The course “Transport I. Traffic Engineering and Road Design” aims at the introduction of under-graduate students to two distinct but related fields of transport engineering: A) Traffic engineering and B) Road design, with the overall objective to equip them with the basic knowledge and skills needed in these fields.
LECTURE |
TOPIC |
01 | Introduction to traffic engineering |
02 | Fundamental traffic flow characteristics – relations between the traffic flow characteristics |
03 | Roadway capacity – Level of service |
04 | Traffic counts – Collection and processing of traffic data |
05 | Transport connections |
06 | Transport systems-road netowork-administrative classification-categorisation |
07 | Functional classification of the road network |
08 | At-grade intersections – roundabouts |
09 | Introduction to road design – Roadway alignment features – Operational assessment |
10 | Horizontal alignment |
11 | Vertical alignment |
12 | Study of roadway cross-section |
13 | Signing – Signalisation of roads – Elements of roadway visibility – Road safety
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Specified Evaluation Criteria
Evaluation Criteria | Determination of weight |
Progress of a project | 20% |
Team projects | 20% |
Written exam | 60% |
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