Course Details

Urban Engineering 1

Academic Year 2026/27

NMA019 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-ARS / ARP Summer Semester 1st year

In encyclopedic form summary of the main principles of the draft municipal (local) roads based on traffic engineering documents.
Principles of organization and management of urban transport (road transport, public, pedestrian and bicycle traffic and static).
The influence of urban transport on the environment.

Credits

3 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

Ing. Martin Smělý, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Road Structures

Forms and criteria of assessment

graded course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

PC work, excellent knowledge of at least one of the CAD software and a software for the design of roads

Aims

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the principles of road and urban traffic engineering and urban transport, with the design principles of designs and modifications of local roads and with the possible impacts of urban transport on the environment of urbanized areas. Means of transport, geometry of vehicle movement, theory of traffic flow. The output of the course in the exercises will be: - Calculation of the directional arc of the axis. - Calculation of the elevation arc of the vertical line. - Sample cross-section of a local road. - Processing of a situational solution of a level urban intersection.

Prerequisites

PC work, excellent knowledge of at least one of the CAD software and a software for the design of roads

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/303753

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Historical development of urban transport and urban roads, means of transport
  • 2. Urban roads, classification and design elements of these roads.
  • 3. Design elements of roads I. - design speed, directional routing
  • 4. Design elements of roads II. - height guidance of the route, length of viewpoints for stopping
  • 5. Design elements of roads III. - width layout of urban roads
  • 6. Design elements of intersections
  • 7. City intersections, level and elevated, simple, directed and controlled intersections.
  • 8. Design parameters of pedestrian crossings and crossing points
  • 9. Modification of buildings for people with reduced mobility
  • 10. Road structures, tunnels, bridges, walls.
  • 11. Individual motor transport.
  • 12. Static transport - parking and parking of vehicles, garages.
  • 13. Current topic.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

The output of the course will be:

  • Design of traffic solution of the city street - situation.
  • Longitudinal profile of the specified street.
  • Example cross section of local road.
  • Elaboration of situational solution of city intersection.