Lesson I

• Transportation


  A system of moving people and goods from one place to another
• Transportation Management


  The supervision and control of activities involved in the operation of the transport system
• Role of Transportation in the Socio-Economic System

  • Provide the required accessibility and mobility so that moving people and goods can be done in an efficient manner
  • Move production inputs from sources to production areas
  • Move/distribute products from production areas to consumption areas, or from distribution centers to consumer centers, thus facilitating the trading of goods
  • Move people to perform socio-economic activities (to work, engage in business, attend classes, buy/shop goods, have leisure/entertainment, socially interact)
• Socio-economic development cannot be attained by transportation alone, there are other numerous elements involved and transportation is a major service to these elements
• Basic Elements of Transportation


  • Static Elements (Transportation infrastructure facilities)
  • Dynamic Elements (Transport carriers or conveyances)
• Static Elements (Transportation Infrastructure Facilities)

  • Road/Street/Highway Terminal
  • Railroad Terminal
  • Port
  • Airport
• Dynamic Elements (Transport Carriers or Conveyances)

  • Motor vehicle
  • Rail vehicle or train
  • Ship/vessel
  • Airplane/Aircraft
• Transportation Network


  A representation of the transportation system showing the various links interconnecting areas or places that provide travelways for moving people and goods
• Parts of a Transportation Network

  • Node (a point representing the center of an area where trips start or end)
  • Link (a line representing an interconnection between two nodes in the form of an infrastructure facility or non-infrastructure travelway)
• Types of Transport Links

  • Physical links (where the travelway is an infrastructure facility, e.g. road, railroad)
  • Non-physical links (where the travelway does not have an infrastructure facility, but are natural elements, such as water and air)
• Specific Link Services


  • Public transport routes for road-based public transport carriers
  • Train service lines (for railway-based mode)
  • Vessel service routes (for water transport)
  • Airline service routes (for air transport carriers)
• Main information per link includes distance, capacity, average travel time, average travel speed, passenger travel cost
• Main information per node includes capacity, average dwell time or stopping time, average intermodal transfer time
• Specific nodal facilities include vehicle/railway terminals, loading/unloading facilities, road intersections/railroad crossings, ports, airports