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Course Catalog 01/02


Environmental Engineering

SBT008 Traffic Engineering, Advanced Course 6.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Quarter I

LANGUAGE:English/Swedish

EXAMINER
Ilja Cordi Prof


PREREQUISITES
SBT012 Traffic Engineering

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/CREDITS
Required assignment 0.75ECTS
Project work 4.50ECTS
Laboratory work 0.75ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Taylor, M A P; Young, W; Bonsall, P W: Understanding Traffic systems: Data, Analysis and Presentation. Second Edition. Aldershot: Avebury Technical. ISBN: 0-7546-1248-1. 2000.
Linderholm, L. Metodbok för lokalt trafiksäkerhetsarbete. Kommentus förlag, Älvsjö, 1992.
Other literature will be established later on.

Further information: International Office

Valid for the academic year 01/02.

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