1-Introduction Overview

CEE 320 Transportation I
Assoc. Prof. Dr. eref Oru

Fall 2012
Transportation Engineering
Grading Component Percentage

Project Homework 30%
Midterm Exam 20%
Final Exam 50%
Lesson
Topic
IntroductiontoTransportationEngineering
TransportationModes
3
4
5
6
7
8
HighwayComponents
SightDistances
StoppingSightDistanceandPassingSightDistance
HighwayProject
GeometricDesignofHighways(HorizontalCurve)
ApplicationofSuperelevation
MidtermExam
GeometricDesignofHighways(VerticalCurve)
10
FundamentalCurveProperties:ParabolicFormulation
11
CrestVerticalCurvesandSagVerticalCurves
12
CrossSectionsandVolumeComputation
CutandFill
13
MassBalance
14
FinalExamandTermProjectSubmission
Overview of
Transportation
Engineering
What is
TRANSPORTATION?
Transportation
A
Transportation:
movement of people and
goods from one location to
another.
Primary need: economic.
Users / Content
People
Goods
Share of total passengers or
tons-km
Passenger Transportation
Freight Transportation
Commuting
Shopping
Recreation
Freight
Trade
Energy & Raw Materials
Waste disposal
Local distribution
Business
Tourism
Migration
Passengers
Distance
Users / Content
Passengers
Freight
Board, get off and transfer

without assistance
Must be loaded, unloaded

and transferred
Process information and

The information must be
act on it without assistance processed through logistics
managers
Make choices between
means of transport often
irrationally
Logistics managers make

choices between means of
transport rationally
Source: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Dept. of Economics & Geography, Hofstra University.
Transportation modes:
- Land transportation
- Highway
- Railway
- Air transportation
- Domestic
- International
- Water transportation
- Inland
- Coastal
- Ocean
- Gas
- Other
- Pipelines
- Oil
Vehicles / Services
10
Transportation System
consisted of the fixed facilities, the flow
entities and the control systems that
permit people, and goods to
overcome the friction of geographical
space efficiently in order to participate in
a timely manner in some desired
activity
11
Infrastructure
12
Control System
13
Evolution of Transportation
1500-1840 Average speed of wagon and sail

ships: 16 km/hr
1850-1930 Average speed of trains: 100 km/hr.
Average speed of steamships: 25 km/hr
1950 Average speed of airplanes: 480-640 km/hr

1970 Average speed of jet planes: 800-1120 km/hr
1990 Numeric transmission: instantaneous
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What is a mode?
15
Example Modes
16
Land
17
Air
18
Water
19
Evolution of Transportation
1000
750
500
Jet Plane
Road
Rail
Maritime
Air
HST
Propeller Plane
250
Automobile
100
Rail
50
Stage Coach
Liner
Clipper Ship
1800
1850
1900
Containership
1950
20
2000
What is
TRANSPORTATION
ENGINEERING?
21
One of the specialty areas of civil
engineering
Development of facilities for the
movement of goods and people
Planning, design, operation and
maintenance
Multidisciplinary study
22
23
Definition of Transportation Modes
A transportation system is an infrastructure
that serves to move people and goods
efficiently. The transportation system consists
of fixed facilities, flow entities, and a control
component.
Efficient = safe, rapid, comfortable,
convenient, economical, environmentally
compatible.
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Major transportation subsystems
Land transportation: highway, railway
Air transportation: domestic, international
Water transportation: inland, coastal, ocean
Pipelines: oil, gas, other
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Highway Transportation
System
Fixed facilities: roads, intersections,
interchanges, service stations, etc.
Flow entities: passenger cars, buses,
trucks, pedestrians, etc.
Control component: highway
administration, local transportation
agencies, transportation engineering.
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Highway Transportation
Engineering
Definition
The application of technology and scientific principles to the
planning, functional design, operation, and management of
roads, streets and highways, their networks, terminals, abutting
lands, and relationships with other modes of transportation.
Areas of highway transportation engineering:

Planning of streets and highways
Geometric design of road facilities
Traffic operations and control
Traffic safety
Maintenance of road facilities and controls
27
Road Classification
- Rural: local, collectors, arterials,
freeways
- Urban: lanes, local, collectors, arterials,
expressways, freeways
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Major areas in transportation

- Transportation Planning
- Transportation Design
- Construction
- Pavement: Rigid and Flexible
Asphalt and Concrete
- Traffic Operations
- Maintenance
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Traffic Concepts
30
Selected Table Factoids

Traffic Typically Peaks twice per day.
7000
6000
Flow in vehicles per hour
Highw ay Capacity
5000
Highly Congested
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
Time of Day
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Outline
1.
2.
3.
Basic Concepts
a. Flow Rate
b. Spacing
c. Headway
d. Speed
e. Density
Relationships
Example
32
Flow Rate (q)
The number of vehicles (n) passing some

designated roadway point in a given time
interval (t)
n
q
t
Units are typically vehicles/hour

Flow rate is different than volume
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Density (k)
The number of vehicles (n)

occupying a given length (l) of
a lane or roadway at a
particular instant
Unit of density is vehicles per

kilometer (km).
n q
k
l u
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CEE 320 Transportation I

Assoc. Prof. Dr. eref Oru

Grading Component Percentage

Board, get off and transfer

Must be loaded, unloaded

Process information and

Logistics managers make

1500-1840 Average speed of wagon and sail

1950 Average speed of airplanes: 480-640 km/hr

1990 Numeric transmission: instantaneous

Areas of highway transportation engineering:

Major areas in transportation

Selected Table Factoids

Flow in vehicles per hour

Flow Rate (q)

The number of vehicles (n) passing some

Units are typically vehicles/hour

The number of vehicles (n)

Unit of density is vehicles per

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