Lecture 1 - Introduction

Question 1

is the moving of people and goods from one place to another using a variety of vehicles across different infrastructure systems.

Answer 1

Transportation

Question 2

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.

Answer 2

Transportation Engineering

Question 3

4 branches of Transportation Engineering

Answer 3

• Highway Engineering
• Railway systems engineering
• Ports and harbor Engineering
• Airport Engineering

Question 4

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.

Answer 4

Highway Engineering

Question 5

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.

Answer 5

Railways systems Engineering

Question 6

deals with the design, construction, and operation of harbors, canals, ports, and various other maritime fields.

Answer 6

Ports and harbor Engineering

Question 7

designs and constructs airports. They account for the demands and impacts of aircraft in their designs of airport facilities.

Answer 7

Airport Engineering

Question 8

Philippine roads are mostly made of _____

Answer 8

Concrete pavement

Question 9

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.

Answer 9

National primary roads

Question 10

main trunk line

Answer 10

North-south backbone

Question 11

roads that traverse the N-S backbone

Answer 11

East-west lateral

Question 12

Labels are pentagonal black-on-white highway shields with CLEARVIEW typeface

Answer 12

primary roads

Question 13

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.

Answer 13

National secondary roads

Question 14

Assigned with 3-digit numbers; first digit corresponds to the number of the primary road it links to

Answer 14

National secondary roads

Question 15

Metro Manila has a total road length of ______

Answer 15

4800 km

Question 16

Major roads form ____________ which follows the development of Metro Manila

Answer 16

circumferential and arterial patterns

Question 17

Established in 1892, route changed ever since

Answer 17

PNR

Question 18

– capable of handling international flights and have border control capabilities

Answer 18

International airports

Question 19

airports which serve domestic destinations

Answer 19

Principal airports

Question 20

capable of serving jet aircraft with a capacity of at least 100 seats

Answer 20

Class 1 principal

Question 21

capable of serving propeller aircraft with a capacity of at least 19 seats

Answer 21

Class 2 principal

Question 22

used primarily for general aviation (parachutes, corporate jet flights, gliders and activities other than scheduled air services)

Answer 22

Community airports

Question 23

The Philippines is a signatory of the __________

Answer 23

1968 Vienna Convention

Question 24

Traffic signals are often installed at _______

Answer 24

major intersections

Question 25

The registration of vehicles in the Philippines is handled by ____________ under the_______

Answer 25

Land Transportation Office (LTO), Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC)

Question 26

vehicles owned by private individuals and are not usually intended for hire

Answer 26

Private Vehicles

Question 27

– authorized to be used as public vehicles by virtue of the franchise granted by LTFRB

Answer 27

For hire vehicles

Question 28

– vehicles owned by the government

Answer 28

Government vehicles

Question 29

vehicles owned by foreign government or by their diplomatic officials in the Philippines

Answer 29

Diplomatic vehicles

Question 30

Traffic laws are enforced by the ______________ a division of PNP.

Answer 30

Traffic Management Group (TMG)

Question 31

In 1978,______ was issued to create Metro Manila Commission, which, became the MMDA.

Answer 31

PD No. 1605

Question 32

In MM, _____________ assist in each other in traffic management.

Answer 32

PNP-TMG and MMDA

Question 33

– Land Transportation and Traffic Code; provides system of registration of vehicles, accessories and defines traffic rules and regulations

Answer 33

RA 4136

Question 34

– Public Service Act; which gives a regulatory body the power to compel any public service provider to furnish safe, adequate and proper service

Answer 34

CA 146

Question 35

Ministry of Transportation and Communications was transformed to DOTC and mandated the creation of LTO

Answer 35

EO 125

Question 36

created the LTFRB which regulated the execution of CA 146.

Answer 36

EO 202

Question 37

– created the DILG, PNP and then PNP-TMG

Answer 37

RA 6975