Objectives and competences
Aims and goals / objectives of the subject are:
- comprehension of the basic elements and principles of the traffic areas in urban environments
- comprehension the basic elements for "safe" design of traffic areas in the cities
- application methods and procedures about planning, design and construction of "safe" traffic areas in the urban environments
- comprehension the procedures for traffic safe design of special infrastructural objects - tunnels
Content (Syllabus outline)
Issues about traffic in the city / urban traffic from traffic infrastructure point of view
Systematic and structure classification traffic areas in urban surroundings
Safety interdependence from intersections layout in road network
Characteristics of the different types of traffic – motor vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians, public transport from infrastructure and traffic safety point of view
Parking areas, parking management
"Safe" landscape planning of traffic areas in urban environments
Traffic signs and signals
Lightening
Special infrastructural objects - tunnels
Technical characteristics of the tunnel
Traffic safety in tunnels
The principles of the design of road tunnels in terms of safety
Theoretical basis: traffic safety / traffic flow
Traffic accidents in tunnels
Fire safety in the tunnel
Rescue and helping plans for the tunnel
Security systems in the tunnel
Analysis of traffic safety in tunnels
Learning and teaching methods
- lectures
- seminar
- tutorial
- field work
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
After successful completion of the study unit students should be able to:
- explain and classify the basic elements and principles of the traffic areas in urban environments
- interpret the basic elements for "safe" design of traffic areas in the cities
- apply methods and procedures about planning, design and construction of "safe" traffic areas in the urban environments
- indicate and interpret the procedures for traffic safe design of special infrastructural objects - tunnels
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
knowledge and applicable skills which are necessary for cooperating in processes of the design, construction and maintenance of the traffic areas in urban environments
usage of software programs for defining practical solutions of the problems
Readings
SWOV: Advancing sustainable safety, 2006.
J. Theeuwes, Richard Van Der Horst, Maria Kuiken: Designing Safe Road Systems: A Human Factors Perspective, Ashgate Publishing Company, 2012.
TOLLAZZI, Tomaž, RENČELJ, Marko. Mestne prometne površine. Maribor: Fakulteta za gradbeništvo, 2013.
TOLLAZZI Tomaž, in skupina soavtorjev. Varnost v predorih : razvojno raziskovalna naloga: končno poročilo, Fakulteta za gradbeništvo, Center za prometno tehniko in varnost v prometu, 2004.
Prerequisits
Recommended basic knowledge in the field of transportation routes design and traffic safety.
