Chapter 10: Transport systems and their spacial distribution

Question 1

What are transport systems?

Answer 1

A transport system is composed of three core components:
1) networks
2) infrastructures
3) modes

Question 2

What is in a transport network?

Answer 2

1) Nodes: a location that provides entry to the transport network
2) Routes: represents the path for travel between nodes

Question 3

Explain density of transport network.

Answer 3

1) Refers to the number of nodes and routes in an area
2) More nodes and routes -> denser -> more advanced
3) Makes it easier for people to reach locations and engage in different activities.

Question 4

Explain quality of transport infrastructure

Answer 4

1) Key to moving people and goods

Question 5

State the indicators of quality of transport systems

Answer 5

1) Coverage
- Availability and reach of infrastructure
- Accesible
2) Capacity
- Number of people or amount of goods that can be moved
3) Frequency
- Number of occurrences of a service
4) Convenience
- Ease of movement
5) Environmental sustainability
- Environmental impact
6) Inclusivity
- ramps
- tactile tiles
- reserve seats
7) Variety of modes
- types of transport (bus, train etc.)

Question 6

Explain variety of transport modes

Answer 6

1) It is the way people and goods are moved
2) More convenient since there are multiple ways to transport via air, land and water.

Question 7

What affects the location of a transport node in a city?

Answer 7

1) Concentration of activities
- Often located near places with high concentration of activities so that more people can access them.
2) Level of accessibility
- Major nodes are usually located in areas with high accessibility.
- Short travel time and low travel cost

Question 8

What roles do transport systems play?

Answer 8

1) Movement of people
- facilitate the every day mobility of people, enabling people to commute to work.
- enable access to social activities and amenities.
2) Movement of goods and services
- vital to the functioning of economic activities, supplying goods and services.
- example: delivery

Question 9

Describe the two types of connection between transport modes

Answer 9

1) Unimodal transport
- involving only one transport mode
- limited
2) Intermodal transport
- 2 or more transport modes
- many types of movement
- helps to choose suitable modes for each movement in a journey.

Question 10

State the pros and cons of intermodal connectivity

Answer 10

Definition: seamless movement of passengers and freight using two or more transport modes
Pros:
1) taps on the strength of each transport mode, linking different modals networks so that more destinations can be reached.
2) ensures that passengers do not get lost and goods do not go missing
Cons:
1) Careful planning is needed

Question 11

State the two types of connection between cities

Answer 11

1) Point-to-Point
- travel between cities directly
2) Hub-and-Spoke
- travel between cities by making a transfer at a hub