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Urban Roads and Intersections

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Course Unit Code227-0407/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
PET368doc. Ing. Jan Petrů, Ph.D.
Summary
Students acquaint with designing of traffic structures in terms of towns and communities, with street space form and with creation of conditions for coexistence of track, motor, biking and pedestrian traffic. Teaching is aimed on solution of dynamic and static traffic in towns. Part of object is problems of cross-roads designing with emphasis on solution of junctions controlled by traffic light.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Define the design parameters and elements of urban roads and intersections. Describe possibilities of drainage. Know the ways for traffic calming. Define basic parameters of parking lots and garages. Analyze the input data for the design of intersections and accident rate. Describe ways to control traffic at intersections. Apply knowledge when designing intersections. Prepare light traffic control design. Design pedestrian and cyclist routes, including pedestrian and cyclist crossings.
Course Contents
1st Urban Communications and the applicable regulations
2nd Crossroads - concepts and definitions, types and types of intersections
3rd Design elements of level crossings, transit check with bottom curves
4th Design features of roundabouts and interchanges
5th Sight conditions at intersections and exits
6th Pedestrian crossings, the crossing points
7th Design of intersections, the location of the route, accidents
8th Control intersections with traffic light, traffic modeling PTV VISSIM
9th Unmotorcar communication and communication with mixed traffic
10th Traffic calming
11th Routing of local roads, design elements
12th Drainage of roads and intersections
13th Passing bays, turning movements, and parking areas
14th Transport as town element, urban transport systems, lighting and location of engineering networks in the street space
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
HCM2010: highway capacity manual. 5th ed. Washington, D.C.: Transportation Research Board, 2010. ISBN 978-0-309-16077-3.

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/
České technické normy:
ČSN 736056 Odstavné a parkovací plochy silničních vozidel
ČSN 736058 Jednotlivé, řadové a hromadné garáže
ČSN 736101 Projektování silnic a dálnic
ČSN 736102 Projektování křižovatek na pozemních komunikacích
ČSN 736110 Projektování místních komunikací

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

MEYER, M. and E. Miller. Urban Transportation Planning. McGraw-Hill, 2000.
- KOTAS, Patrik. Dopravní systémy a stavby. Vyd. 2. V Praze: Nakladatelství ČVUT, 2007. ISBN 978-80-01-03602-0.
- ĎURČANSKÁ, Daniela a kol. Mestské komunikácie: zásady navrhovania. V Žiline: Žilinská univerzita, EDIS-vydavateľstvo ŽU, 2010. ISBN 978-80-554-0303-8.
- KAUN, Miroslav a Bohumil KUBÁT. Dopravní stavby 10. 3. vyd., přeprac. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 1998. ISBN 80-01-01707-9.
- KAUN, Miroslav a František LEHOVEC. Pozemní komunikace 20. Vyd. 2. přeprac. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2004. ISBN 80-01-02874-7.
- TP 65: Zásady pro dopravní značení na pozemních komunikacích. Technické podmínky (v platném znění).
- TP 81: Navrhování světelných signalizačních zařízení pro řízení provozu na pozemních komunikacích (v platném znění).
- TP 133: Zásady pro vodorovné dopravní značení na pozemních komunikacích. Technické podmínky (v platném znění).
- TP 135: Projektování okružních křižovatek na silnicích a místních komunikacích. Technické podmínky (v platném znění).
- Studijní materiály na http://www.stavebniinzenyrstvi.cz/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Mahdalova_Krivda-MKK1.pdf
- Studijní materiály na http://www.stavebniinzenyrstvi.cz/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Software-v-doprave_final.pdf
- Design Manual. Washington State Department of Transportation [on-line], USA, 2017, https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/publications/manuals/fulltext/M22-01/design.pdf
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit35 18
        ExaminationExamination65 16