Overview
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.