ADAMSON UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

CE519:50058
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

HOMEWORK NO. 1

Submitted By:

ATILARES, SHIELA I.
DAQUIOAG, ELYZAH MAE B.
GESMUNDO, CHRISTIE JOY U.
MEDINA, ALYSSA SEN S.
RICAFORT, ALETHEA JANE F.

Submitted to:

ENGR. LENER HOPE ESPIRITU

Professor

November 24, 2017

QUESTIONS:

Explain how you, as an individual and your local community are dependent upon
transportation.
What transport facilities do you require and which could you do without? Answer this
question first with regard to your immediate patter of living and then in relation to the overall
patter of your society.
Prepare an outline or diagram to show the scientific principles that are applied in (a)
railroads, (b) highway transport, (c) airlines, (d) waterways, (e) pipelines.
What alternatives are there to the services and functions performed by transportation in
moving people and goods(a) within an urban area, (b) between urban areas or between urban
and rural area?
If you were deprived of your drivers license today, what problems would you experience?
What part has transportation played in (a) growth of the suburbs and (b) inner city problems?
Identify a transportation problem (local, national, and global) and consider possible solutions
for these problems.
Enumerate and explain 2 major (local, national, and global) transportation projects that have
been completed in the past 50 years.
What are the direct and indirect costs of transportation (name ad explain at least 2 for each).
What do you think will be the dominant made in the 21st century (name and explain at least
2).