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China Tranportation Spring Flashcards

1
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What are the challenges that the concentration of populations leads?

A

Tranportation

Water quality

Urban/Suburban sprawl

Sanitation

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What the minimum population for a metropolitan area?

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10 million people

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World’s biggest metropolitan area?

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Shanghai

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By 2010 the United Nations estimated the urban population will account for what percentage of the total human population?

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55%

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5
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Roads build for monarch?

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Qin Dynasty

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First odometer that was in a carrage?

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Jin Dynasty

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What dynasty created the longest canal in the world?

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Sui Dynasty

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During which dynasty there were many voyages made to prove the capability of China?

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Ming Dynasty

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Who Championed the Special Economic Zones?

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Deng Xiaoping

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10
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The Current plan is now referred as?

A

Guideline

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11
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Current status of china in terms of

Mileage of superhighway open to traffic?

A

2nd in the world

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12
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Current status of china in terms of railway business?

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3rd in the world

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Current status of china in terms of port infrastrastructure?

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1st in the World

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14
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Current status of china in terms of world passanger and freight volumes?

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1st in the world

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15
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What are some of the ways to meet the challenges of Tranportation of China according to Wang Quingyun?

A

Lies in development

Vigorously push forward the Transport Reform

Construction of Tranportation should be accelerated

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In terms of the tranportation for tomorrow what are the challenges that will be faced?

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Transit

Air tranportation

Safety

Air quality

Parking

Access Management

Sustainability

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17
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NAFTA

What was the

North American Free Trade Agreement impact?

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Created world’s largest free trade

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18
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How much cost of transportation (including inventory holding cost) can account of the sale price?

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20 %

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Which has the greates revenue or expenditure in Freight Movement in the United States?

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Truck movement / Warehousing

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Traffic managers are responsible to seek the best strategies for?

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Moving raw material to the manufacturing plant

Storing good

Moving the finished product to the Market

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21
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The cost of shipment has two components?

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Cost of carrying the product by whatever Mode

Cost of the time of transport = holding cost

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22
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What are the primary surface freight modes?

(Piensa en papitas)

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Barges

Railroads

International shipping

Trucking

Oil and gas pipelines

Shipping on the great lakes

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23
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Trucks are generally limited to how many pounds?

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80,000 pounds

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Originally what mode was the major source of movement on land?

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Railroads

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25
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What states are the major waterway routes in the Unite States?

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Mississippi and Ohio

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What are the top 2 U.S ports that handle about 50 % of Freight?

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South Lousiana, LA

Houston, TX

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27
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World busiest container TEUs?

A

Singapore

Shanghai

Hong kong

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28
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Who is the world’s busiest airport for freight?

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Hong Kong

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29
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TEU means?

A

The twenty foot equivalent unit is an inexact unit of cargo capacity

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30
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Top three global merchandise exporters?

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China

Germany

U.S

accounted for 26% of the value of total worlwide

freight exports

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31
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For the United States top three trading partners?

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Canada

China

Mexico

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32
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Which country has the world’s most extensive freight transportation network when measure in kilometers?

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United States

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33
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In the U.S what % contributes the the gross domestic product?

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5.6%

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34
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What is the safest mode of transportation in terms of overall fatality?

A

Air transportation

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35
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The level of activity at airports is generally reported as a function of ?

A

Number of passengers served

Amount of cargo carried

Number of operations performed

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36
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Total passangers refers to?

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Number of passengers that either board or deplane an aircraft

37
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Aircraft operation refers to?

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Takeoff or landings - and is used as a measure of activity at all airports

38
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Primary measure of activity at general aviation (GA) airports?

A

Local operations

Itinerant operationsw/

39
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Landside refers to?

A

facilities for further movement on land, like arrival and deaprture concourses, baggage handling

40
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Airside refers to ?

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Landing aids, runway and the apron the serves to bring the passenger to the gate

41
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What is the primary mission of the Federal Aviation Administration?

A

to oversee the SAFETY of civil aviation

42
Q

What is NPIAS stand for?

A

National

Plan

of Integrated

Airport

System

43
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Categories of airports listed in NPIAS are?

A

Commercial service airports

Primary airports

General Aviation airports

Reliever airports

44
Q

TRUE OR FALSE

Most airports in the U.S are privately owned?

A

TRUE

45
Q

What are the 3 factors influential in saping the developement of metropolitan areas?

A

Historical evolution of transportation

Investment and pricing practices supporting infrastructure

Cultural Changes and priorities of society

46
Q

Mass transit service is generally classified as?

(street fighter character)

A

Rural

Interregional

Urban

47
Q

According to the U.S Bureau what number of inhabitans is used to describe a rural place?

