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Transportation Engineering I (CE 653)

• BCE III/II part

• Instructors:
– Anil Marsani
– Pradeep Kumar Shrestha
– Rojee Pradhananga

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Transportation Engineering I

Chapter 1: Introduction to Transportation

Planning and Engineering

Overview of Transportation Engineering

Anil Marsani/Pulchowk Campus

Email: anilmarsani@ioe.edu.np

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A big question

What is
TRANSPORTATION?

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Transportation
A B

Movement of persons
and goods over space

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Basic Purpose
• Why we need the movement?

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History

• Comparatively young
subject of study: only
started in 1950’s

• But as an activity of life

process as old as human
civilization

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History

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Major invention

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Public transportation use

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Bicycle

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Other modes

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Waterway

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Other modes

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Transportation system classification

How to classify?

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Users / Content
• People  Passenger Transportation
• Goods  Freight Transportation
Share of total passengers or

Commuting
Shopping
Recreation
tons-km

Waste disposal Trade

Local distribution Energy & Raw Materials

Business
Tourism Passengers
Migration

Distance
Source: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Dept. of Economics & Geography, Hofstra University.

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Transportation system classification

– Four major subsystems

– Primary modes
• Land transportation
» Highway
» Rail
• Air transportation
» Domestic
» international

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Transportation system classification

– Water transportation
» Inland
» Coastal
» Ocean

– Pipelines
» Water
» Gas
» Sewer
» Others

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Transportation System Classification

– Secondary modes
• Ropeways
• Belt conveyors
• Canals

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Transportation System Classification

• Public/private transportation
– For hire and not for hire services (public and
private)
• their availability to the general public and to private
parties and not to their ownership.

– Contract carriers and common carriers

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Evolution of Transportation
Hydrogen
car
2000

Container Maglev
Electric Jumbo Jet
ships car
Super TGV
tankers Jet Plane
1950

Airfoils
Highways Jet engine
Helicopters
Buses
Bulk ships Trucks Planes
1900

Liners Automobile Tramway

Internal combustion engine
Metro
Bicycles Dirigibles
Iron
hulls Balloons
Electric motor
1800

Steam engine
Docks Omnibus Rails
Locks

Maritime Road Rail Air

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Components of Transportation system

• consists of Users /
– Fixed facilities Content

– Flow entities
– Control system
Infrastructure
Vehicle / Service

• permits people and goods to

overcome the friction of
geographical space efficiently
in order to participate in a
timely manner in some
desired activity.
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Fixed facilities

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Vehicles / Services

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Control system

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Urban transportation system

– Mode for urban distribution of freight ?

– Water based transportation ?

– Air transportation ?

– Mainly land based urban passenger transportation

• private and public services
• highways based and others

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History of urban transportation system

– Initially cities were pedestrian oriented

– Private transportation—horseback and animal drawn
carriage
– Public transportation –in the form of sedan chairs in
European cities and rickshaw in Japan
• First public transportation –Pascal—horse drawn service in
Paris
– Cable car
– Commuter rail roads—between suburban areas and
cities during peak hours
– Underground steam engine rapid transit—1863 London
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History of urban transportation system

– Motor bus for urban transportation system—IC

engine—1920—transition to the hybrid trolley bus
system first
– Private automobile
– Jitney services
– Taxi
– Rapid transit—all exclusive right of way system
– Light rail transit and buses—operated in mixed traffic

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Modern developments

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History of urban transportation system

• Personal rapid transit

– operated on exclusive pathways employing small
vehicles to allow for frequent service and suddenly
flexibility
– horizontal elevators

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History of urban transportation system

• Articulated system
– flow units can be connected to form trains
– articulated bus (bandy bus)

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What is
TRANSPORTATION
ENGINEERING ?

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Transportation Engineering

• One of the specialty areas of civil engineering

• Multidisciplinary study

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Transportation Engineering

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Definition

• The application of technology and scientific

principles to the planning, functional design,
operation and maintenance of facilities for any
mode of transportation to provide safe, rapid,
comfortable, convenient, economical and
environmentally compatible movement of
people and goods.

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Transportation Engineering

• An interesting / exciting area !

• Employers
– government
– consultants
– research, teaching
– other rail, transport companies, etc.

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Course details

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Course details..

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Course evaluation outline

• Full Marks : ???

– Theory : ????
• Internal: ?????
• Final : ????

– Practical: ????

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Summary

• What is transportation?
• What are the components of transportation
system?
• How to classify transportation system?
• What is the history of transportation system?
• What is transportation engineering?

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Any
Questions?

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