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Public transport vehicles

Language of instruction čeština
Code 342-6535
Abbreviation VMHD
Course title Public transport vehicles
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator Ing. Jaromír Široký, Ph.D.

Summary

The graduate will be able to describe the historical development and characteristic features of urban public transport vehicles and explain the structural differences between trams, trolleybuses, buses and tramtrains. He will be able to assess the layout of the running gear, drive and traction equipment of individual types of public transport vehicles, including unconventional transport systems (monorail, cabin systems). He will be able to independently prepare and defend a seminar paper on a chosen topic in the field of public transport vehicles.

Literature

SCHILLER, Preston L. a Jeffrey R. KENWORTHY. An Introduction to Sustainable Transportation: Policy, Planning and Implementation. 2nd edition. London: Routledge, 2018. 380 s. ISBN 978-1138243453 

Advised literature

SCHILLER, Preston L. a Jeffrey R. KENWORTHY. An Introduction to Sustainable Transportation: Policy, Planning and Implementation. 2nd edition. London: Routledge, 2018. 380 s. ISBN 978-1138243453