A

Fewer than 2,500 inhabitants

48
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In terms of service Rapid transit is consider as ?

A

Highest level of transit service

49
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In terms of service Express transit is consider as?

A

an intermediate leve of service

50
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Local transit is intended to provide?

A

A high degree of accessibility at the price of low operating speeds

51
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What modes does the transit service generally include?

A

Bus

Light rail transit

Heavy rail transit

Commuter rail

52
Q

In terms of passenger miles what mode has the greater percentage?

A

Bus

44%

(minimum is Light Rail 4%)

53
Q

What percentage of U.S households have no access to public transit?

A

53%

54
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The European Union defines HSR as rail that operates at an average speed of?

A

200km/h

55
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The U.S Federal Railroad Administration defines HSR as rail that operates at an average speed of?

A

177km/h

56
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Reason why U.S. has struggle to build high speed rail?

A

Goverment promotion of other modes

Complex legislative requirements

Competition with the automobile

57
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Which country has the largest high speed rail (HSR) in the world?

A

China with 8000 km in service

58
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What are the benefit of Magleve trains?

A

Reduces friction losses and increases acceleration

59
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What percentage of energy does the Magleve uses compared to normal high speed rail?

A

20-30%

60
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How long is the U.S. HSR system?

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700 Km long

61
Q

A leader must be?

A

competent (technically)

humble

high moral character

62
Q

For managers the task is the end, for leaders the task is the ?

A

Vehicle

63
Q

What are the domains of leadership for an LDS member?

A

Home

Church

Work

Society

Class project

64
Q

The four leadeships styles are based on two concepts?

A

Supportive and Directive

65
Q

What are the four characteristics of high performace teams?

A

Enabling Leadership

Alignment on purpose

Effective group process

Self awareness

66
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Five dysfuctions of a team?

(brand of a tennis shoes)

A

Fear of conflict

Innattention to Results

Lack of Commitment

Absence of trust

Avoidance of Accountability

67
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The world moves into the future as a result of ?

A

Decisions not plans

68
Q

What is MPO stand for?

A

Metropolitan planning organization

69
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Who are the local MPOs in the area?

A

Mountainland Association of Governments

Wasatch Front Regional Council

70
Q

Urban transportation planning answers 4 questions?

A

Where are we now?

Where do we want to go?

What will guide us?

How will we get there?

71
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What does UTP stand for?

A

Urban Transportation planning

72
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What most go hand and hand with the urban transportation planning (UTP)?

A

Land-use

73
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What are the 4 steps of decision making?

A

Problem Identification

Debate and choice

Implementation

Evaluation and feedback

74
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5 Question from Trip Purpose (TP) in demand forecasting?

A

For what purpose?

At what time of the day?

From where to where

By what mode

With whom, alone or with someone else?

75
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Testing the model’s predictive capabilities is known as?

A

Validation

76
Q

What are the two major types of data tha are need for most demand analyses?

A

Historical data

Forecasts

77
Q

What does it refer to when derivad demand uses the word disutility?

A

Generalize cost of travel

78
Q

Supply Curve is?

A

Quantity of a given good vs. performace

79
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4 steps of land use / socieconomic conditions?

A

Trip Generation

Trip Distribution

Mode Split

Traffic Assignment

80
Q

What the purpose of the Highway Safety Improvement Program?

A

To reduce the number of fatal and serious / life changing crashes

81
Q

Crash Frequency is =?

A

Number of crashes

=—————————————-

Period of Time

82
Q

What are the two methods used for expected crash frequency?

A

Empirical Bayes

Hierachal Bayes

83
Q

Crash Severity -National Safety council KABCO stands for?

A

K - atal injury

A - incapacitating injury

B - Non-incapacitatin evident injury

**C ** - possible injury

O - non injury / property damage only

84
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What is the acess relationship (intersection hierarchy)?

A

Freeway

Major & minor Arterial

Major & minor Collector

Local

Termination / Parking

85
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4 benefits of Access Management?

A

Safety

Mobility

Economic Impact

Aesthetic impacts

86
Q

Triple bottom line refers to ?

A

Profit - Economic

Planet - Environmental

People - Social

87
Q

Seek strategies that meet current community needs without denying necessary resources to future inhabitants?

A

Tranportation Sustainability

88
Q

To the United States the concept of sustainable tranportation means?

A

Is clean and quiet

Is efficient

Does not contribute to pollutiion

Uses nonrenewable energy wisely

Contributes positively to the country’s economy

Motto: move people rather than moving cars

89
Q

How do we measure sustainable transportation?

A

Quatitative data (numerically measured info)

Qualitative data (aesthetics)

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