What is transportation engineering?

qthe application of scientific principles and technologies to

the planning, design, analysis, operation, and
management of transportation systems for a full range of
modes of transportation

qis organized around society’s need to provide an

adequate transportation infrastructure and involves broad
interaction with other disciplines
Highway Engineering
qThe goal of this type of
Transportation
Engineering is to use
civil engineering
principles to improve the
transportation system
with the utilization of the
three design controls
Highway Engineering
qEngineers in this
specialization handle the
planning, design,
construction, and operation
of highways, roads, and
other vehicular facilities as
well as their related bicycle
and pedestrian realms.
Pavements
Comparison between flexible and rigid
pavement
Road Geometry
 Monster Highways

Milwaukee: Marquette Interchange Seattle: I-90 and I-5

Milwaukee: Marquette Interchange Seattle
Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road, United Arab Emirates
Railway Engineering

qIs a specialist field in

Transportation and Civil
Engineering. Railways are
incredibly complex and
expensive systems which are
exclusively designed for the
efficient passage of trains to
transport people, freight and
equipment.
Railway Engineering
q Railway Engineers possess
mechanical design skills
and knowledge of
propulsion systems that
allows them to design train
vessels and are frequently
on site, either supervising
the rail system or in a
‘hands on’ capacity.
Port and Harbor Engineering
q Port and Harbor
engineering is the
design, construction,
and operation of ports,
harbors, canals, and
other maritime facilities.
Port and Harbor Engineering
q Engineers also design
commercial waterways
similar to the way that
highway engineers
design roadways
 Port classification
Sea mixed sea
and inland

InLand commercial
Airport Engineering

q Airport Engineering is
responsible for the design
and construction of airports
Airport Engineering

q Airport engineers must

account for the impacts and
demands of aircraft in their
design of airport facilities.
Pavement/Runway and Maps
Pipeline transport
q Pipeline transport is the
long-distance
transportation of a liquid
or gas through a system
of pipes—a pipeline—
typically to a market area
for consumption.
Pipelines are useful for
transporting water for
drinking or irrigation over
long distances when it needs
to move over hills, or where
canals or channels are poor
choices due to
considerations of
evaporation, pollution, or
environmental impact.
Pre-Construction aspects
for Transportation
Engineering
A. Pre-Planning (Inventory or Database)
Before any planning occurs the Engineer must take
what is known as an inventory of the area or if it is
appropriate, the previous system in place
B. Planning (Urban Planning)
-deals with physical layout of human
settlements.

-is considered an interdisciplinary field that

includes social, engineering and design sciences
C. Evaluation of Plan (Technical Forecasting of
Passengers)
involves an urban transportation planning model,
requiring the estimation of trip generation, trip

distribution, mode choice, and route

assignment
Post-Construction aspects
for Transportation
Engineering
 Maintenance function includes:

Surface Maintenance Drainage Maintenance

 Maintenance function includes:

Snow and Ice Control Traffic Service

Traffic Engineering
 Traffic Engineering
Branch of engineering that uses engineering
techniques to achieve the safe and efficient
movement of people and goods on roadways.
Transport Engineering deals with the functional part of
transportation system, except the infrastructure provided.
It focuses mainly on research for safety and efficient
traffic flow
Typical Traffic Engineering projects involve designing
traffic control device installations and modifications,
including traffic signals, signs, and pavement markings.
Lane markings and its meaning
 Lane Flow Equation
The relationship between lane flow (Q, vehicles per hour),
space mean speed (V, kilometre per hour) and density (K,
vehicles per kilometre) is

Q = KV
Traffic Engineering is closely associated
with other disciplines:
Pavement Transportation
Engineering Planning
Bicycle Urban
Transportation Planning
Engineering Human
Highway Factors
Engineering Engineering
 Average Salary of Transportations Engineers in
The Philippines

Salary by Experience
Entry Level (1 to 3 yrs) – 387, 773 (Php)/year
Senior Level (8+ yrs) – 1, 684, 636 (Php) /year
 International Average Salary
64,000 to 96,000 US Dollars Annually

Equivalent to

3,466,880 to 5,200,320 Philippine Peso

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