Course detail

Selected issues of highways II.

FAST-5M4Acad. year: 2015/2016

The subject is dealing with detailed analysis of the entire problems related to urban roads, in particular prioritised communication network and designed features of urban roads. Special attention will be paid to analysing project documentation of individual categories of urban roads. Certain part will be devoted to problems related to public transport system, road maintenance and administrative system. There is to be elaborated one-term project covering both network creating concept and the design activities themselves applied to urban environment. There is a scheduled visit of city offices dealing with urban roads, i.e. office of the Head Architect and Brnenske komunikace. Attention will be paid to road safety elements.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Road Structures (PKO)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of traffic engineering, roads and motorway design and urban roads, PC user competence (ACAD, ...)

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Introducation and preparation
2. Forming out the theme to students works
3.-11. Seminars for appointed theme
12.-13. Presentation of appointed theme

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Analysis problems related to urban roads, in particular prioritised communication network and designed features of urban roads.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Habarda Dušan: Mestská hromadná doprava. Alfa Bratislava 1984
Šrytr Petr a kol.: Městské inženýrství I.. Academia Praha 1998
Šrytr Petr a kol.: Městské inženýrství II.. Academia Praha 2001

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer