Technology of Public Transport

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Department of Smart Cities and Regions

Synopsis:

The course contents a detailed description of new knowledge and basic principles of hierarchical planning of public transport system accenting the general transport planning and quantified transport demand. The course would be oriented on multiple and multi-level optimisation of passenger public transport system.

Requirements:

Knowledge of operation research methods, graph theory, optimisation methods, waiting-line theory, basic principles of transport technology, transport theory and system theory

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Study Objective:

Students should be able to design a proposal of public transport services in a specific area depending up the urban structure. They should use all levels of proposal planning process in public passenger transport with subsequent interpretation of proposed system efficiency.

Study materials:

Štěrba, R., Pastor, O.: Osobní doprava v území a regionech, ČVUT, 2005.

Nachtigall, K.: Periodic Network Optimization and Fixed Interval Timetables, Hildesheim, 1998.

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Bachelor TET-LOG Full-Time from 2022/23 (compulsory course in the program)
• Bachelor TET-LOG Full-Time from 2023/24 (compulsory course in the program)
• Bachelor TET-LOG Full-Time from 2024/25 (compulsory course in the program)
• Bachelor TET-LOG Part-Time from 2025/26 (compulsory course in the program)