Course syllabus
Trafikteknisk analys
Traffic Engineering and Analysis
VTVN15, 7,5 credits, A (Second Cycle)
Valid for: 2020/21
Decided by: PLED V
Date of Decision: 2020-03-23
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:
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