Theory of Road Traffic Operation

Course guarantor:

Lecturer:

Zuzana Čarská, Vladimír Faltus

Tutor:

Zuzana Čarská

Supervisor:

Department of Transport Engineering

Synopsis:

Traffic parameters and their measurement, acquisition and processing. Road capacity analysis. Theoretical foundations and applications of mathematical models - macroscopic, statistical and microscopic traffic models. Theory of traffic management. Traffic light signals, roundabouts, coordination, public transport priority. Urban and highway management. Traffic excesses management. Road assessment and maintenance methods. Health risks assessment.

Requirements:

no prerequisites

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

To obtain an overview of the basic theory of traffic flow on roads and methods of its management.

Study materials:

Přibyl P.: Řídicí systémy silniční dopravy, vydavatelství ČVUT.

Přibyl P., Svítek M.: Inteligentní dopravní systémy, BEN, 2002, 525 str.

TP 81: Navrhování světelných signalizačních zařízení pro řízení silničního provozu. Praha, 2006.

Roess R., Prassas E., McShane W.: Traffic Engineering, Prentice Hall, 4th edition, pp. 734, ISBN: 978-0-13-613573-9.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon	roomHO:A-320 Čarská Z. 11:30–13:00 (parallel nr.255) Horská 3 (stará budova)
Tue
Wed	roomKO:309 Čarská Z. 13:15–14:45 (parallel nr.256) Konviktská 20 roomKO:309 Faltus V. 15:00–18:15 ODD WEEK (lecture parallel1) Konviktská 20 roomKO:309 Čarská Z. 15:00–16:30 EVEN WEEK (lecture parallel1) Konviktská 20
Thu
Fri

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 course)
• Master Full-Time DS from 2023/24 (compulsory course)