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Public transport vehicles

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 342-6535/01
Abbreviation VMHD
Course title Public transport vehicles
Credits 4
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator Ing. Jaromír Široký, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1 History of the development of mass transport vehicles in the world
2 History of public transport in our country
3 Characteristics of public transport
4 Dynamics of vehicle movement
Trams
5 Layout
6 Running gear, brake
7 Chassis and other equipment – ​​coupler, current collectors
Tramtrain
8 Requirements for technical solutions
Trolleybuses
9 Drive division and arrangement
10 Traction equipment and traction circuits
Buses
11 Group division, drive arrangement
12 Chassis and body, interior spaces
Unconventional means of transport
13 Monorails, cabin system, autonomous vehicles

E-learning

lms.vsb.cz

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