TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Flashcards
, which deals with provision for traffic safety and efficiency, proper driving behavior, and the commandments of the traffic, the method and technique in point and intersectional vehicle,
(1) Traffic safety Education
which deals with the theory and its application of traffic enforcement and management,
Enforcement
, which deals with the study of the basic laws relative to professional practice regarding planning, designing and operating professional practice to achieve safe and efficient movement of people, vehicle and goods,
Engineering
, which deals with the study of potentially disastrous population explosion, the changing urban environment due to the scale and density of new urban concentration and the new activities carried out, air pollution and crowding especially transport congestion.
Environment
( which deals with the productive resources to produce commodities and distribution and consumption.
Economics
isa way of movement of human beings and goods from one place to another.
Transportation
is probably the oldest method of transportation a
- Land Transport
became very important because of man's tendency to settle down around water bodies.
- Water Transport
for the purpose of transportation started around 500 years ago. Initially, it consisted of man or horse power and sometimes also of rails made of wood. The modern railway system finds its origin in England in early 1800’s.
- Rail Transport
One of the most revolutionizing inventions of the history of mankind is .
airplanes
was one of the earliest modes of transportation, and it was first used in ancient Mesopotamia around 3000 BC
chariot
were popular in the 18th and 19th centuries and were used for transportation of people and goods.
Horse-drawn carriages
were an important means of transportation in ancient times, and they were used for traveling across oceans and seas.
Ships
were commonly used in desert regions as a means of transportation.
Camels
They were typically used for plowing fields and for transportation of goods. were domesticated animals and were preferred over horses and other animals because they were stronger and more durable
oxen
are famous for the network of roads they built across the Empire
roman transportation
After the fall of Rome, transport became more primitive Roads in Europe retumed to being simple dirt tracks, which turned to mud in the Winter In the , rich people sometimes travelled in covered wagons.
MIDDLES AGES TRANSPORTATION:
In Tudor times, transport was still slow and uncomfortable Roads were still just dirt tracks. Men were supposed, by law, to spend a number of days repairing the local roads but it is unlikely they did much good People travelled by horse
16 CENTURY TRANSPORTATION:
to 1600 the royal posts were exclusively used to carry the King’s correspondence. However in 1635, to raise money. Charles I allowed members of the public to pay his messengers to carry letters. This was the start of the royal mail
17th century transportation
Groups of rich men formed tumpike trusts Acts of Parliament gave them the right to improve and maintain certain roads Travelers had to pay tolls to use them.
18th century transportation
In the mid century transport was revolutionized by railways
19TH CENTURY TRANSPORTATION
railway opened in 1825
The Stockton and Darlington
Although the first cars appeared at the end of the 19th century after the end of World War 1 they became cheaper and more common However in 1940 only about one in 10 families owned a car
20th century transportation
year first electric tranvia was built to replace the old horse-driven ones
1904
