MODULE 1

• Transportation


  Activity that facilitates physical movement of goods as well as individuals from one place to another
• Engineering


  The application of science and mathematics by which the properties of matter and the sources of energy in nature are made useful to people.
• Transportation Engineering


  • One of the specialty division of civil engineering which deals with the 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 the safe, rapid, comfortable, convenient, economical, and environmentally compatible movement of people and goods
• Modes of Transportation

  • Land transport
  • Water transport
  • Air transport
• Land Transportation


  Refers to activities of physical movement of goods and passengers on land
• Categories of Land Transportation

  • Road Transport
  • Rail transport
  • Pipelines transport
  • Ropeway transport
• Water Transport


  Refers to movement of goods and passengers on waterways by using various means.
• Types of Water Transport

  • Inland water transport
  • Ocean Transport
• Air Transport


  This is the fastest mode of transport. It carries goods and passengers through airways by using different aircrafts
• Classification of Air Transport

  • Domestic
  • International
• Planning Aspects of Transport Engineering

  • Technical Forecasting Decisions
  • Urban planning
  • Political Factors
• At least Five Data Needed for Transportation Modelling and Forecasting

  • Population
  • Land use
  • Transportation facilities and services
  • Economic activity
  • Travel patterns and volumes
  • Regional financial resources
  • Community values and expectations
  • Laws and ordinances
• Department of Transportation (DOTr)


  The primary policy, planning, programming, coordinating, implementing and administrative entity of the executive branch of the government on the promotion, development and regulation of a dependable and coordinated network of transportation systems, as well as in the fast, safe, efficient and reliable transportation services
• LTFRB

  Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board
• OTC

  Office of Transportation Cooperatives
• TRB

  Toll Regulatory Board
• LRTA

  Light Rail Transit Authority
• PNR

  Philippine National Railways
• MRT

  Metro Rail Transit
• PPA

  Philippine Ports Authority
• PCG

  Philippine Coast Guard
• MARINA

  Maritime Industry Authority
• PMMA

  Philippine Merchant Marine Academy
• CAAP

  Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
• CAB

  Civil Aeronautics Board
• LTO

  Land Transportation Office
• locations having a high level of accumulation and concentration of economic activities and are complex spatial structures that are supported by transport systems.

  Cities
• On par with congestion people are spending an increasing amount of time commuting between their residence and workplace.

  longer commuting
• Many public transit systems, or parts of the, are either over or under used. During peak hours, crowdedness creates discomfort for users as the system copes with a temporary surge in demand.

  public transport inadequacy
• These difficulties are either the outcome of intense traffic, where the mobility of pedestrians, bicycles and vehicles is impaired, but also because of a blatant lack of consideration for pedestrians and bicycles in the physical design of infrastructures and facilities.

  difficulties for non-motorized transport
• Cities with an aging of their transport infrastructure are facing growing maintenance cost as well as pressures to upgrade to more modern infrastructure.

  high maintenance costs
• Environmental impacts and energy consumption


  • Pollution, including noise, generated by circulation has become a serious impediment to the quality of life and even the health of urban populations
  • Energy consumption by urban transportation has dramatically increased and so the dependency on petroleum
  • Peak oil considerations are increasingly linked with peak mobility expectations where high energy prices incite a shift towards more efficient and sustainable forms of urban transportation, namely public transit
• Accidents and safety


  • Growing traffic in urban areas is linked with a growing number of accidents and fatalities, especially in developing countries
  • Accidents account for a significant share of recurring delays
  • As traffic increases, people feel less safe to use the streets
• Land consumption


  • The territorial imprint of transportation is significant, particularly for the automobile
  • Between 30 and 60% of a metropolitan area may be devoted to transportation, an outcome of the over-reliance on some forms of urban transportation
  • This land consumption also underlines the strategic importance of transportation in the economic and social welfare of cities
• Freight distribution


  • Globalization and the materialization of the economy have resulted in growing quantities of freight (Cargo or goods) moving within cities
  • As freight traffic commonly shares infrastructures with the circulation of passengers, the mobility of freight in urban areas has become increasingly problematic
• Automobile Dependency


  • Rising automobile mobility can be perceived as a positive consequence of economic development
  • The acute growth in the total number of vehicles also gives rise to congestion at peak traffic hours on major thoroughfares, in business districts and often throughout the metropolitan area
• A declared city with the best public transport services in the world, considering the volume of traffic, network density and infrastructure quality.

  Hong Kong
• Top 5 cities with the best public transport

  Hong Kong

  Zurich

  Stockholm

  Singapore

  Helsinki
• Two types of Ocean Transport

  Coastal Shipping

  Overseas Shipping
• Examples of Overseas Shipping

  Liners

  Tramps