Road Transport History

Course guarantor:

Lecturer:

Zuzana Čarská

Tutor:

Zuzana Čarská

Supervisor:

Department of Languages and Humanities

Synopsis:

Roads and road traffic in the Ancient Age, corridors of main mediveal pathways. Development of road traffic in the modern period, acceleration of road transport development during 1st part of 20th century. Development of road layout, geometric and construction layers. Beginning of modern road civil engineering. Development of road travelling in modern period. History of road intercections, bridges and traffic control, development of road signs.

Requirements:

Not defined.

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Goal of the cource is the offer of new humanitarian subject focused on the road history. That course makes easier to understand the historical contentst in modern road civil engineering.

Study materials:

Štemberk J.: Automobilista v zajetí reality, Praha, UK v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2008

Hlavačka M.: Cestování v éře dostavníku, Praha, nakladatelství Argo, 1996

Květ R.: Duše krajiny: Staré stezky v proměnách věků, Praha, Academia, 2003

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Master Full-Time DS from 2022/23 (compulsory elective course)
• Master Full-Time DS from 2023/24 (compulsory elective course)
• Master Full-Time IS (joint degree) from 2023/24 (compulsory elective course)
• Master Full-Time DS from 2024/25 (compulsory elective course)
• Master Full-Time LA from 2024/25 (compulsory elective course)