MODULE 1 : INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

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movement of goods and people from place to place or from one point to another using various means by which such movement accomplished.

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TRANSPORTATION

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Art of science making practical application of the knowledge of pure science as physics or chemistry as in the construction of engines bridges buildings mines ship and chemical plants

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ENGINEERING

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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 compatible movement of people and goods transport.

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TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

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THINGS TO CONSIDER IN TRASPORTATION

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Means, links, terminal, infrastructure, vehicle, road user

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term used to distinguish between different ways of transportation or transporting people or goods

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Mode of Transport

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four main modes of transportation

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land, maritime, air, and pipeline.

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Is the transport or movement of people, animals or goods from one location to another location on land

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LAND TRANSPORT

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It is being categorized toROAD TRANSPORT and rRAILWAY TRANSPORT using both motorized and non motorized means of transport

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LAND TRANSPORT

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Is the transport of people or goods via waterways

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MARITIME TRANSPORT

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it is also known as Fluvial transport or more generally waterborne transport

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MARITIME TRANSPORT

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Is the movement of passengers and freight by any conveyance that can sustain control flight

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AIR TRANSPORTATION

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It facilitates integration into the global economy and provides vital connectivity on a national, regional, and international scale.

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AIR TRANSPORT

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It helps generate trade, promote tourism, and create employment opportunities.

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AIR TRANSPORT

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It is the long distance transportation of a liquid or gas through a system of pipes - a pipeline typically to a market area for consumption

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PIPELINE TRANSPORT

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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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It deals with physical proportioning of other transportation facilities, in contrast with the structural design of the facilities

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GEOMETRIC PLANNING

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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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It deals with the design of paving materials, determination of the layer thickness, and construction and maintenance procedure.

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Pavement design

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It covers a broad range of engineering application with the focus on the safety of the public, the efficient use of transportation resources, and the mobility of people and goods.

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Traffic engineering

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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, through the both acceptable practices and high tech communication

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TRAFFIC ENGINEER

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It deals with the study of transportation system that meets the travel need of several people by sharing a vehicle.

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Public transportation or mass transportation

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it require large capital investment

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Transportation facilities

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One of the silent killers of the humanity

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TRANSPORTATION

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It is the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level, it focuses on the meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their needs

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SUSTAINABILITY

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3 PILLARS OF SUSTAINABILITY

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Economic, environmental and social (profits, planet, and people).

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allowing human activity to proceed in such a way that social relationship between people and many different cultures around the world are not adversely affected or irreversibly degraded

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SOCIAL (PILLAR OF SUSTAINABILITY)

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managing the financial transactions associated with human activities so that they can be sustained over the long term without incurring unacceptable human hardship

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ECONOMIC (PILLAR OF SUSTAINABILITY)

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managing the effects of human activity so that they do not permanently harm the natural environment

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ENVIRONMENTAL (PILLAR OF SUSTAINABILITY)