Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
TRANSPORTATION
ENGINEERING
•Burning of petroleum-
based fuels for motor
vehicles creates pollution
that can be harmful to
human health.
Transportation System Constraints:
1. Maintenance of an
adequate level of
transportation
infrastructure,
particularly on the
specific level of
investment required
2. Environmental concerns:
Human environment
What is Transportation Engineering?
the application of
scientific principles
to the planning,
design, operation,
and management
of transportation
systems
Components of Transportation Systems :
Physical Facilities
– streets, roads,
highways,
railroads,
airports, sea and
river ports,
pipelines, and
canals
Fremantle Port
Denver airport
Components of Transportation Systems
• Operating bases and
Fleets of vehicles,
facilities, including
vessels, and
vehicle maintenance
aircraft
facilities and office
space
Qantas Office-Sydney
1. Human Power
3. Wheeled vehicles
2. Domestic
Animals
Land Transportation
• Bus
4. Railroads 5. Motor Vehicles
• Heavy truck
• Motorcycle
• Car
• Snowmobile
B. Air Transportation
4. Lighter-than-air vehicle:
3. Lighter-than-air vehicle
(Airship)
(Airships)
• blimps
1. Airplanes a. Balloons
• dirigibles
2. Helicopters
5. Outer-Space
Vehicles
B. Air
Transportation
Ultralights
glider
C. Water Transportation
1. Raft, canoe, kayak 2. Oar-Driven Boats
9. hydrofoil
10. hovercraft
6. barge
C. Water Transportation
11. Steamships
18. Aircraft
Carrier
New US Air Force
Aircraft Carrier
D. Pipelines
E. Cable and Belt Systems Ski Lift
Conveyor belt
Sources of Funds for
Financing Transportation
user charges (fares and toll fees, fuel
taxes)
public general funds (regular taxes)
private investments
cross-subsidization among various levels
and types of systems
THAT’S ALL,
FOLKS….