Depertment
Department of Transport Engineering (K612)

The project primarily deals with the properties of pedestrian flow in public transport transfer terminals. Special emphasis will be placed on people with reduced mobility and orientation, which can include both people in wheelchairs and, for example, mothers with strollers or travelers with bulky luggage.

The main goal of the project is, in addition to collecting information from abroad on this issue, to determine the key parameters of the infrastructure that affect the behavior of pedestrian flow and individuals with reduced mobility and orientation. Knowledge of these factors is important when dimensioning any transfer point.

The project outputs will be materials for revising existing legal regulations on the implementation of barrier-free modifications and a decision-making tool for determining the optimal parameters of public transport terminals. Subsequently, this decision-making tool will be applied to a selected existing public transport terminal to verify the correctness of the output data.

Program:

SGS ČVUT (national project)

Project Duration:

2020 - 2022

Annotation:

Optimal use of railway transport capacity and its suitable routing are everyday questions in professional circles, for which there is no clear opinion or methodology on how to deal with or approach this issue. It is clear that railway transport is suitable for medium and strong transport flows, while for its usability, travel time and comfort or even price and reliability, which it offers, are key in competition with IAD. At the same time, the railway transport route must also offer enough capacity for freight transport so that it is competitive and attractive to customers and preferred over other modes of transport.

Project Goal:

Finding the mutual interconnection of all requirements to achieve the maximization of the benefits of using railway transport capacity, both from the perspective of meeting transport needs not only in passenger but also freight transport. The project will include dimensioning the capacity of trains and routing public transport lines, vehicle circulation, or the railway infrastructure itself, taking into account the creation of sufficient reserves for operational emergencies.

Additional Information:

https://k612.fd.cvut.cz/veda-a-vyzkum/sgs20-138-ohk2-2t-16-stanoveni-a-optimalni-vyuziti-parametru-zeleznicni-dopravni-cesty/

Program:

TAČR Doprava 2020+ (national project)

Project Duration:

2023 - 2025

Project Acronym:

EBAVEL

Project Goal:

The goal of the project is to determine the optimal composition of automated vehicles adhering to different ethical principles in the monitored area to ensure optimal traffic flow and area throughput. Through traffic microsimulations and parametric setting of vehicle behavior with an implemented parametric model of ethical principles, the character of interactions between vehicles and the degree of influence of these interactions on the nature of traffic will be analyzed both from the perspective of flow and throughput and from the perspective of traffic system safety. Thus, the appropriate distribution of vehicle behavior for different traffic situations will be determined, which will form the basis of a methodology usable, for example, for evaluating automated systems during vehicle testing and approval.

Additional Information:

https://starfos.tacr.cz/projekty/CK04000150

Program:

SGS ČVUT (national project)

Project Duration:

2020

Annotation:

The solution of modern transport systems represents the harmony of technology and art, combining transport, engineering, and construction with urbanism, architecture, and design. The significant uniformity, often oversized transport structures of the second half of the last century, led to a misunderstanding of the purpose of transport in the city and the opinion that transport structures pose a threat to otherwise cultivated urban environments. The word "urban" in the designation of public transport does not only mean the definition of the action radius of this segment of transport but also indirectly points to the urban-forming nature of public transport systems. This is manifested not only in extensively developing settlement formations but also affects the environment of existing urbanized areas. The urban-forming effect of transport structures is repeatedly neglected nowadays. Transport structures co-create the cultural values of the landscape and the image of cities, and their qualities represent, not only economically, a difficult-to-quantify value. The past three decades, marked in Western Europe by the boom of modern public transport systems, especially rail, are clear evidence of this.

Project Goal:

Defining and describing the characteristic requirements, properties, broader contexts, and influences that affect the solution of public transport transfer points (transport nodes – public transport hubs) not only from an operational point of view but lead to their successful solution in terms of urbanism, architecture, and design as an integral part of quality public space.

Additional Information:

https://k612.fd.cvut.cz/veda-a-vyzkum/sgs20-025-ohk1-1t-11-uzly-verejne-dopravy-jako-intermodalni-prostorove-prvky-uzemi/

Program:

SGS ČVUT (national project)

Project Duration:

2019 - 2020

Annotation:

Pedestrian traffic and the theme "cities for people" are one of the "highlights" of sustainable mobility. City streets were originally adapted mainly for pedestrian movement and had a social function. However, the current reality of many cities is the degradation of streets to mere transport corridors.

Project Goal:

The main goal of the project is to determine the laws that have a significant impact on people's behavior in selected situations when crossing the road and to provide advice and recommendations for practical use. In the era of smart city concepts, it is essential to know the factors influencing pedestrian traffic and, based on their knowledge, to know what to focus on. The project outputs will be recommendations on what to focus on the most when designing pedestrian crossings to promote and support pedestrian traffic, ideally with limiting the use of motor transport. According to individual model situations, the user would choose the one that has similar inputs as the place they are dealing with. Based on this, it would be possible to predict people's behavior in that environment or change the arrangement of the space according to another model situation.

Additional Information:

https://k612.fd.cvut.cz/veda-a-vyzkum/sgs19-121-ohk2-2t-16-role-pesiho-provozu-v-kontextu-aktualnich-dopravnich-trendu/

Program:

TAČR Trend (national project)

Project Duration:

2023 - 2025

Project Acronym:

5G v2x (TRAFFIC TALK)

Project Goal:

The goal of the project is to implement a system enabling the commercial introduction of technologies for cooperative vehicle control and autonomous transport earlier than would be the case with the use of the ITS-G5 standard, even in locations without electricity supply. It uses the specific properties of 5G networks, such as reliability, low energy consumption, or the possibility of a large number of mutually communicating IoT sensors. The system consists of off-grid sensor points, server infrastructure processing data with algorithms featuring artificial intelligence elements, and a library for mobile applications displaying relevant information to the driver. The system will be verified in the area designated for testing automated vehicles around Ingolstadt. An automated vehicle of the partner (THI) will also be involved in the testing.

Additional Information:

https://starfos.tacr.cz/projekty/FW08010039