MODULE 1 : INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING Flashcards
movement of goods and people from place to place or from one point to another using various means by which such movement accomplished.
TRANSPORTATION
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
ENGINEERING
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.
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
THINGS TO CONSIDER IN TRASPORTATION
Means, links, terminal, infrastructure, vehicle, road user
term used to distinguish between different ways of transportation or transporting people or goods
Mode of Transport
four main modes of transportation
land, maritime, air, and pipeline.
Is the transport or movement of people, animals or goods from one location to another location on land
LAND TRANSPORT
It is being categorized toROAD TRANSPORT and rRAILWAY TRANSPORT using both motorized and non motorized means of transport
LAND TRANSPORT
Is the transport of people or goods via waterways
MARITIME TRANSPORT
it is also known as Fluvial transport or more generally waterborne transport
MARITIME TRANSPORT
Is the movement of passengers and freight by any conveyance that can sustain control flight
AIR TRANSPORTATION
It facilitates integration into the global economy and provides vital connectivity on a national, regional, and international scale.
AIR TRANSPORT
It helps generate trade, promote tourism, and create employment opportunities.
AIR TRANSPORT
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
PIPELINE TRANSPORT
Essentially involves the development of a transport model which will accurately represent both the current as well as future transportation system.
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
It deals with physical proportioning of other transportation facilities, in contrast with the structural design of the facilities
GEOMETRIC PLANNING
deals with the structural design of roads, both (bituminous and concrete), commonly known as flexible pavements and rigid pavements respectively.
Pavement design
It deals with the design of paving materials, determination of the layer thickness, and construction and maintenance procedure.
Pavement design
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.
Traffic engineering
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
TRAFFIC ENGINEER
It deals with the study of transportation system that meets the travel need of several people by sharing a vehicle.
Public transportation or mass transportation
it require large capital investment
Transportation facilities
One of the silent killers of the humanity
TRANSPORTATION
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
SUSTAINABILITY
3 PILLARS OF SUSTAINABILITY
Economic, environmental and social (profits, planet, and people).
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
SOCIAL (PILLAR OF SUSTAINABILITY)
managing the financial transactions associated with human activities so that they can be sustained over the long term without incurring unacceptable human hardship
ECONOMIC (PILLAR OF SUSTAINABILITY)
managing the effects of human activity so that they do not permanently harm the natural environment
ENVIRONMENTAL (PILLAR OF SUSTAINABILITY)
