We invite: specialists in transport and road safety, public figures who have an appropriate level of education in the specialty “Transport technologies” or work in a related field and have experience in the specialty.

Course aim: acquiring competencies in the use of methods for assessing the level of road safety and the analysis of factors affecting the accident rate on road sections and elements of the urban road network.

CURRICULUM
1. General problems of road traffic management (RTM) and directions of their solution

1.1 Problems of and requirements for traffic management. Main directions of activities to improve road safety management. International regulations and the national legislation of Ukraine on road traffic management and safety. The system of state road traffic management
1.2 Road traffic as a system “Driver – Car – Road – Environment”

2. Problems of road safety.

2.1 The state of road safety. The main factors affecting road safety

2.2 The concept of traffic accident. Classification of traffic accidents. The mechanism of traffic accidents.
3. Road safety analysis and management

3.1 Methods and types of accident rate analysis. Quantitative, qualitative and topographic analyses.

3.2 Economic consequences of traffic accidents. The system of state management of road safety

4. Factors of road safety

4.1 Types of vehicle safety. The role of the human factor in ensuring road safety

4.2 Vehicle safety and its types

4.3 Influence of road elements on road safety

5. Ways to reduce accidents and ensure road safety

5.1 Ensuring traffic safety on highways. Ensuring traffic safety in settlements and at intersections

5.2 Ensuring safety of pedestrian traffic

6. Traffic characteristics

6.1 Traffic flow. Main parameters of traffic flow

6.2 Traffic flow modeling. Fundamental diagram of traffic flow 

6.3 Pedestrian flow. Determining the pedestrian flow parameters 
7. Methods of studying and evaluating the RTM effectiveness

7.1 Study of traffic characteristics and

road conditions. Study of traffic flow. Technical means of traffic flow analysis. Assessing the driver’s state
7.2 Criteria for evaluating the RTM level

8.Determining indicators of road network elements

8.1 Road capacity. Unregulated intersection capacity.

8.2 Indicators of the road and road network serviceability. Level of the road servicing

8.3 Traffic delays and loss of transport time.
8.4 Safety indicators of road network elements

9. Main methodological areas of RTM

9.1 RTM at intersections. Conflict flows at intersections. RTM at unregulated intersections

9.2 Criteria for introduction of traffic light control. Traffic light control cycle and its structure.
9.3 Design of traffic signal phasing schemes. Calculation of traffic light control parameters.
9.4 Assessment of the quality of the traffic light control scheme at intersections

9.5 Channelization. Organization of rounabout traffic. Intersection at different levels
9.6 Organization of one-way traffic. Improvement of the traffic flow mix. Optimization of traffic flow speed. Minimization of traffic congestion
9.7 Organization of pedestrian traffic. Organization of urban passenger transport.
9.8 RTM under specific conditions
9.9 Development of parking systems. The use of intelligent systems in RTM
Workshops: 72 hours
Individual consultations of the supervisor for the graduate qualification work – 14 hours
Defence of the graduate qualification work and final tests – 8 hours
Organizational meetings of trainees – 2 hours
Individual work of trainees – 12 hours
Total: 108 hours