and E. Miller. Urban Transportation Planning. McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Beeston L., Blewitt R., Bulmer S., Wilson J. Traffic Modelling Guidelines (Version 4.0). London: Transport for London, 2021, 585 p.
Li S. Modelling and management of multi-modal urban traffic. London: University College London, 2016, 198 p.

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