Course Details

Traffic Engineering (KON)

Academic Year 2024/25

NMB014 course is part of 1 study plan

NPC-SIK Winter Semester 2nd year

Basic theory of traffic flow, capacity calculations of road sections and crossroads.
Use of new control technologies for capacity raise and traffic monitoring.
Data collection and data processing in traffic flow and in public transport.
Basis of microscopic and macroscopic traffic flow model.

Credits

3 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

Institute

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

Text processing, spreadsheets, elementary knowledge of CAD, mathematics, physics.

Aims

Principles of traffic engineering, traffic flow theory, traffic data collection and processing, capacity calculations, forecasting, traffic control and organisation.
Students understand principles of traffic flow phenomena, and they get knowledge of traffic engineering methods. They are able to collect traffic data, process and analyze them. They know capacity calculations, forecasting, traffic control and organisation.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Traffic surveys.
  • 2. Traffic surveys.
  • 3. Traffic count.
  • 4. Traffic count.
  • 5. Capacity calculations – traffic light controlled intersections.
  • 6. Capacity calculations – traffic light controlled intersections.
  • 7. Capacity calculations – uncontrolled intersections.
  • 8. Capacity calculations – uncontrolled intersections.
  • 9. Capacity calculations – roundabouts.
  • 10. Capacity calculations – roundabouts.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Traffic surveys.
  • 2. Traffic surveys.
  • 3. Traffic count.
  • 4. Traffic count.
  • 5. Capacity calculations – traffic light controlled intersections.
  • 6. Capacity calculations – traffic light controlled intersections.
  • 7. Capacity calculations – uncontrolled intersections.
  • 8. Capacity calculations – uncontrolled intersections.
  • 9. Capacity calculations – roundabouts.
  • 10. Capacity calculations – roundabouts.