227-0404/02 – Traffic Engineering (DI)
| Gurantor department | Department of Transport Constructions | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Vladislav Křivda, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Vladislav Křivda, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FAST | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Students will become familiar with the problems of traffic engineering, traffic surveys, analysis of conflict situations and traffic accidents, determination of traffic volumes on roads, prognosis of traffic volumes, capacity assessment of intersections and roads and basics of traffic modeling.
Teaching methods
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Summary
Subject to give students the problem of traffic engineering, traffic surveys, analysis of conflict situations and traffic accidents, determination of traffic volumes on roads and prognosis of traffic volumes. The second part is devoted to capacity assessment of intersections and roads and basics of traffic modeling.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Continuous elaboration and submission of individually assigned programs in the required deadline and quality.
E-learning
Other requirements
At least 70% attendance at the exercises. Absence, up to a maximum of 30%, must be excused and the apology must be accepted by the teacher (the teacher decides to recognize the reason for the excuse). Tasks assigned on the exercises must be hand in within the dates set by the teacher.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Lectures:
1. Introduction to traffic engineering (aims, function, principles)
2. Basic terms from traffic engineering
3. Traffic surveys
4. Determination of traffic volumes on roads
5. Prognosis of traffic volumes
6. Capacity assessment of non-controlled intersections
7. Capacity assessment of controlled intersections
8. Capacity assessment of roundabouts
9. Capacity assessment of roads
10. Basics of traffic modeling
11. Four-phase traffic model
12. Theory of traffic flow
13. Analysis of traffic accidents and traffic conflicts
14. Traffic calming and traffic management
Practises:
1. Information about graduate conditions, introduction to traffic engineering
2. Basic terms from traffic engineering, preparation for traffic survey
3. Real traffic survey
4. Evaluation of traffic survey
5. Determination of traffic volumes on roads and prognosis of traffic volumes
6. Capacity assessment of non-controlled intersection
7. Test
8. Capacity assessment of controlled intersection (intergreen matrices, signal groups)
9. Capacity assessment of controlled intersection (green signals, cycle time, capacities)
10. Capacity assessment of roundabouts
11. Capacity assessment of roads
12. Traffic model of simple intersection
13. Excursion
14. Test
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction