Course: Progressive systems of passenger transport

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Course title Progressive systems of passenger transport
Course code KTRD/XAPSO
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Drdla Pavel, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction, definitions and basic conceptions. Aspects of passenger transport, characteristic of transport modes. Basic indices in passenger transport, quality in passenger transport, methods of determining of passengers' flows, types of irregularities in passenger transport, empiric models in transport planning. Characteristic of suburban transport and types of time schedules, requirements on vehicles and infrastructure in suburban transport. Integrated transport systems in the Czech Republic and transport associations abroad Regional transport and integrated improved frequency time schedule, characteristic of regional transport, requirements on the integrated improved frequency time schedules, construction of the integrated improved frequency time tables, examples of the integrated improved frequency time scheduled abroad. Introduction in questions of high-speed railway transport, historical development, legal acts in the field of high-speed railway transport, ways of operation on the high-speed railway lines. High-speed railway lines and high-speed trains, examples of practical utilising of high-speed transport. Characteristic of interchange terminals and its classification, bus terminals, terminals and tariff points of city public mass transport, terminals of railway passenger transport and its classification and its arrangement, buildings of railway passenger transport terminals, side railway stations´. Characteristic of non-conventional transport systems, its development and classification. Examples of non-conventional transport systems in practise. Systems of transport service - characteristic and examples. Pedestrian and cycling transport, individual car transport and static transport, water passenger transport, air transport. Infrastructure for high-speed transport. Time reserve, summary of the subject matters.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
  • Term paper - 50 hours per semester
  • Writing a seminar paper - 39 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 35 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 26 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to introduce specific passenger transport systems, their characteristics and practical usage.
After passing the subject, the student is able to orientate in problem of progressive passenger service systems and is able to apply them into practice.
Prerequisites
It is expected a general overview of new trends in passenger transport within individual areas of progressive systems in passenger transport.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

For students of the full-time study participation in an examination is conditioned by obtaining a course credit. The obtained course credit confirms that the full-time student attended the lessons in the required amount, that he/she met the requirements for acquiring the course credit and may proceed to take the examination. Conditions for acquiring the course credit are stipulated by the teacher during the first week of the semester lecture period. The examination in the subject (its form, content and duration) is determined in compliance with the Study and Examination Regulations of the University of Pardubice.
Recommended literature
  • ČSN EN 13816 Doprava - Logistika a služby - Veřejná přeprava osob - Definice jakosti služby, cíle a měření. Praha: Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví, 2003.
  • ČSN EN 15140 Veřejná přeprava osob - Základní požadavky a doporučení pro systémy hodnocení kvality poskytované služby. Praha: Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví, 2006.
  • ČSN 73 6075 Navrhování autobusových nádraží. Praha: Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví, 1991.
  • ČSN 73 6425-1 Autobusové, trolejbusové a tramvajové zastávky, přestupní uzly a stanoviště - Část 1: Navrhování zastávek. Praha: Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví, 2007.
  • Büllingen, F. Die Genese der Magnetbahn Transrapid: soziale Konstruktion und Evolution einer Schnellbahn. Berlin, 2013.
  • CityPlan. Studie optimalizace dopravní obslužnosti a možnosti integrovaného dopravního systému kraje Vysočina. 2004.
  • Drdla, Pavel. Osobní doprava regionálního a nadregionálního významu. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, Dopravní fakulta Jana Pernera, 2021. ISBN 978-80-7560-361-6.
  • Kubát, Bohumil. Kolejová doprava v sídlech a regionech. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 1995. ISBN 80-01-01268-9.
  • Sdružení SDP-DHV. Projekt optimalizace dopravní obslužnosti Jihočeského kraje. 2003.
  • Tůma, Jan. Nekonvenční dráhy. Praha: NADAS, 1987.


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