227-0306 – Planning of Traffic and Area Servicing (PDOÚ)
| Gurantor department | Department of Transport Constructions |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Miloslav Řezáč, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
With the help of social and geographical regionalization of knowledge of transport geography graduate will be able to optimize network traffic based on transport services at any scale. Part of the course is the application of the analytical techniques and familiarization with the major geographical and sociological theories.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
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Summary
The course familiarizes students with approaches to transport planning and transport networks and public transport solution regions, municipalities, cities and boroughs. He will be able to include the human factor in traffic engineering in quantitative methods, deepen their knowledge in transport geography and sociology of transport.
With the help of social and geographical regionalization of knowledge of transport geography graduate will be able to optimize network traffic based on transport services at any scale. Part of the course is the application of the analytical techniques and familiarization with the major geographical and sociological theories.
Compulsory literature:
- CA O'Flaherty and co.: Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering. Publisher's Note: Transferred to Taylor & Francis, 2012.
- Fred L. Mannering, Scott S. Washburn, Walter P. Kilareski: Principles of highway engineering and traffic analysis, Publisher: Wiley, 2009.
Recommended literature:
- Modern transport geography. Edited by B. S. Hoyle - R. D. Knowles. 2nd, rev. ed. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1998
- Rodrigue, Jean Paul–Slack, Brian–Comtois, Claude. The Geography of Transport Systems. New York: Routledge, 2006
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.