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Road and Urban Transport Technology and Management

Language of instruction čeština
Code 342-3346
Abbreviation TaRSaMD
Course title Road and Urban Transport Technology and Management
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Ivana Olivková, Ph.D.

Summary

The graduate will be able to describe the characteristics of mass passenger transport and road freight transport, and explain the technical aspects of creating timetables and transport schedules. They will be able to calculate performance metrics, route capacity, turnaround times, and indicators of vehicle time and performance utilization, as well as design a regional transport service system and a public transport network. They will be capable of independently developing and defending a project proposal for the operational setup of a public transport route, including driver shift schedules and the calculation of operating costs.

Literature

CEDER, Avishai. Public transit planning and operation: modeling, practice and behavior. Second edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4665-6391-9.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION. Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2020.
COYLE, John Joseph, Robert A. NOVACK a Brian J. GIBSON. Transportation: a global supply chain perspective. Eighth edition. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2016. ISBN 978-1-133-59296-9 .
SHIFTAN, Yoram a Maria ATTARD, ed. Sustainable urban transport. Bingley, UK: Emerald, 2015. Transport and sustainability, volume 7. ISBN 978-1-78441-616-4 .

Advised literature

TANG, Connie Kelly a Lei ZHANG. Principles and practices of transportation planning and engineering: a foundational reference for professionals and textbook for students focusing on civil & transportation engineering, planning, environmental science, and project management. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. ISBN 978-0-367-70238-0 .
TEODOROVIĆ, Dušan a Milan JANIĆ. Transportation engineering: theory, practice, and modeling. Amsterdam: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2017. ISBN 978-0-12-803818-5.
BROWNE, Michael, Sönke BEHRENDS, Johan WOXENIUS, Genevieve GIULIANO a José HOLGUÍN-VERAS, ed. Urban logistics: management, policy and innovation in a rapidly changing environment. London, United Kingdom: Kogan Page Limited, 2019. ISBN 978-0-7494-8777-5 .