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Introduction To Transportation Engineering

Transportation engineering is a branch of civil engineering that involves planning, designing, operating, and maintaining transportation systems like roadways, railways, and waterways. Civil engineers play a key role in transportation engineering by planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating facilities that support various modes of transportation including highways, railroads, waterways, pipelines, and air transport. The objective of transportation engineering is to improve safety and comfort through the most efficient transportation systems.

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Introduction To Transportation Engineering

Transportation engineering is a branch of civil engineering that involves planning, designing, operating, and maintaining transportation systems like roadways, railways, and waterways. Civil engineers play a key role in transportation engineering by planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating facilities that support various modes of transportation including highways, railroads, waterways, pipelines, and air transport. The objective of transportation engineering is to improve safety and comfort through the most efficient transportation systems.

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INTRODUCTION

TO
TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING AND
ENGINEERING
What is transportation and how do you find it related to civil engineering?

■ Transportation engineering is a branch of civil engineering that is involved in the planning,


design, operation, and maintenance of safe and efficient transportation systems. These
systems include roadways, railways, waterways, and intermodal operations.
What is the difference between civil Engineering and transportation engineering?

■ Civil engineering covers the broad area of infrastructure design. The field of transportation
engineering utilizes the latest developments in transportation and uses them to create the most
efficient and effective systems possible for various locales.
What is the role of civil engineers in transportation engineering?

■ Transportation engineering, as practiced by civil engineers, primarily involves planning, design,


construction, maintenance, and operation of transportation facilities. The facilities support
air, highway, railroad, pipeline, water, and even space transportation.
What are the structures involved in transportation engineering?

■ Transportation engineering is the planning, construction, and operation of systems for moving
goods and people by highway, rail, air, water, and pipelines, as well as urban and intermodal
transportation. The environment is a major consideration in transportation engineering.
What are the transportation systems that apply to transportation engineering?

■ Any system that moves people and goods from one place to another falls under the scope of
transportation engineering, which includes:

Highways and roadways.


Railways.
Oil pipelines.
Public transport systems.
Traffic control systems.
Automated transport systems.
Space transport systems.
What are the characteristics of transportation engineering?

■ Traffic stream characteristics


■ traffic flow theory
■ traffic control devices
■ capacity and level of service
■ Warrants
■ signal timing and optimization
■ signal coordination.
What are the different modes of transportation in civil engineering?

■ Road vehicles (trucks, vans, motorcycles)


■ Railways
■ Inland waterways (barges)
■ Deep sea
■ Air (Aircraft and drones)
■ Pipelines
■ A combination of the above called inter-modal or multi-modal.
What are the planning and design aspects of transportation engineering?

■ The design aspects of transportation engineering include the sizing of transportation facilities
(how many lanes or how much capacity the facility has)
■ determining the materials and thickness used in pavement designing the geometry (vertical and
horizontal alignment) of the roadway (or track).
What is the most important objective of transportation engineering?

■ The purpose of transportation planning is to improve the safety and comfort of people and
animals on the most efficient transportation systems.

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