Environmental Planning and Design

SBT012 Traffic Engineering 6.0 ECTS credits

DENNA SIDA FINNS OCKSÅ PÅ SVENSKA

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TIMEPERIOD: Quarter III

LANGUAGE: English/Swedish

EXAMINER
Glenn Lundborg Univ adj

PREREQUISITES
General eligibility for admission.

COURSE AIM
To give an introduction in working methods and planning methods together with the different goals and values that are parts of the traffic planning process. The course will also give fundamental knowledge about road and street design and construction considering future maintenance, based on traffic conditions and transport needs. In a design assignment that deals with public transport, the student uses the methods and measures needed to reduce the conflicts that arise partly inside the traffic system and partly between the traffic system and its environment.

CONTENTS
Organization and work methods: Organization, conditions and form of collaboration for national and local traffic planning. Physical and economical road planning. Legislation. Planning methods. TRÅD -92. Geometrical design: Geometrical design of roads. Practice in using ARGUS. Design assignments. Structural design: Road construction considering traffic loading, the underground, climate etc. Pavements. Road material. Design assignments. Computer aid in traffic planning: EVA. VIPS. Design assignment: To study an existing/future traffic system in an area to form the basis of a suggestion of measures and design.

TEACHING
The instruction consists of lectures and design assignments together with laboratory work. Handing in design assignments and participation in laboratory work is compulsory.

EXAMINATION
The design assignments are marked as pass or fail. A written examination with grouped marks. The examination will be marked according to alternative A in "Regler för tentamen". For passing the course all items have to be passed.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, 3, 4, 5

ITEMS AND CREDITS 
Project work                                                	2.2 ECTS
Laboratory work                                             	1.5 ECTS
Written exam                                                	2.2 ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Trafiken i samhället. Grunder för planering och utformning. B. Holmberg; C. HydŽn m fl. Studentlitteratur 1996. Kompendium Vägbyggnad. Vägbyggnadsmaterial LTU 1995. Kompendium Vägbyggnad. Dimensionering. LTU 1995.

REMARKS
Recommended required knowledge: SBT010 Traffic and Town Planning with "Ecological" Considerations.
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