An Introduction to Transportation Engineering

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TRANSPORTATION

ENGINEERING

(TEXTBOOK: Introduction to Transportation Engineering by J. Banks)

AN INTRODUCTION TO


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TRANSPORTATION: WHAT IS IT?movement of people and

goods from one locationto another

includes the manufacture anddistribution of vehicles, theproduction and distribution offuel, and the provision oftransportation services


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WHY DO WE HAVE

TRANSPORTATION?

economic wealth

military powerPolitical reasons


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Transportation System Constraints:

1. Maintenance of anadequate level oftransportationinfrastructure,particularly on the

specific level ofinvestment required

2. Environmental concerns:Human environment


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What is Transportation Engineering?

the application ofscientific principlesto the planning,

design, operation,and managementof transportationsystems


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Components of Transportation Systems : Physical Facilities

streets, roads,highways,railroads,airports, sea andriver ports,pipelines, andcanals

Denver airport

Fremantle Port


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Components of Transportation Systems

Fleets of vehicles,

vessels, andaircraft

Operating bases andfacilities, including

vehicle maintenancefacilities and officespace

Qantas Office-Sydney

Qantas Maintenance Facility-Sydney


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Components of Transportation Systems

Organizations

1. Facility-oriented Organizations involved in planning,designing, constructing,maintaining, and operatingfixed facilities (ex: DOTC,

RTA, MMDA, DPWH, PPA,ATO, private landdevelopers, etc)

2. Operating Organizations (orCarriers)

concerned with operatingfleets to providetransportation services. Theyinclude railroads, airlines,ship or barge lines, trucklines, transit operators, andprivate individuals who

operate automobiles,motorcycles, and bicycles.


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CIVIL ENGINEERING INVOLVEMENT INTRANSPORTATION

The primary involvement of civil engineers in transportationhas been in the provision of physical facilities (physical civilengineering) and the devising of operating strategies

(systems engineering) for them.

Physical CivilEngineering

design, construction,and maintenance offixed transportationfacilities andinvolves the fullspectrum of civilengineeringspecialties

Systems Engineeringplanning and operation of the transportationsystem, and is involved in transportationplanning, including the analysis oftransportation demand; the analysis of system

capacity and operating characteristics; and thedesign of traffic control and operatingstrategies (which includes highway trafficengineering and operational design of freightand mass transit systems).


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Land Transportation

4. Railroads 5. Motor Vehicles Bus

Car

Heavy truck

Motorcycle

Snowmobile


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B. Air Transportation

1. Airplanes

2. Helicopters

3. Lighter-than-air vehicle(Airships)

a. Balloons

4. Lighter-than-air vehicle:

(Airship)

blimps dirigibles

5. Outer-SpaceVehicles


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B. AirTransportation

glider

6. Recreational Air Vehicles

Ultralights


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C. Water Transportation

1. Raft, canoe, kayak 2. Oar-Driven Boats

4. Sailing ship3. Sailboat


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6. barge

7. Crane barge5. boat

8. Hydrofoilmissile ship

9. hydrofoil

10. hovercraft


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11. Steamships

12. Cruise ship

14. Freight vessel

13. Container vessel


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15. Roll on-Roll off Vessel

16. Lighter-AboardShip

17. Tanker

New US Air Force

Aircraft Carrier

18. AircraftCarrier


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D. Pipelines


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E. Cable and Belt Systems

Conveyor belt

Ski Lift


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Sources of Funds forFinancing Transportation user charges (fares and toll fees, fuel

taxes)

public general funds (regular taxes) private investments

cross-subsidization among various levels

and types of systems


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