342-0493 – Urban Transport (MHD)

Gurantor departmentInstitute of Transport
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Ivana Olivková, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Subject version
Version codeYear of introductionYear of cancellationCredits
342-0493/01 2007/2008 2020/2021 4

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

To characterize of urban mass passenger transport signs, operational base of urban public transport, operation and outputs characteristics of urban public transport. To evaluate urban public transport quality, costs and incomes, fare systems in urban mass passenger transport. To formulate the problems dispatching control, creation of graphic timetables, timetables and traffic network of urban public transport.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials

Summary

Characterize signs of urban mass passenger transport, vehicles and infrastructure of urban public transport. Transport and traffic characteristics, outputs and utilization indicators of urban public transport. Problems of dispatching control, creation of graphic timetables, timetables and traffic network of urban public transport. Definition quality and urban public transport quality evaluation. Costs, incomes, operational and economics selection criteria for urban public transport vehicles, fare systems in urban mass passenger transport.

Compulsory literature:

VUCHIC, V.R.: Urban Transit, operations, planning and economics. John Willey&Sons, Inc., 2005, ISBN 0-471-63265-1

Recommended literature:

VUCHIC, V.R.: Urban Transit, operations, planning and economics. John Willey&Sons, Inc., 2005, ISBN 0-471-63265-1

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.