Course Details
City Transportation
Academic Year 2023/24
CM053 course is part of 1 study plan
N-P-C-SI (N) / K / DST Winter Semester 2nd year
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 is paid to analysing project documentation of individual categories of urban roads. Certain part is 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 is paid to road safety elements.
Credits
5 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
winter
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Entry Knowledge
Basic knowledge of traffic engineering, roads and motorway design and urban roads, PC user competence (ACAD, ...)
Aims
Detailed analysis of the entire problems related to urban roads, public transport, urban roads maintenance, urban transport network planning.
Students have to manage the aim of the subject, make the one's acquaintance with course problematic and practice their knowledge and acquirements.
Students have to manage the aim of the subject, make the one's acquaintance with course problematic and practice their knowledge and acquirements.
Syllabus
1. Transport network planning.
2. Design elements of urban roads - detailed analysis of ČSN 736110 standard.
3. Urban road categories according to EU standards and comparison to ČSN 736110 standard.
4. Parking - basic characteristics, design elements.
5. Public transport - concept, operation.
6. Integrated transport system.
7. Parking houses.
8. Water drainage.
2. Design elements of urban roads - detailed analysis of ČSN 736110 standard.
3. Urban road categories according to EU standards and comparison to ČSN 736110 standard.
4. Parking - basic characteristics, design elements.
5. Public transport - concept, operation.
6. Integrated transport system.
7. Parking houses.
8. Water drainage.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of traffic engineering, roads and motorway design and urban roads, PC user competence (ACAD, ...)
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. Transport network planning.
2. Design elements of urban roads - detailed analysis of ČSN 736110 standard.
3. Urban road categories according to EU standards and comparison to ČSN 736110 standard.
4. Parking - basic characteristics, design elements.
5. Public transport - concept, operation.
6. Integrated transport system.
7. Parking houses.
8. Water drainage.
2. Design elements of urban roads - detailed analysis of ČSN 736110 standard.
3. Urban road categories according to EU standards and comparison to ČSN 736110 standard.
4. Parking - basic characteristics, design elements.
5. Public transport - concept, operation.
6. Integrated transport system.
7. Parking houses.
8. Water drainage.
Exercise
13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
This is a total of 8 weeks of instruction. The exercises are divided into odd and even weeks, and so these four exercises.
1-2 Plotting utilities to situce and cross sections
3-4 Creating a safety inspection including presentation.
1-2 Plotting utilities to situce and cross sections
3-4 Creating a safety inspection including presentation.