Environmental Planning and Design

SBT008 Traffic Engineering, Advanced Course 6.0 ECTS credits

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General information about studying at Luleå University
TIMEPERIOD: Quarter II

LANGUAGE: English/Swedish

EXAMINER
Ilja Cordi Prof

PREREQUISITES
SBT003 or SBT012

COURSE AIM
To give ability to choose and use methods in traffic survey, traffic flow estimation, traffic prediction, traffic safety analysis and geometric design of transport facilities.

CONTENTS
Traffic generation, methods of prediction Traffic flow estimation, traffic distribution Capacity and accessibility. Control by traffic light signals. Traffic safety. Methods and equipment for traffic surveys. Traffic prediction and speed measuring. Traffic behaviour. Road-user interviews. Design assignment.

TEACHING
The instruction consists of seminars, exercises and design assignments. All of them are compulsory. Parts of suitable literature will be handed out for self-instruction.

EXAMINATION
The design assignments are juged as passed or failed. There will be a written test during the course. To pass the course the design assignment, the test, the exercises and the seminars have to be passed.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, G

ITEMS AND CREDITS 
Required assignment                                         	0.7 ECTS
Project work                                                	4.5 ECTS
Laboratory work                                             	0.7 ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Kompendium i trafikteknik: 2A Trafikundersökningar och trafikberäkningar. LTH 1992. Linderholm, L. Metodbok för lokalt trafiksäkerhetsarbete. Kommentus förlag, Älvsjö, 1996. Linderholm, L, Svedberg, Å. Åtgärdskatalog för lokalt trafiksäkerhetsarbete. Kommentus förlag, Älvsjö, 1992. Other literature will be established later on.

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