Module 1 Flashcards
It is the movement of goods and people from place to place or from one point to another using various means by which such movement is accomplished.
Transportation
Is the art or science of making practical application of the knowledge of pure sciences, as physics or chemistry, as in the construction of engines, bridges, buildings, mines, ships, and chemical plants.
Engineering
Is the application of technology and scientific princeiples to the planning, functional design, operation and management of facilities.
Transportation Engineering
Movement of people and goods transport for any mode of transportation in order to provide for the :
Safe
Efficient
Rapid
Comfortable
Convenient
Economical
Environmentally compatible
A term used to distinguish between different ways of transportation or transportinf people or goods.
Mode of Transport
Four main modes of transportation
Land Transportation
Maritime Transportation
Air Transportation
Pipeline Transportation
Is the transport or movement of people, animals or goods from one location to another location on land.
Land Transportation
It is being categorized to road transport and railway transport using both motorized and non-motorized means of transport.
Land Transportation
______ and fluvial transport, or more generally waterborne transport, is the transport of people or goods via waterways.
Maritime Transportation
Is the movement of passengers and freight by any conveyance that can sustain controlled flight.
Air transportation
Is the long-distance transportation of a liquid or gas through a system of pipes- a pipeline- typically to a market area for consumption.
Pipeline Transportation
It essentially involves the development of a transport model which will accurately represent both the current as well as future transportation system.
Transportation Planning
Deals with physical proportioning of other transportation facilities, in contrast with the structural design of the facilities. It includes the cross-sectional features, horizontal alignment, vertical alignment and intersections.
Geometric Design
Deals with the structural design of roads, both (bituminous and concrete) commonly known as ( flexible pavements and rigid pavements) respectively.
Pavement Analysis and Design
It deals with the design of paving materials, determination of the layer thickness and construction and maintenance procedures.
Pavement Analysis and Design
Pavement Design mainly covers Three Aspects
Structural Aspects
Functional Aspects
Drainage
In pavement design, it ensures the pavement has enough strength to withstand the impact of loads.
Structural Aspects
In pavement design, it emphasizes on the riding quality.
Functional Aspects
In pavement design, it protects the pavement from damage due to water inflitration.
Drainage Design
It 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.
Traffic Engineering
In order to address the above requirement, ___________ must first understand the traffic flow behavior and characteristics by extensive collection of traffic flow data and analysis.
Traffic Engineer
Their role is to protect the environment while providing mobility, to preserve scarce resources while assuring economic activity, and to assure safety and security to people and vehicles.
Traffic Engineer
Disciplines in Transportation
Transportation Planning
Geometric Design
Pavement Analysis and Design
Traffic Engineering
A mass transportations deals with the study of the transportation system that meets the travel needs of several people by sharing a vehicle.
Public Transportation
Transportation facilities requires large capital investments. Therefore, it is emperative that whoever invest the money should get the returns.
Financial and Economic Analysis
It attempts to quantifying the environmwntal impacts and tries to evolve strategies for the mitigation and reduction of the impact. The depletion of fossil fuels and the degradation of the environment has been a severe concern of the planners in the past few decades.
Environmental Impact Assessment
One of the silent killer of humanity
Transportation
This discipline of transportation looks at the causes of accidents, from the perspectives of human, road and vehicle and formulate plans for the reduction.
Accident Analysis and Reduction
These system offers mobility, efficiency and safety with the help of the state-of-the-art technology.
Intelligent Transport System
Is the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level. It focuses on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theur needs.
Sustainability
The concepts of sustainability is composed of three pillars:
Economic (profit)
Environmental (planet)
Social (people)
These pillars of sustainability focus on managing the effects of human activities so that they do not permanently harm the natural environment.
Environmental
These pillars of sustainability focus on managing the financial transactions associated with human activities so that they can be sustained over the long term without incurring unacceptable human hardship.
Economic
These pillars of sustainability focus on allowing human activity to proceed in such a way that social relationships between people and the many different cultures around the world are not adversely affected or irreversibly degraded.
Social
