TP

Question 1

Process of understanding, assessing and designing transport systems to provide for the safe and efficient movement of people, goods and services in an environmentally responsible manner

Answer 1

Transportation Planning

Question 2

Theory which states that cities tend to grow with wedges because of transportation roads

Answer 2

Sector or Radial Model, by Home Hoyt

Question 3

Theory which states that cost of transportation governs use of land

Answer 3

Agricultural Land Rent Theory/Location Theory by Johann Heinrich von Thunen

Question 4

Model which states that the shorter the distance between two objects, and the greater the mass of either (or both) objects, the greater the gravitational pull between the objects

Answer 4

Gravity Model, by Robert Garin and Ira Lowry

Question 5

Development which places commercial, housing, jobs, parks, and civic uses within walking distance of transit stops

Answer 5

Transit Oriented Development, by Peter Calthorpe

Question 6

The classic four step model

Answer 6

1. Trip generation
2. Trip distribution
3. Modal split
4. Trip assignment

Question 7

• Step in transport modeling that can be considered behavioral
• Gathered through stated preference surveys

Answer 7

Modal split

Question 8

ROW of National Roads

Answer 8

More than 20 meters

Question 9

Roads continuous in extent that form part of the main trunk line system; all roads leading to national ports, seaports, parks or coast-to-coast parks

Answer 9

National roads

Question 10

ROW of Provincial Roads

Answer 10

More than 15 meters but less than 20 meters

Question 11

Roads connecting one municipality with another; all roads extending from a municipality or from a provincial or national roads to a public wharf or railway station

Answer 11

Provincial roads

Question 12

ROW of municipal and city roads

Answer 12

ROW is more than 10 meters but less than 15 meters

Question 13

Roads within the Poblacion

Answer 13

Municipal and city roads

Question 14

VCR and description for Level of Service A

Answer 14

Less than 0.20, free flowing traffic

Question 15

VCR and description for Level of Service B

Answer 15

0.21 to 0.50, relatively free flowing traffic

Question 16

VCR and description for Level of Service C

Answer 16

0.51 to 0.70, moderate traffic

Question 17

VCR and description for Level of Service D

Answer 17

0.71 to 0.85, moderate/heavy traffic

Question 18

VCR and description for Level of Service E

Answer 18

0.86 to 1, heavy traffic

Question 19

VCR and description for Level of Service F

Answer 19

More than 1, saturation traffic volumes, stop and go situations

Question 20

PCU

Answer 20

Passenger car units

Question 21

PCEF

Answer 21

Passenger car equivalent factors

Question 22

TIA

Answer 22

Traffic impact assessment

Question 23

A process of assessing and analyzing the traffic impacts of urban and regional developments

Answer 23

Traffic impact assessment

Question 24

TDM

Answer 24

Transport demand management

Question 25

TSM

Answer 25

Transport system management

Question 26

Physical improvements to existing transportation infrastructure and facilities

Answer 26

Hard measures

Question 27

Strategies to improve efficiency of the transportation system through operational improvements thus increasing demand that can be accommodated

Answer 27

Transport system management