Urban and metropolitan Transport is a course of the Master Degree in Road Infrastructures and Transport. This degree aims at training a highly professional figure in civil engineering with specific knowledge and skills in road infrastructures design and management and transportation issues.
Within this master's degree program, the course of Urban and Metropolitan Transport aims to provide students with the fundamental knowledge related to the methods of analysis and design of an urban road transport system, with specific reference to intersections, both signalized and unsignalized.
Students will acquire the necessary skills to 1) identify the critical elements of an urban traffic network; 2) analyze their performance through the use of consolidated study methods; 3) propose coherent short-term design solutions; 4) verify the performance of the interventions adopted.
At the end of the course the students will be able to 1) carry out surveys on traffic demand at intersections; 2) carry out surveys on transport supply, both geometric and singalized; 3) represent the observed road system with adequate simulation tools; 4) evaluate performances by calculating the service level with respect to reference scenarios; 5) adopt design solutions at both single intersection and road arteries; 6) verify the effectiveness of the proposed solutions with respect to international standards.
Within this master's degree program, the course of Urban and Metropolitan Transport aims to provide students with the fundamental knowledge related to the methods of analysis and design of an urban road transport system, with specific reference to intersections, both signalized and unsignalized.
Students will acquire the necessary skills to 1) identify the critical elements of an urban traffic network; 2) analyze their performance through the use of consolidated study methods; 3) propose coherent short-term design solutions; 4) verify the performance of the interventions adopted.
At the end of the course the students will be able to 1) carry out surveys on traffic demand at intersections; 2) carry out surveys on transport supply, both geometric and singalized; 3) represent the observed road system with adequate simulation tools; 4) evaluate performances by calculating the service level with respect to reference scenarios; 5) adopt design solutions at both single intersection and road arteries; 6) verify the effectiveness of the proposed solutions with respect to international standards.
teacher profile teaching materials
THE COURSE INVOLVES THE USE OF SOFTWARES FOR THE SIMULATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ON A SPECIFIC PROJECT TO BE CARRIED OUT.
Programme
REGULATIONS FOR THE DESIGN OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS: FRAMEWORK AND OPERATIONAL TOOLS IN THE URBAN CONTEXT (URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANS). URBAN PERFORMANCE MEASURES. UNSIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS: CAPACITY, CONFLICT VOLUMES AND DELAY FORMULA; LEVEL OF SERVICE. SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS: SIGNAL PARAMETERS, SATURATION FLOW, CAPACITY AND DELAY; LEVEL OF SERVICE; ACTUATED SIGNALES; COORDINATION. ROUNDABOUTS: OPERATING PRINCIPLES. CAPACITY, CONFLICT VOLUMES AND DELAY FORMULA; LEVEL OF SERVICE. PARKING AND PARKING AREAS FOR PRIVATE TRANSPORT. METHODOLOGIES FOR THE DESIGN OF PRIVATE TRANSPORT NETWORKS IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT: METHODS BASED ON OPTIMIZATION; METHODS BASED ON SIMULATION; DEFINITION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A DECISION SUPPORT PROCEDURE. TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES: INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS.THE COURSE INVOLVES THE USE OF SOFTWARES FOR THE SIMULATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ON A SPECIFIC PROJECT TO BE CARRIED OUT.
Core Documentation
LECTURE NOTES. HIGHWAY CAPACITY MANUAL (2010). MONTELLA B., PIANIFICAZIONE E CONTROLLO DEL TRAFFICO URBANO: MODELLI E METODI, ED. CUEN.Type of delivery of the course
In case of an extension of the health emergency from COVID-19, all the dispositions that regulate the methods of carrying out the teaching activities will be implemented. In particular, the following methods will apply: online streaming and/or audio recording of the teaching material.Type of evaluation
Final oral test aimed at assessing acquired skills through discussion of design documents