Course syllabus

Trafikteknisk analys
Traffic Engineering and Analysis

VTVN15, 7,5 credits, A (Second Cycle)

Valid for: 2019/20
Decided by: PLED V
Date of Decision: 2019-04-01

General Information

Elective for: V4-tv
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English on demand

Aim

The purpose of the course is to get applied and in depth knowledge within the field of traffic engineering regarding theories, measurment- and analysis methods and management of traffic related data.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

• Have knowledge about measurement methods and calculation methods regarding accesibility, level of service, traffic noice and exhaust.
• Have knowledge about which variables influnece the effects of traffics regarding accesibility and environment.
• Have knowledge about the most important measures to change/improve the level of service, accesibility, security, traffic noice and pollution.
• Have knowledge about traffic engineering measurment methods on an overall as well as a specific level.
• Have understanding of how road users behaviour changes with different types of measures.

Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must

• Have the ability to define required data in order to estimate the effects of traffic in a traffic environment and to accomplish the data collection.
• Have the ability to use different software for calculating the effects of traffic and to critically judge the reliability.
• Be able to write reports based on relevant traffic theory.
• Discuss and orally present the results of the own project report.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

• Have the ability to use relevant traffic data and traffic theories to draw conclusions about a location's qualities.
• Have a good understanding of the relationship between traffic planning and the effects.
• Have a system view regarding the conditions in the traffic system for different groups of road users and different means of transport.
• Have the ability to evaluate and relate to traffic investigations and the quality of collected data and the conclusions that can be drawn from them.

Contents

The course includes lectures, assignments, field studies, project work as well as literature studies. The lectures and the literature studies provide a good theoretical base and a broad knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals in traffic engineering and the practical excercises give applied knowledge. A project work gives the students further in depth knowledge in a specific field.

The project work is presentetd in a written report as well as an oral presentation and the teachers provide formative as well as summative feedback during the course.

Examination details

Grading scale: TH - (U,3,4,5) - (Fail, Three, Four, Five)
Assessment: For a passing grade: approves written exam, approved exercises, approved project work, approved oral presentation and presence at the obligatory parts are needed. The grade is awarded on the basis of the written exam, the project work report and the other assignments.

The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.

Admission

Admission requirements:

• VTTF01 Traffic Engineering

The number of participants is limited to: No
The course overlaps following course/s: VTTF05, VTTF10, VTT141

Reading list

• Trafikverket: TRVMB Kapacitet och framkomlighetseffekter, Trafikverkets metodbeskrivning för beräkning av kapacitet. Ineko, 2013.
• Naturvårdsverket, Vägverket, Nordiska ministerrådet: Vägtrafikbuller, Nordisk beräkningsmodell, reviderad 1996. Naturvårdsverket Förlag, 2008, ISBN: 91-620-4653-5.
• Naturvårdsverket: Luftguiden, Handbok om miljökvalitetsnormer för utomhusluft. Naturvårdsverket, 2014, ISBN: 978-91-620-0178-0.
• Trafikverket: Effektsamband för transportsystemet. 2015.
• Department for Communities and Local Government: Multi Criteria Analysis: a manual. 2009, ISBN: 978-1-4098-1023-0.

Contact and other information

Course coordinator: Fredrik Pettersson, fredrik.pettersson@tft.lth.se
Course homepage: http://www.tft.lth.se