Road Traffic Management

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Lectures combining theoretical explanations with exercise solving and with conceptual and real-case discussions.

Learning Outcomes

Provide students with a deep knowledge and with advanced R&D skills and competences on the subject of road traffic management.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Basic principles for transport network organization. Design vs. hierarchy rules. Corridor management and  control strategies. Speed management. Parking management. Transit-oriented infrastructure management.

Integrated transport infrastructure management.

Road safety. Accident monitoring, analysis, and mitigation.

Intelligent transport systems. UTC, AVL, and VMS systems. Route Guidance. Automatic Road Pricing. Control,

communication, and information systems.

Microsimulation of transport systems. Traffic forecasting. Generation of alternative traffic solutions.

Performance assessment measures.

Head Lecturer(s)

António José Pais Antunes

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Home assignments and written final exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Austroads, Guide to Traffic Engineering Practice, s/d

Button K, Hensher DA, Handbook of Transport Systems and Traffic Control, Pergamon, 2001

Elvik R, Vaa T, The Handbook of Road Safety Measures, Elsevier, 2004

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Traffic Analysis Toolbox, 2004

O’Flaherty CA, Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996

Slinn M, Mattews P, Guest P, Traffic Engineering Design: Principles and Practice, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005

Transportation Research Board (TRB), Highway Capacity Manual, 2002