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: 2020/21
Decided by: PLED V
Date of Decision: 2020-03-23

General Information

Compulsory for: IBYI2, IBYV2
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish

Aim

The aim of the course is that the students will acquire an understanding for how various variables affect the effects of traffic within primarily the areas of Level of service, Safety and Environment but also to some extent withinn Accessibility and Security. The course should induce understanding for the complexity in that what is good for one area don’t necessarily need to be good for the other, 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

Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must

Contents

As this is a course to build the theoretical base within traffic engineering and planning focus is on lectures and exercises, but the course also contains seminars discussions.

The course consists of lectures, seminars and assignments.

Examination details

Grading scale: TH - (U,3,4,5) - (Fail, Three, Four, Five)
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.

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

Assumed prior knowledge: VTVA50 Transports and Society AND FMSF50 Mathematical Statistics.
The number of participants is limited to: No
The course overlaps following course/s: VTT131

Reading list

Contact and other information

Course coordinator: Hampus Ekblad, hampus.ekblad@tft.lth.se
Examinator: Hampus Ekblad, hampus.ekblad@tft.lth.se
Course homepage: http://www.tft.lth.se