Week 5

Question 1

general defenition of a system

Answer 1

A regulatory interacting or independent group of items forming a unified whole

Question 2

Why the need for transport

Answer 2

People want to participate in activities, sometimes they are spatially seperated. Networks conncets activity locations

Question 3

what is the mobility patterns and what are the spatial structure

Answer 3

The one is for demand and the other is for supply

Question 4

What is the transportation system composed of ?

Answer 4

A complex set of relationship between the demand, the location they service and the network that support movements

Question 5

What does the term network refers to?

Answer 5

A framework of routes within a system of locations, identified as nodes.

Question 6

Different perspectives

Answer 6

Orientation, hierarchy, service

Question 7

Different transportation modes

Answer 7

Pedestrians, bicyclists, public transport, cars

Question 8

Different impacts

Answer 8

Accessibility, environment, safety, health, well being

Question 9

Accessibility as an impact

Answer 9

Various measures to assess accessibility, time, distance, experience

Question 10

Environment as an impact

Answer 10

Different transportation like road, rail, air and watet have different effects on the environment

Question 11

Safety and an impact

Answer 11

Fundamental risl factors like speed, vulnerability, mass divergences and risk increasing factors like lack of experience, distraction

Question 12

Health as an impact

Answer 12

Level of physical activity, air pollution intake, injuries all have an impact on health of travelers

Question 13

What kind of values generates the transport system

Answer 13

Economic-, social-, personal-, environmental-, ecological-, psychological values

Question 14

Characteristics of an sustainable street network

Answer 14

Shapes and responds to the natural and BE, privileges foor and bike and transit, maximizes social and economic activity

Question 15

Basic requirements pedestrian network

Answer 15

Connected and permeable, accessible and comfortable, safe, relevent to context

Question 16

What consists the urban walking network

Answer 16

Walkways, pedestrianized areas, crossings

Question 17

Walkways in the pedestrian area

Answer 17

Front zone, clear path, street furniture zone, buffer zone

Question 18

Levels of pedestrian network performace

Answer 18

Street level (composition of the street), and urban level (position of the street in the network

Question 19

Basic requirments of a bicycle network

Answer 19

Safety, comfort, connectivity, cohesion, attractiveness

Question 20

Of what does the cycling network concists?

Answer 20

Street, lanes, tracks, parking facilities, crossings

Question 21

Hierarchy in cycling network

Answer 21

Regional (inter-city, recreational), and specials (fast bike paths)

Question 22

Components of public transport network

Answer 22

Rail and road, Stops and stations

Question 23

Different line structures of a PT network

Answer 23

Multi-hub network, grid network, radial network

Question 24

Levels of PT network

Answer 24

Local-, regional-, national-, international level

Question 25

Key principles of PT network

Answer 25

Better streets, better service and a mobility service for the whole city

Question 26

Of what does a car network concist

Answer 26

Roads/streets, intersection, parking facilities

Question 27

Basic idea of a car network

Answer 27

Providing acces to the city with personal motorized vehicles, good street network reduces traffic crashes and fatalities

Question 28

variety of street types

Answer 28

Primary roads, secondary roads, teritary roads

Question 29

Hierarchical structure of car network

Answer 29

Higher class street and lower class street

Question 30

Types of streets

Answer 30

Connector streets, local reseidential streets, shared surface street, home zones