Urban Transportation Systems
Syllabus
- Criteria for the selection of traffic systems in the city, the influence of settlement patterns, the use of space and the type of urban structure on traffic in the city,
- Non-motorized traffic (system of footpaths, sidewalks, bicycle network, basics of design and network design, capacity, safety, interaction with other infrastructure),
- Automotive traffic (various forms - personal, taxi, characteristics, infrastructure and network, dormant traffic),
- Public passenger bus transport (various forms, infrastructure and network, characteristics, capacity, organization and financing)
- Railway passenger transport (various forms, infrastructure and network, characteristics, capacity, organization and financing)
- Other systems (modern autonomous systems, water passenger transport, cableways, etc.)
- Intermodal terminals,
- Modern guidelines for managing traffic in cities.
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Goals and competencies
The purpose of the course is to acquaint students with basic knowledge in the field of urban trasport.
Basic literature
- Urban Transportation Systems, Sigurd Grave 2004
- Urban Transit, Vukan R. Vučić, 2005
- Public transport: ITS Planning, Management and operation, Peter White, 2002