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Introduction To Transportation Engineering

This document provides an introduction to transportation engineering. It discusses the key components of transportation systems including links, nodes, and flow entities. It also outlines the three main components of transportation engineering: transportation planning, transportation system design, and traffic engineering and control. Finally, it describes the four stages of urban transportation planning - trip generation, trip distribution, modal choice, and traffic assignment - and emphasizes the need for mathematical models to assess each stage.

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Introduction To Transportation Engineering

This document provides an introduction to transportation engineering. It discusses the key components of transportation systems including links, nodes, and flow entities. It also outlines the three main components of transportation engineering: transportation planning, transportation system design, and traffic engineering and control. Finally, it describes the four stages of urban transportation planning - trip generation, trip distribution, modal choice, and traffic assignment - and emphasizes the need for mathematical models to assess each stage.

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Introduction to

Transportation Engineering
CE 303 Transportation
Engineering
By
Dr G S Gurusinghe
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Peradeniya.
18th August 2010.

Transportation
The movement of people and goods
safely and efficiently in geographical
space.
A transportation system provides
connectivity and evolution of
civilization.
interaction between people
spreading of ideas

Three Components of Transportation


Engineering

Transportation planning
Transportation system design
Highways
Railroads
Airports
Seaports
Traffic engineering and control

Components of Transportation
Systems
Links
Road segments, Railroad, Pipes

Nodes
Intersections, Interchanges, Transit terminals,
Harbours, Airports.

Flow Entities
Road vehicles, Trains, Aircraft, Ships

Control Systems
Geometric designs, Flow entity regulations,
User regulations.

Classification of Transportation
Systems by Routes
Syste
m

Links

Nodes

Flow
Entities

Land

Road, Railway Intersections,


Interchanges,
Bus terminals,
Freight
terminals,
Railway
stations

Road vehicles,
Rail cars,
Pedestrians.

Air

Air routes

Airports,
Heliports

Aircraft
(Fixed wing,
Rotary wing)

Water (Sea)

Sea routes

Seaports,
Quays

Ships, Ferries

4 Stage Urban Transportation


Planning
Trip-generation
Desire to travel for a given purpose.

Trip-distribution
Choice of destination

Modal choice
Choice of travel mode

Traffic assignment
Choice of travel route or path.

Urban Transportation
Models
Assessment of the four components
transportation planning
Require mathematical (mainly
statistical) models based on regression
and probability
Identify the dependent and independent
variables of the models
The models should be calibrated and
verified.

Sequential Travel Demand


Forecasting Process

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