Learning objectives
The course aims to give the theoretical basis for studying the main transportation systems. A particular attention is paid to design according to safety criteria for transportation infrastructures of urban and national road network, to railroads design, to transportation policy, planning and development.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
1. ROAD, VEHICLE, USER<br />f{ Resistances to motion<br />f{ Locomotion mechanic and general equation for traction<br />f{ Longitudinal and transversal drag factor<br />f{ Perception of road environment<br />f{ Classification according to effective provisions laws in force<br />f{ Roads constituent elements<br /><br />2. CLASSIFICTION AND DEFINITION OF ROADS<br />f{ Classification according to effective provisions laws in force<br />f{ Roads constituent elements<br />f{ Vertical signs and pavement markings<br />f{ Road lighting<br />f{ Guardrail barriers<br />f{ Urban roads characteristic and traffic control safety devices<br /><br />3. ROAD CROSS-SECTION DESIGN<br />f{ Traffic issues and traffic indexes<br />f{ Speed, flow and traffic volume<br />f{ Road capacity in conditions of uninterrupted flow<br />f{ Road cross-section design using Highway Capacity Manual method<br /><br />4. ROAD INTERSECTION<br />f{ Notes and types of intersections<br />f{ Visibility in intersection at grade<br />f{ Types of itersections at grade and design of constituent elements<br />f{ Delay phenomena in traffic<br />f{ Mechanism of queue forming<br />f{ Calculation of the length of accumulation zones<br />f{ Design of exchange zones<br />f{ Roundabouts<br />f{ Traffic analysis for roudabouts<br />f{ Calculation and design of a roudabouts with large and medium diameter<br />f{ Grade separations and interchanges<br />f{ Types of interchanges<br />f{ Intersections with traffic signals<br />f{ Classification of signalized intersection<br />f{ Calculation of traffic signal cycle<br /><br />5. MOBILITY<br />f{ Notes, transportation costs <br />f{ Transportation system as supply to the demand<br />f{ Dimensions of mobility demand<br />f{ Evaluation of current demand by mean of studies <br />f{ Zoning and studies<br />f{ Prevision of future demand<br />f{ Design principles and the use of analytical models<br /><br />6. THE URBAN TRAFFIC PLAN<br />f{ City traffic planning<br />f{ Notes and goals of Urban Traffic Plan<br />f{ Investigation for traffic control and parking area<br />f{ Origin-Destination studies and parking studies<br />f{ Organization and regulation of parking <br />f{ Interventions and technical guidelines<br /><br />7. TRAFFIC CALMING TECHNIQUES FOR URBAN AND NATIONAL ROADS<br />f{ Traffic control devices<br />f{ Pedestrian safety<br />f{ Cycling road and cycle safe facilities (geometry, norms and materials)<br />f{ Level of service design pedestrian crossing streets<br />f{ Road lighting design<br />f{ Vertical signs and pavement markings<br /><br />8. RAIL TRANSPORTATION<br />f{ The rail track gauge<br />f{ Gauge widening in curve<br />f{ The dynamic of motion along curves<br />f{ The superelevation of the outer rail of the curve<br />f{ Compensated and not compensated acceleration<br />f{ Superelevation ramp<br />f{ Railway alignment<br />f{ Horizontal and vertical alignment<br />f{ Notes about design of railways<br />f{ Railway timetable<br />f{ The rail design<br />f{ Railway alignment in tunnels<br />f{ Circular curves and alignment<br />f{ Parabolic curves<br />f{ The railway structure<br />9. INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION<br />f{ Design and organization of intermodal area<br />f{ Unimodal and intermodal transportation<br />f{ Structures of intermodal area<br />f{ Economical intermodality<br />f{ Intermodal station<br />f{ Notes about logistics of transport <br /><br />10. DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING OPTIONS<br />f{ Evaluation criteria<br />f{ Financial analysis and economic analysis<br />f{ Benefit-cost analysis<br />f{ Multimodal analysis<br />f{ Definition of goals and objectives achievements matrices<br />f{ Problems of multimodal analysis<br /><br />11. TRANSPORTATION AND MANAGEMENT OF DANGEROUS GOODS<br />f{ Dangerous goods: identifying and classification<br />f{ Relative hazard for individual goods<br />f{ Hazard labels and vehicles characteristics<br />f{ Cisterns for transportation<br />f{ Logistics of dangerous goods<br />f{ The advisor for transportation safety<br />
Full programme
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Bibliography
Lessons notes given to students.<br />- De Luca M., Tecnica ed Economia dei Trasporti, CUEN, Napoli, 1990.<br />- Ferrari P., Giannini F., ¡§Ingegneria Stradale ¡V Geometria e Progetto di Strade¡¨, ISEDI, 1999.<br />- Vicuna G. ¡§Organizzazione e tecnica ferroviaria¡¨, Ed. CIFI, Collegio Ingegneri Ferroviari Italiani, Roma, 1993.<br />- Giuliani F., ¡§Interventi di ingegneria delle infrastrutture per la sicurezza delle strade in esercizio¡¨, Provincia di Parma.<br />
Teaching methods
Written and oral examination.
Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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