227-0204 – Urban Roads (MK)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Transport Constructions
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Ivana Mahdalová, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Subject version
Version codeYear of introductionYear of cancellationCredits
227-0204/01 2006/2007 2020/2021 4

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Describe urban roads. Define design elements. Describe possibilities of road system forms in cities. Describe possibilities of drain. Describe possibilities for traffic modulation. Apply knowledge at design of urban roads elements. Analyze enter data for urban roads design.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials

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.

Compulsory literature:

The Design Manual for Roads and Bridges. The Highways Agency, Department for Transport, United Kingdom, http://www.dft.gov.uk/ha/standards/dmrb/ MEYER, M. and E. Miller. Urban Transportation Planning. McGraw-Hill, 2000.

Recommended literature:

Design Manual. Washington State Department of Transportation, USA, http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/publications/manuals/m22-01.htm

Prerequisities

Subject codeAbbreviationTitleRequirement
227-0202 SS Highway Engineering Compulsory
227-0207 DI1 Traffic Engineering I Compulsory
227-0208 CDV Transport Infrastructure Management Systems Compulsory

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.