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Transportation Systems and Technology

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Course Unit Code342-3304/02
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 deliveredWinter 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
OLI22doc. Ing. Ivana Olivková, Ph.D.
DOR028doc. Ing. Michal Dorda, Ph.D.
Summary
Transport is defined as a final product of Transport, the relocation of people and packages in space and time. Generally, it is important that transport processes are carried out effectively because of their inefficient operation are caused substantial economic losses. Subject to instill the basic principles for the efficient organization of transport processes, alerting them to any specific characteristics resulting from the use of transport modes and to discuss the broader context, which affect the efficient operation of transportation systems.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Graduates will be detailed information on the effective planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of transport processes, gain information about the common features of transport processes and subsequently the specifics of transport processes in the use of multiple modes.
Course Contents
1. Transport and its characteristics. Specifics of transport systems and technologies in passenger and freight transport.
2. Introduction to road transport, technical basis for road transport.
3. Legislation in national road transport and transportation.
4. Legislation in international road transport and transportation.
5. Road transport technology.
6. Introduction to air transport - legislation, technical basis.
7. Transport process in air passenger transport.
8. Transport process in air freight transport.
9. Legislation in railway transport and transportation, tariffs in railway transport.
10.Technical base for railway transport.
11.Technology of railway transport.
12.Introduction to water transport - legislation, technical basis, technology.
13.Introduction to combined transport, legislation and technical basis of combined transport.
14.Combined transport technology, INCOTERMS delivery clauses.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
EU transport in figures: statistical pocketbook 2021. Luxembourg: Publication Office of the European Union, 2021. ISBN 978-92-76-40099-8.
OLIVKOVÁ, Ivana. Přepravní systémy a technologie: Úvod do přepravních systémů, silniční přeprava. Ostrava: VŠB-TUO, 2021. Studijní text, ISBN nepřiděleno.
DORDA, Michal. Přepravní systémy a technologie: Železniční, vodní a kombinovaná přeprava. Ostrava: VŠB-TUO, 2021. Studijní text, ISBN nepřiděleno.
BÍNA, Ladislav. Provozování letecké dopravy a logistika. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7402-855-7.
NOVÁK, Radek. Mezinárodní silniční nákladní přeprava a zasílatelství. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7400-041-6.
ZELENÝ, Lubomír. Osobní doprava. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7400-681-4.
POLÁČEK, Bohumil; NOVÁK Radek. Mezinárodní přepravní doklady. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7598-639-9.
EU transport in figures: statistical pocketbook 2021. Luxembourg: Publication Office of the European Union, 2021. ISBN 978-92-76-40099-8.
Recommended Reading:
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.
KAZDA, A.; CAVES, R. E. Airport design and operation. 2nd ed. Oxford: Elsevier, c2007. ISBN 978-0-08-045104-6.
ROUBAL, Václav a Radek NOVÁK. Úmluva CMR: praktický komentář. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7598-888-1.
DRDLA, Pavel. Osobní doprava regionálního a nadregionálního významu. Vydání: 3. upravené. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, Dopravní fakulta Jana Pernera, 2021. ISBN 978-80-7560-361-6.
MILETÍN, Jiří a Pavel KONEČNÝ. ADR 2019: přeprava nebezpečných věcí po silnici dle Evropské dohody o mezinárodní silniční přepravě nebezpečných věcí : příručka pro školení řidičů a osob podílejících se na přepravě nebezpečných věcí dle Dohody ADR. Praha: M Konzult, [2019]. ISBN 978-80-902202-6-3.
BÍNA Ladislav; BÍNOVÁ Helena; PLOCH Jindřich; ŽIHLA Zdeněk: Provozování letecké dopravy a logistika. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, s.r.o., 2014. ISBN 978-80-7402-855-7.
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.
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
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit35 17
        ExaminationExamination65 16