Transportation Engineering
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Transportation is defined as the movement of people and/or goods over time and space... Transportation should be:
- Safe and
- Environmentally Friendly
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Modes of Transportation
Vehicular Traffic |
Non-Vehicular Traffic |
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Importance of transportation
- Necessary for economic growth - The speed, cost, and capabilities of available transportation have a significant economic impact on an area
- Importance for National security
- Goods movement includes the shipment of raw materials, finished products and even wastes.
Components of a Transportation System
- Infrastructure (supply):
- Physical facilities: highways, railroads, ports
- Transfer points: parking areas, driveways
- Supporting elements: signals, signs, safety hardware, etc.
- Vehicles (demand): Planes, trains, autos, buses, ships, trucks
- Operators/users: Drivers, pilots, freight, passengers
Transportation Engineering
The engineering profession is involved in:
- Aeronautical (aircraft) Engineering
- Chemical (fuel) Engg.
- Mechanical (vehicles) Engg.
- Electrical (communications, control system) Engg.
- Civil (development of facilities and manage demand) Engg.
- One of the specialty areas of civil engineering
- Development of facilities for the movement of goods and people
- Planning, design, operation and maintenance
- People oriented
- Multi-disciplinary
- Economic
- Environmental
- Planning
- Statistics
- Law
- Public administration
- Problems ==> solutions
Areas of transportation engineering
- Transportation Planning
- Traffic Operations (signs, signals,..)
- Roadway Geometric Design
- Pavement Engineering
- Railway Engineering
- Design and Planning of Airports
How to develop transportation network
The phases of development of a transportation network are:
- Planning
- Design
- Construction
