Department of Transport Engineering
Role of transportation in land-use planning. Basic terms in transportation engineering. Traffic survey and traffic prognosis. Introduction to topic of roads, public mass transport. Negative impacts of transportation to environment and safety.
Department of Transport Engineering
Basic ways of traffic prognosis, traffic prognosis for large area (calculation of future traffic volumes, calculation of future traffic volumes between areas (analogical and synthetic methods, modal split, traffic distribution to road network). Shock wave in traffic flow. Service levels and their traffic volumes. Acceleration noise.
Department of Transport Engineering
Schedules of applications of safety assessments (especially Road Safety Audit, Road Safety Inspection) during the process of preparations, and of the particular realization of the road network that should minimize traffic accident risks for all those who take part in road traffic. Application of European Directive 2008/96/EC on road safety infrastructure management.
Department of Languages and Humanities
Roads and road traffic in the Ancient Age, corridors of main mediveal pathways. Development of road traffic in the modern period, acceleration of road transport development during 1st part of 20th century. Development of road layout, geometric and construction layers. Beginning of modern road civil engineering. Development of road travelling in modern period. History of road intercections, bridges and traffic control, development of road signs.
Department of Transport Engineering
Traffic parameters and their measurement, acquisition and processing. Road capacity analysis. Theoretical foundations and applications of mathematical models - macroscopic, statistical and microscopic traffic models. Theory of traffic management. Traffic light signals, roundabouts, coordination, public transport priority. Urban and highway management. Traffic excesses management. Road assessment and maintenance methods. Health risks assessment.
Department of Transport Engineering
Principles of traffic calming. Solution of road network organization. Urban road layouts. Psychological and physical obstacles (measures of traffic calming) and their combinations. Traffic calming measures in crossroads. Pedestrian zones. Residential streets and zones.