Course Details

Traffic Engineering (DST)

Academic Year 2025/26

NMB010 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-SIK Summer Semester 1st year

Course Guarantor

Ing. Martin Všetečka, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Road Structures

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

5 credits

Semester

summer

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/295874

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction to traffic engineering, traffic engineering branches.
  • 2. Transportation systems categories.
  • 3. Traffic flow theory.
  • 4. Capacity calculations – free highway segment.
  • 5. Capacity calculations – uncontrolled intersections.
  • 6. Capacity calculations – roundabouts.
  • 7. Capacity calculations – Traffic light controlled intersections.
  • 8. Traffic data collection systems.
  • 9. Traffic studies – individual vehicle transport.
  • 10. Traffic studies – public transport.
  • 11. Mathematical transport models – individual vehicle transport.
  • 12. Mathematical transport models – public transport.
  • 13. Traffic forecasting systems, traffic control and organisation.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. VBA.
  • 2. Veveří/Kounicova – introduction.
  • 3. Veveří/Kounicova – 1st traffic survey.
  • 4. Veveří/Kounicova – 2nd traffic survey.
  • 5. Veveří/Kounicova – survey of control plans, queue lengths.
  • 6. Veveří/Kounicova – data processing.
  • 7. Veveří/Kounicova – designing and calculations.
  • 8. Veveří/Kounicova – designing and calculations.
  • 9. Veveří/Kounicova – 1st presentation.
  • 10. Veveří/Kounicova – finalization of designing and calculations.
  • 11. Veveří/Kounicova – finalization of designing and calculations.
  • 12. Veveří/Kounicova – 2nd presentation.