Traffic Engineering, Part 1

Major: Transport technology (by Automobile Transport)
Code of subject: 6.275.03.O.067
Credits: 5.50
Department: Transport Technologies
Lecturer: Ph.D, associate professor Yurii Roiko
Semester: 6 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: • know the problems and traffic characteristics; research methods and ways of organizing the movement of all participants; • be able to organize vehicular traffic and pedestrian flows at intersections, streets, downtown in different seasons and times of day; design a scheme of motion and improve its work; • understand the patterns of traffic flow, methods of research and forecasting.
Required prior and related subjects: • Supplying information to roadway users • Fundamentals of theories of transportation processes and systems • Technology for traffic engineering • Urban transport planning • Road safety
Summary of the subject: General aspects of traffic on the roads and road network of city. The system of "traffic flows - road conditions". General characteristics of transport research. Documentaries and full scale research of the characteristics of traffic. Traffic simulation. Forecasting of traffic as the link of the transport system. The main characteristics of traffic. Relationship characteristics of traffic. Organization of pedestrian traffic. Regulation of foot-passenger traffic. Assessment of safety at intersections of city streets and roads by the simplest methods of analysis point of conflict. Risk assessment traffic at intersections of city streets and roads based on accident indicators and statistics on road traffic accidents.
Assessment methods and criteria: • written reports from laboratory and practical work, spoken survey, control work (40%); • final control (60%, control examination, exam): written-spoken form (60%)
Recommended books: 1. Системологія на транспорті. Організація дорожнього руху [Гаврилов Е. В., Дмитриченко М. Ф., Доля В. К. та ін.]; за ред.М. Ф. Дмитриченка. – К. : Знання України, 2007. – 452 с. – (5 кн./ Гаврилов Е. В., Дмитриченко М. Ф., Доля В. К. та ін.; кн. 4). 2. Поліщук В.П. Організація та регулювання дорожнього руху: Підручник. / за заг. ред. В.П. Поліщука; О.О. Бакуліч, О.П. Дзюба, В.І. Єресов, О.В. Красільнікова, О.В. Христенко. – К.: Знання України, 2012. – 467 с. 3. Лобашов О.О. Практикум з дисципліни «Організація дорожнього руху»: Навчальний посібник./ О.О. Лобашов, О.В. Прасоленко. – Х.: ХНАМГ, 2011. – 221 с.