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.
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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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