Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION
 Transportation
• Movement of people and goods from one
place to another to accomplish some purposes

Transportation Engineering
• Application of scientific principles to the
planning, design, operation and management
of transportation systems
 Transportation Systems
➢ The equipment and logistics of transporting passengers and goods.
➢ It covers the movement by all forms of transport, from cars and buses to boats, aircraft and
even space travel
 Modes of Transportation
➢ The means by which people and freight achieve mobility
Land Transportation
 Modes of Transportation
➢ The means by which people and freight achieve mobility
Road
Transportation
 Modes of Transportation
➢ The means by which people and freight achieve mobility
Road Transportation Trucks

Cars
Buses

Motorcycles/Bikes
 Modes of Transportation
➢ The means by which people and freight achieve mobility
Rail Transportation
 Modes of Transportation
➢ The means by which people and freight achieve mobility
Rail Transportation
 Modes of Transportation
➢ The means by which people and freight achieve mobility
Pipelines
 Modes of Transportation
➢ The means by which people and freight achieve mobility

Maritime (Water)
Transportation
 Modes of Transportation
➢ The means by which people and freight achieve mobility
Air Transportation
Major Disciplines of Transportation Engineering
Highway Engineering
➢ Highway engineering deals with the planning, design, construction, operation and
maintenance of roads, bridges, and tunnels to ensure safe and effective transportation of
people and goods.

Highway
➢ A main road for travel by public between important destinations
Highway Planning

Major Considerations for Highway Design

 Highway Planning

Economic Considerations for Highway Design

Cost and Design Level Relationship (Schoon, J, 1999)

 Highway Planning
The 4-Step Model

A Daily Multi-trip Chaining Example for a Three-person

Four-step Transportation Planning Model Household
(Southworth and Garrow, 2010)
 Highways in Oman
Functional Classification

Rural Route
 Highways in Oman
Functional Classification

Urban Route
 Road Classification
• Specialist long distance high speed routes between the most
National Routes important centers (including ports and airports) and to major
or strategic international border crossings.

• Route between major centers, major centers and National

Arterial Routes Routes and important links between National Routes.

• Regional or area networks made up of links between towns

and between towns and Arterial Routes.
Secondary Routes • They provide some access to local areas and form urban routes
between major traffic generators.
• Local networks which link identifiable traffic generators such
as urban zones, villages and major villages and Secondary or
Distributor Routes Arterial Routes.
• A service road to a higher classified route may form a part of
the Distributor Route network.

• Routes to individual settlements or commercial centers and

Access Routes roadside developments
 Role of Transportation

Economic

Social

Political

Environmental