Lecture 1 - Introduction Flashcards
is the moving of people and goods from one place to another using a variety of vehicles across different infrastructure systems.
Transportation
is the application of technology and scientific principles to the planning, functional design, operation and management of facilities for any mode of transportation in order to provide for the safe, efficient, rapid, comfortable, convenient, economical, and environmentally capable movement of people and goods.
Transportation Engineering
4 branches of Transportation Engineering
- Highway Engineering
- Railway systems engineering
- Ports and harbor Engineering
- Airport Engineering
deals with planning, design and construction, as well as the operation of roads, highways and other vehicular facilities. They also estimate the transportation requirements for the public and secure project funding.
Highway Engineering
deals with planning, construction, as well as the operation of mass transit systems and railroads that use any fixed guideways. They focus on building safer and cleaner transportation networks by revitalizing the existing railway system to meet future demands.
Railways systems Engineering
deals with the design, construction, and operation of harbors, canals, ports, and various other maritime fields.
Ports and harbor Engineering
designs and constructs airports. They account for the demands and impacts of aircraft in their designs of airport facilities.
Airport Engineering
Philippine roads are mostly made of _____
Concrete pavement
roads which form parts of the main trunk line system and directly connect three or more major cities and metropolitan areas with a population of at least 100,000.
National primary roads
main trunk line
North-south backbone
roads that traverse the N-S backbone
East-west lateral
Labels are pentagonal black-on-white highway shields with CLEARVIEW typeface
primary roads
roads that complement the primary roads and provide access to other major population centers. They directly link smaller cities and provincials, airports, seaports and tourist centers, to the primary roads.
National secondary roads
Assigned with 3-digit numbers; first digit corresponds to the number of the primary road it links to
National secondary roads
Metro Manila has a total road length of ______
4800 km
Major roads form ____________ which follows the development of Metro Manila
circumferential and arterial patterns
Established in 1892, route changed ever since
PNR
– capable of handling international flights and have border control capabilities
International airports
airports which serve domestic destinations
Principal airports
capable of serving jet aircraft with a capacity of at least 100 seats
Class 1 principal
capable of serving propeller aircraft with a capacity of at least 19 seats
Class 2 principal
used primarily for general aviation (parachutes, corporate jet flights, gliders and activities other than scheduled air services)
Community airports
The Philippines is a signatory of the __________
1968 Vienna Convention
Traffic signals are often installed at _______
major intersections
The registration of vehicles in the Philippines is handled by ____________ under the_______
Land Transportation Office (LTO), Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC)
vehicles owned by private individuals and are not usually intended for hire
Private Vehicles
– authorized to be used as public vehicles by virtue of the franchise granted by LTFRB
For hire vehicles
– vehicles owned by the government
Government vehicles
vehicles owned by foreign government or by their diplomatic officials in the Philippines
Diplomatic vehicles
Traffic laws are enforced by the ______________ a division of PNP.
Traffic Management Group (TMG)
In 1978,______ was issued to create Metro Manila Commission, which, became the MMDA.
PD No. 1605
In MM, _____________ assist in each other in traffic management.
PNP-TMG and MMDA
– Land Transportation and Traffic Code; provides system of registration of vehicles, accessories and defines traffic rules and regulations
RA 4136
– Public Service Act; which gives a regulatory body the power to compel any public service provider to furnish safe, adequate and proper service
CA 146
Ministry of Transportation and Communications was transformed to DOTC and mandated the creation of LTO
EO 125
created the LTFRB which regulated the execution of CA 146.
EO 202
– created the DILG, PNP and then PNP-TMG
RA 6975
