Traffic Safety & Planning and Design of Roundabouts

Code

CE-INF4

Version

2.0

Offered by

Civil Engineering

ECTS

Prerequisites

Main purpose

To provide students with knowledge and skills to evaluate traffic safety issues in existing and new designs and to prepare students to work with planning and design of roundabouts.

Knowledge

After completion of the course, the student must have the overall knowledge on key elements of roundabouts and use of these in an urban environment.

Skills

After completion of the course, the student must have the skills to plan and design the geometry of roundabouts in urban areas. Furthermore, the student must have the skills to evaluate and apply traffic safety measures in the project.

After the completion of the course, the student must:

Understand the characteristics and needs of the different road users in city and urban areas
Analyze and understand different situations and designs with the purpose of identifying potential traffic safety problems
Handle and document traffic safety issues in own designs and to come up with solutions and ideas on how to improve on existing designs

Competences

After completion of this course, the student must have the competences to:

Analyze the capacity in a roundabout
Propose relevant designs of roundabouts – horizontal and vertical geometry, as well as, cross sections
Use CAD software for design of roundabouts
Design traffic solutions where the characteristics of the different road users are incorporated
Evaluate drainage principles and carry out drainage controls in own design
Propose materials and pavements for a roundabout
Evaluate and plan traffic flow during construction works
Analyze traffic safety measures in new and existing designs

Topics

Teaching methods and study activities

4 lessons per week for 12 weeks will be implemented, corresponding to a 137.5-hour workload for the student. Study activities are:

• Lectures taught in class
• Consultation
• Excursions
• Self-study
• Group and course works

Resources

Danish Road Standards

(Danish: http://vejregler.lovportaler.dk/;

English: http://english-vejregler.lovportaler.dk)

Evaluation

Examination

Exam prerequisites:
None

Type of exam:
Ongoing tests in the form of one written individual assignment, weighing 50% and a written individual exam, weighing 50%.
Internal assessment.

Tools allowed:
Not applicable

Re-exams:
Individual oral exam without preparation based upon a subject found by draw.