Course Details
Urban Engineering 1
Academic Year 2023/24
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.
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.
Course Guarantor
Institute
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.
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.
Prerequisites
PC work, excellent knowledge of at least one of the CAD software and a software for the design of roads
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
3 credits
Semester
summer
Forms and criteria of assessment
graded course-unit credit
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. 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.