AN_TCL Technology of City Logistics

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
summer 2026
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Ondrej Stopka, PhD. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Ondrej Stopka, PhD.
Department of Transport and Logistics – School of Expertness and Valuation – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Department of Transport and Logistics – School of Expertness and Valuation – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AN_TCL/P01: each odd Friday 13:05–16:05 B1, O. Stopka
AN_TCL/S01: each odd Friday 16:30–19:30 I102, O. Stopka
Prerequisites
FORMA(P)
Intermediate terminological knowledge from the field of transport, logistics and logistics technologies is the prerequisite for enrollment of the course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 1 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 6/1, only registered: 0/1
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the nature and solution of logistic problems of cities in different concepts of partial solutions to complex approach. Become familiar with the classic concept of city logistics solutions as flows of goods and other materials to the centers of large cities, widespread concept involving all relevant components of transport in the whole agglomeration, the issue of freight and public transport, including its integration as an important part of urban logistics and related logistics and environmental environment. Graduates will be able to identify strengths and weaknesses in transport in towns and cities, can solve the task scheduling and optimization of transport and traffic flows in cities. He is able to define and describe the properties of both passenger and freight transport, environment and transport technology and advanced development approaches and trends in the context of city logistics, he is able to define the basic parameters of a comprehensive solution to the issue.
Learning outcomes
The graduate of the course is able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of transport in urban areas and agglomerations, can solve tasks of planning and optimizing transportation and traffic flows in agglomerations and has proper knowledge about the specific SW tool dealing with modeling the city's transport system. He is able to define and describe the properties of passenger and freight transport, means of transport and technology in association with city logistics and can define the basic parameters of a complex solution of the given issue. He can also propose appropriate regulatory and streamlining measures in the context of ensuring comprehensive transport serviceability within the city, to conduct relevant traffic surveys, he knows advanced approaches and development trends as well as the term of geographical information systems in relation to City Logistics.
Syllabus
  • 1. The issues of City Logistics.
  • 2. Road Transport of world cities.
  • 3. Transport as a system.
  • 4. System approach to urban transport.
  • 5. Definition of transport services (serviceability).
  • 6. Modeling the operation in the transport sector.
  • 7. Prognosis and modeling the transport needs.
  • 8. Creating the transport process using specific software.
  • 9. Logistics supply chain of freight transport in the city.
  • 10. Technology of the freight transport service in the city. Advanced approaches and development trends in city logistics.
  • 11. Data collection and analysis permeability.
  • 12. Analysis and modeling of population movements.
  • 13. Connectivity analysis and appropriateness of methods of cartography, geographic information systems. No special material and technical support (IT support or equipment) is required for teaching. Literature to be available in the library (or in electronic form): - TANIGUCHI, E. a R.G. THOMPSON. City Logistics: Mapping The Future. CRC Press, 2014, 231 s. ISBN 978-1-4822-0889-4. - STOPKA, Ondrej. APPLICATION OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH METHODS IN CITY LOGISTICS. první. Kielce, Poland: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Świętokrzyskiej, Kielce, Poland, 2020, 203 s. ISBN 978-83-65719-85-0. - STOPKA, Ondrej. Modelling Distribution Routes in City Logistics by Applying Operations Research Methods. Promet – Traffic&Transportation. Vukelićeva 4, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia, 2022, Vol. 34, No. 5, s. 739-754. ISSN 1848-4069.
Literature
    required literature
  • STOPKA, Ondrej. APPLICATION OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH METHODS IN CITY LOGISTICS. první. Kielce, Poland: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Świętokrzyskiej, Kielce, Poland, 2020, 203 pp. ISBN 978-83-65719-85-0. info
  • TANIGUCHI, E. and R.G. THOMPSON. City Logistics: Mapping The Future. CRC Press, 2014, 231 pp. ISBN 978-1-4822-0889-4. info
  • TANIGUCHI, E. et al. Urban Transportation and Logistics: Health, Safety, and Security Concerns. 1st. CRC Press, 2013, 280 pp. ISBN 978-1-4822-0909-9. info
    recommended literature
  • GROSS, Patrik; Ondrej STOPKA; Ladislav BARTUŠKA; Jiří HANZL and Vladimír ĽUPTÁK. Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Microsimulation Optimization to Conduct Traffic Mobility Surveys: Case Study from the South Bohemia Region. Annual Set The Environment Protection - Rocznik Ochrona Srodowiska. 2025, vol. 27, nečíslováno, p. 448-459. ISSN 1506-218X. URL info
