227-0206 – Psychology in Transportation (PD)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Transport Constructions
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Miloslav Řezáč, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Subject version
Version codeYear of introductionYear of cancellationCredits
227-0206/01 2007/2008 2010/2011 2
227-0206/02 2011/2012 2020/2021 4
227-0206/03 2015/2016 2020/2021 4

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Objective is to get students to know basic terms from psychology of transportation.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials

Summary

Central problem of transportation psychology is system human (crew) – vehicle - setting. This system consist of a number of elements which have their functions a contribute to achievement of objective of all the system – safety of traffic. Human usually has controlling function.

Compulsory literature:

Fred L. Mannering, Scott S. Washburn, Walter P. Kilareski: Principles of highway engineering and traffic analysis, Publisher: Wiley, 2009. CA O'Flaherty and co.: Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering. Publisher's Note: Transferred to Taylor & Francis, 2012.

Recommended literature:

Fred L. Mannering, Scott S. Washburn, Walter P. Kilareski: Principles of highway engineering and traffic analysis, Publisher: Wiley, 2009. CA O'Flaherty and co.: Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering. Publisher's Note: Transferred to Taylor & Francis, 2012.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.