Course detail

Urban Roads

FAST-BM03Acad. year: 2009/2010

Knowledge related to urban roads from urban network to urban road design. The first part of the subject will be devoted to historical development of urban settlements, i.e. urban roads and road systems in areas of development. Further, urban road definition and its categorisation. Individual categories will be characterised by basic design parameters. The chapter urban road intersections will be devoted to basic urban road intersections and way of their solutions. There will be studied both intersections at grade and grade-separated intersections. A separated part will be devoted to superior road networks. The last part will be devoted to modern trends in traffic engineering, i.e. urban environment humanisation, calming traffic in particular localities of city settlement areas.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Martin Smělý, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Road Structures (PKO)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students are able to design urban roads, streets and intersections under uncomplicated conditions and draw and print a lay-out of plans. Students finalize project documentation according to the czech standards. They are able to assess alternative solutions and find optimum.

Prerequisites

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

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction to the urban roads problematics.
2. Town planning, urbanistic structure of settlement, history of town formation.
3. Urbanistic structure of cities and conurbations.
4. History of urban roads and communications.
5. Contemporary urban roads and communications.
6. Categories of urban roads and communications.
7. Functional classes of urban roads and communications.
8. Superior communication systems.
9. Design elements for urban roads and communications I.
10. Design elements for urban roads and communications II.
11. Urban road intersections.
12. Ground level intersections - grade crossings.
13. Intersections with grade separation - interchanges. Roundabouts - circular intersections.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Knowledge related to urban roads from urban network to urban road design.

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

Michael Southworth, Eran Ben-Joseph: Streets & the Shaping of Towns & Cities. Island Press, 2003.
Pavlíček Jan: Městské komunikace. VUT v Brně, 1988.
Sammer G.: Grazer Tempo 30. 0.
Sigurd Grava: Urban Transportation Systems. McGraw Hill; ISBN: 0-07-138417-0, 2003.

Recommended reading

Colin D. Buchanan: Traffic in Town. HMSO, 1963. (EN)
Hank Dittmar, Gloria Ohland: The New Transit Town: Best Practices in Transit-Oriented Development. Island Press, 2003.
Jan Gehl: Nové městské prostory. ERA, 2002. (CS)
Nick Tyler: Accessibility and the Bus System: Concepts to Practice. American Society of Civil Engineers; ISBN: 0-7277-2980-2, 2002.
Petr Kurfürst: Řízení poptávky po dopravě jako nástroj ekologicky šetrné dopravní politiky. Centrum pro dopravu a energetiku, 2002. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's

    branch K , 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-K-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch K , 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch K , 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Martin Smělý, Ph.D.

Exercise

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Martin Smělý, Ph.D.