  • STOPKA, Ondrej; Vladimír ĽUPTÁK; Anna BORUCKA; Mária STOPKOVÁ; Branislav ŠARKAN and Tomáš KALINA. Decision-Making on Key Factors Driving the Demand for Electric Vehicles. Applied Sciences (Basel). 2025, vol. 15, No 7, p. 1-27. ISSN 2076-3417. URL info
  • STOPKA, Ondrej; Vladimír ĽUPTÁK; Mária STOPKOVÁ; Branislav ŠARKAN and Jaroslav MAŠEK. Methodology of Choosing the Most Eco-Friendly Waste Collection Truck. Promet – Traffic&Transportation. 2025, vol. 37, No 4, p. 874-887. ISSN 0353-5320. URL info
  • BORUCKA, Anna; Ondrej STOPKA and Edward KOZŁOWSKI. Analysis of electric vehicles in the context of the world's largest economies. The Archives of Automotive Engineering – Archiwum Motoryzacji. Warszawa, Poland: Łukasiewicz Research Network - Automotive Industry Institute, 2024, vol. 106, No 4, p. 65 - 82. ISSN 2084-476X. URL info
  • KAMPF, Rudolf; Václav CEMPÍREK; Oldřich KODYM; Ondrej STOPKA; Martina HLATKÁ and Michal TUREK. Metodika pro městskou mobilitu - nákladní doprava (Methodology for City Logistics). 2024. URL info
  • HANZL, Jiří; Ladislav BARTUŠKA; Rudolf KAMPF and Brlek PREDRAG. Indicators as a Tool for Assessing the Level of Sustainable Urban Freight Logistics. Promet – Traffic&Transportation. Zagreb, Croatia: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, 2023, vol. 35, No 4, p. 485-499. ISSN 0353-5320. URL info
  • STOPKA, Ondrej; Vladimír ĽUPTÁK; Miloš POLIAK and Mária STOPKOVÁ. OPTIMIZATION OF COLLECTION ROUTES USING THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY METHOD: A CASE STUDY. Scientific Journal of Silesian University of Technology. Series Transport. Katowice, Poland: Faculty of Transport of Silesian University of Technology. Silesian University of Technology, 2023, vol. 121, Neuveden, p. 241-256. ISSN 0209-3324. URL info
  • STOPKA, Ondrej. Modelling Distribution Routes in City Logistics by Applying Operations Research Methods. Promet – Traffic&Transportation. Vukelićeva 4, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia, 2022, Vol. 34, No. 5, p. 739-754. ISSN 1848-4069. URL info
  • CEMPÍREK, Václav; Ondrej STOPKA; Pavol MEŠKO; Iveta DOČKALÍKOVÁ and Leo TVRDOŇ. Design of Distribution Centre Location for Small E-shop Consignments Using the Clark-Wright Method. Online. In Gašparík, J., Zitrický, V., Bartuška, L., Čamaj, J. Transportation Research Procedia. Volume 53. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier B.V., 2021, p. 224-233. ISSN 2352-1465. URL info
  • STOPKA, Ondrej. Modeling the Delivery Routes Carried out by Automated Guided Vehicles when Using the Specific Mathematical Optimization Method. Open Engineering. Warsaw, Poland: DE GRUYTER, 2020, vol. 10, No 1, p. 166-174. ISSN 2391-5439. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1515/eng-2020-0027. URL info
  • STOPKA, Ondrej; Karel JEŘÁBEK and Mária STOPKOVÁ. Using the Operations Research Methods to Address Distribution Tasks at a City Logistics Scale. Online. In Maria Stopkova, Ladislav Bartuska, Ondrej Stopka. Transportation Research Procedia. Vol. 44 - 20th Horizons of A. České Budějovice: Elsevier B.V., 2020, p. 348-355. ISSN 2352-1457. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2020.02.032. URL info
  • LABADIE, N.; C. PRINS and C. PRODHON. Metaheuristics for Vehicle Routing Problems (Computer Engineering: Metaheuristics Set, 3). Wiley-ISTE, 2016, 194 pp. 1st. ISBN 978-1-84821-811-6. info
Forms of Teaching
Lecture
Seminar
Tutorial
Consultation
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Competition
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Group Teaching - Collaboration
Brainstorming
Critical Thinking
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Elaboration of the semester project1616
Preparation for Lectures16 
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial2668
Preparation for the Final Test2020
Attendance on Lectures26 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion2626
Total:130130
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Exam – written 70 %
Project – semestral 20 %
Comprehensive evaluation of the students activities 10 %
Exam conditions
Grading of the course: Delivery of the semester work + comprehensive assessment of the students activities: maximum 30% (0-30 points), Final Test: maximum 70% (0-70 points). Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points: A 100 – 90, B 89,99 – 84, C 83,99 – 77, D 76,99 – 73, E 72,99 – 70, FX 69,99 – 30, F 29,99 - 0.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
General note: Předmět je určen pouze pro samoplátce!.
Teacher's information
https://is.vstecb.cz/auth/el/vste/projektclill/L_CLT/index.qwarp?fakulta=5610;obdobi=182;predmet=16350
Intermediate terminological knowledge from the field of transport, logistics and logistics technologies is the prerequisite for enrollment of the course. During individual seminars, students solve the task regarding the planning and optimization of transport and logistics and transport flows in cities and urban areas.

Attendance in lessons is defined in a separate internal standard of ITB (Evidence of attendance of students at ITB). It is compulsory, except of the lectures, for full-time students to attend 70 % lesson of the subjet in a semester.

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