Course IC3206 · Year III · Summer 2025-2026

Urban Traffic Engineering

Compulsory course in Architecture and town planning, taught by Izabella Marin Lazar.

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Overview

Lecturer
Izabella Marin Lazar
Seminar tutor
Izabella Marin Lazar
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Civil Engineering
Field of study
Architecture and town planning
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, discussion, case studies

Aims

Knowledge of the basics of urban traffic. Assessing the interdependencies between transport and urban or spatial planning in line with the requirements of sustainable mobility - determining transport demand.

Analysis of options for transport modernization decisions. Identify solutions to improve traffic flow and avoid/limit road congestion in transport networks and terminals.

Knowledge of traffic management techniques. Knowledge of urban traffic optimization techniques.

Course contents

Introduction on urban traffic.

Urban Traffic I: definitions, traffic elements, traffic signs, parking.

Urban Traffic II: elements of urban traffic theory, Transportation Systems.

Urban traffic III: classification of the operating conditions of car parking lots in urban agglomerations.

Circulation design.

Traffic costs: mobility and external costs. Urban traffic policies and perspectives.

Reshaping mobility in relation to the urban form - requirements from the perspective of sustainable development/ spatial organization with prerequisites for sustainable mobility/ - urban areas sensitive to motorized traffic. 

Urban traffic management. Objectives, methods and means used.

ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems.

Urban agglomeration pollution due to road traffic. Extended energy analysis urban environment - proximate natural environment

Smart city: principles and case studies.

Modeling urban road traffic. Planning strategies and directions.

Location of construction works.

Traffic safety and urban environmental sustainability.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge of the basics of urban traffic.

 Assessing the interdependencies between transport and urban or spatial planning in line with the requirements of sustainable mobility - determining transport demand. 

Assessment

Oral exam, assessment during the semester.

Recommended reading

"Ingineria Traficului Urban"-Note de curs
Rusca Marcel
Editura Didactica, Alba Iuliat, 2022 · 196
„Mobilitate și formă urbană – Aspecte teoretice”
Negulescu Mihaela Hermina
Editura Universitară Ion Mincu, Bucharest, 2011 · 220
„Practica urbanistică de remodelare sustenabilă a mobilității formă urbană ”
Negulescu Mihaela Hermina
Editura Universitară Ion Mincu, Bucharest, 2011 · 229