Course syllabus

Trafikteknisk teori: Tillgänglighet, Framkomlighet, Säkerhet och Miljö
Traffic Engineering Theory: Accessibility, Level of service, Safety and Environment

VTTF05, 7,5 credits, G2 (First Cycle)

Valid for: 2012/13
Decided by: Education Board 3
Date of Decision: 2012-04-04

General Information

Compulsory for: IBYI2, IBYV2
Elective for: L5, V4-tv
Language of instruction: The course might be given in English

Aim

The aim of the course is that the students will acquire an understanding for how various variables affect the effects of traffic within the areas of Accessibility, Level of service, Safety and Environment. The course should induce understanding for the complexity in that what is good for one basic aspect don’t necessarily need to be good for the other aspects, and that there is often need for a compromise between them. After fulfilling the course the students should have a good theoretical basis for further studies traffic engineering and planning

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

• Have knowledge about the most important variables affecting traffic within the areas of Accessibility, Level of service, Safety and Environment
• Understand that not all relations between variables and effects are known
• Understand that not all relations between variables and effects are measurable

Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must

• Be able to analyse a given problem from the viewpoint of the four basic aspects and identify potentially important variables affecting the effects of traffic in the given case
• Be able to scrutinise and analyse literature within the area of traffic engineering

Contents

The course consists of lectures, literature studies, PBL, seminars and assignments.

The course is divided into themes related to the four basic aspects of traffic. Within each theme there will be lectures and literature studies that are summed up in a short report. The review of the reports will partly be carried out by way of peer review, in addition to writing own reports each student is tasked with review other students’ reports, and partly by teacher review of selected reports.

Examination details

Grading scale: TH
Assessment: For a passing grade: passing grade on exam and approved assignments. The grade is awarded on the basis of the grade on the exam.

Admission

Required prior knowledge: VTTF01 Traffic Engineering or Transports and Society and FMS032 Mathematical Statistics, Basic Course.
The number of participants is limited to: No
The course overlaps following course/s: VTT131

Reading list

• Hydén, C. red. (2008) Trafiken i den hållbara staden, Studentlitteratur, Lund.
• On top of this there will be a list of relevant literature, from which most titles will be available either for download or at the study centre.
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Contact and other information

Course coordinator: Thomas Jonsson, Thomas.Jonsson@tft.lth.se
Course coordinator: Aliaksei Laureshyn, Aliaksei.Laureshyn@tft.lth.se
Course homepage: http://www.tft.lth.se
Further information: The course is offered in Lund.