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all about moving goods and people from one place to another. It is also Safe, efficient, reliable, and sustainable movement of persons and goods over time and space

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Transportation

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type of civil engineering which focuses on the infrastructure of transportation: all the elements which support the movement of goods and people

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Transportation Engineering

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Application of technology and scientific principles to the planning, functional design, operation, and management of facilities in order to provide safe, rapid, comfortable, convenient, economical, and environmentally compatible movement of people and goods.

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Transportation Engineering

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Plays a major role in the development of the human civilization.

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Transportation

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A transportation solution should be …

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Safe
Rapid
Comfortable
Convenient
Economical
Eco-Friendly for both men and material

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The solution to transportation problems must be:

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  1. Analytically Based
  2. Economically Sound
  3. Socially Credible
  4. Environmentally Sensitive
  5. Practically Acceptable and Sustainable
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Characteristics of Transportation System

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  1. Multi-modal
  2. Multi-sector
  3. Multi-problem
  4. Multi-objective
  5. Multi-disciplinary
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Covering all modes of transport

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Multi-Modal

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Encompassing the problems and viewpoints of government, private industry, and public

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Multi-sector

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Aiming at national and regional development, urban development, environment quality, and social quality, as well as service to user and financial and economic feasibility.

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Multi-objective

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Drawing on the theories and methods of engineering, economics, operations research, political science, psychology, other natural, and social sciences, management and law.

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Multi-Disciplinary

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Ranging across a spectrum of issues that includes national and international policy, planning of regional system, the location and design of specific facilities, carrier management issues, regulatory, institutional and financial policies

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Multi-problem

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The context in which transportation system is studied

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  1. Planning range
  2. Passenger transport
  3. Freight transport
  4. International transport
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Refers to urban transportation planning, producing long range plans for 5-25 years for multimodal transportation systems in urban areas as well as short range programs of action for less than five years.

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Planning Range

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Refers to routing and management, choice of different modes of rail and truck.

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Freight transport

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Refers to issues such as containerization, inter-modal co-ordination

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International Transport

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Refers to regional passenger transportation, dealing with inter-city passenger transport by air, rail, and highway and possible with new modes.

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Passenger Transport

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Three elements of Transportation System

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  1. Infrastructure (includes roads, canal, rail)
  2. Vehicles (includes planes, trains, ships)
  3. Operators/Content (includes, drivers, pilots, passengers)
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Major Disciplines of Transportation

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  1. Transportation Planning
  2. Geometric Design
  3. Pavement Design
  4. Traffic Engineering
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Essentially involves the development of a transport model which will accurately represent both the current as well as future transportation system.

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Transportation Planning

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Deals with physical proportioning of other transportation facilities, in contrast with the structural design of the facilities. The topics include the cross-sectional features, horizontal alignment, vertical alignment and intersections.

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Geometric Design

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Deals with the structural design of roads, both (bituminous and concrete), commonly known as (flexible pavements and rigid pavements) respectively.

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Pavement Design

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Covers a broad range of engineering applications with a focus on the safety of the public, the efficient use of transportation resources, and the mobility of people and goods; involves a variety of engineering and management skills, including design, operation, and system optimization.

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Traffic Engineering

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Other Important Disciplines

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  1. Public transportation
  2. Financial and economic analysis
  3. Environmental impact assessment
  4. Accident analysis and reduction
  5. Intelligent transport system
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Factors in Transportation Development

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  1. Economic Factors
  2. Geographical Factors
  3. Political Policies
  4. Military
  5. Technological Factor
  6. Competition
  7. Urbanization
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Roles of Transportation in the Society

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  1. Economic role of transportation
  2. Social role of transportation
  3. Environmental role of transportation
  4. Urbanization
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Environmental effects of transportation

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  1. safety
  2. air pollution
  3. noise pollution
  4. energy consumption
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Modes of Transportation

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  1. road transportation
  2. rail transportation
  3. pipelines
  4. maritime transportation
  5. air transportation
  6. intermodal transportation
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are large consumers of space with the lowest level of physical constraints among transportation modes.

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Road infrastructures

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has an average operational flexibility as vehicles can serve several purposes but are rarely able to move outside roads; have high maintenance costs, both for the vehicles and infrastructures.

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Road transportation

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are composed of traced paths on
which are bound vehicles.

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Railways

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They have an average level of physical constrains linked to the types of locomotives and a low gradient is required, particularly for freight.

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Rail transportation

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are practically unlimited as they can be laid on land or under water.

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Pipelines routes

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The longest gas pipeline links ________ and has a length of ________.

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Alberta to Sarnia (Canada), 2,911 km

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The longest oil pipeline is ________ extending over ________

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Trans-Siberian, 9,344 km

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The most effective mode to move large quantities of cargo over long distances; linked to heavy industries, such as steel and petrochemical facilities adjacent to port sites.

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Maritime transportation

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a commercial plane needs about _______ of runway for landing and takeoff

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3,300 meters

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Air activities are linked to the tertiary and quaternary sectors, notably

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Finance and Tourism

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Has been accommodating growing quantities of high value freight and is playing a growing role in global logistics.

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Air transportation

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Defined as a method or system where multiple modes of transportation are used to transport passengers as well as freight. This can be through trucks, railways, ships, and aircraft via land, water or air.

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Intermodal transportation

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