Course info

Digital Teaching
All information sheet on the implementation of the course (lectures and exercises) in the winter semester 2023/24 will be made available on moodle.

Course Contents
[b]Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering[/b]
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[*]introduction to traffic management
[*]planning of public transport
[*]planning of commercial traffic
[*]traffic demand models
[*]traffic and the environment; traffic and safety
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[b]Railway Systems and Railway Engineering[/b]
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[*]construction of catenaries
[*]construction of railway switches and junctions, design of track fields
[*]basics of passenger transportation and commercial transport
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[b]Transportation Infrastructure Management[/b]
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[*]structural design of railways
[*]alignment and geometric design of roads
[*]intersection design of roads
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[b]Air Traffic Engineering[/b]
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[*]introduction to air transport management
[*]design and dimensioning of aprons, taxiways and runways
[*]design and dimensioning of airport terminals
[*]basics of air traffic control
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Literature
The lecture notes for the lessons Traffic and Transport I and Traffic and Transport II for the part Railway Systems wll be sold in the copy shop "city copies", Holzstraße 5 in Darmstadt from the first day of lectures. Opening times: Mon-Fri 08:00 - 18:00 Uhr and Sat 10:00 - 14:00

Preconditions
Traffic and Transport I (can also be attended in parallel)

Further Grading Information
The homework for the lecture Traffic II is subject to a test. The whole homework is given in six parts. 
All regulations and the bonus regulations concerning the homework can be found on the website of the IfV (https://www.verkehr.tu-darmstadt.de/studium_und_lehre_am_ifv/hausuebungen_von_ifv/a_uebungen_ifv/index.de.jsp).
The deadlines for the parts of the excersises will be named. The tasks will be in moodle to download. Bachelor or master students are strongly recommended to complete the homework before the exam.

Online Offerings
Moodle