Chapter 2.0, 2.1, 3.0 Flashcards
Is an aggregation of vehicles, guide-ways, terminal facilities, and control systems that move freight and passemgers.
Transportation System
These systems are usually operated according to established procedures and schedules
Air, Land, and Water
DOT stands for
Department of Transportation
ICC stands for
Interstate Commerce Commission
Each Transportation Modes has inherent advatages to make it right for the job, what are this?
Cost, Travel time, Convenience, and Flexibility
Considered to be reliable, comfortable,flexible and ubiquitous form of personal transpo.
Automobile
When distances are great and time is at premium
Air Transportation
If cost is important and time is not premium
Intercity Bus or Rail
Ability to provide door to door service.
Trucks
Can ship heavy commodities at low cost at slow speeds also.
Waterways
Can haul variety of commodities between to points.
Railroads
Considerations on selecting transportation mode.
Safety, Reliability, Convenience
BTS stands for
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
4 principal carriers for freight movement
Rail, Truck, Pipeline, and Water
Is an important carrier for high value goods, but significant on a ton-mile basis.
Air Freight
A generic term used to describe the family of transit services available to urban and rural residents.
Public Transportation
Transit modes, characterized by fixed routes, published schedules, designated networks, and specific stops.
Mass transit
Transit Modes, characterized by flexible and personalized servuces intended to replace fixed route, schedule mass transit lines.
Paratransit
Transit Modes, characterized by two or more persons travelling together by prearrangement.
Ridesharing
Spacong in seconds between each vehicle called?
Headway
The comfort factor experienced by passengers called?
Level of service
The time spent at transit stops and terminals called?
Dwell time
An important element of the total transportation services provided within large and small metropolitan areas.
Public Transportation
Is the dominant mode in passenger travel and one of the principal freight modes
Highway transportation
SYIP
Six-Year Improvement Program
A total project time can range
4 to 12 years
CTB
Commonwealth Transportation Board
Are intended to serve travel between areas and provide improved mobility
Arterial Roads
A high capacity urban road that sits below freeways/motorways on the road hierarchy in terms of traffic flow and speed.
Arterial Road
A low- to - moderate capacity road which serves to move traffic from local streets to arterial roads
Collector Road or Distributor Road
Primarily serve as access to roads to farm, residences, and other abutting properties.
Local Roads
Usually provided by private companies
Intercity Bus service
A highly energy- efficient mode, averaging 300 seat-mi/gal.
Bus transportation
Is fundamental importance in developing and designing strategies for intersection control, rural highways, and freeway segments
Traffic Flow
4 main components of the highway mode of transportation
The driver, The pedestrian, the vehicle, and the road
Sight and hearing usually decreasing at the age of
65 years old
The ability to see fine details of an object.
Visual Acuity
Formula for Visual Acuity
Y= 2arctan(L/2D)
Is used to determine tha smallest letters you can read on a standardized chart.
Visual Acuity Test
The ability of people to see objects beyond the cone of clearest vision.
Peripheral Vision
The ability to differentiate one color from another.
Color Vision
Affects the ability of a person to estimate speed and distance.
Depth Perception
The ear received sound stimuli
Hearing Perception
