WEEK 7

Activity
Direction: Answer the following questions
1. What is optimal pricing and how does it affect the transportation service pricing?
2. Explain various factors affecting the roadway pricing?

Assessment
Direction: Write the word TRUE if the statement is correct, and FALSE if the statement is
incorrect

___________1. Price discrimination is the practice of a service provider varying the price of
the same service for different users, provided that they cover their marginal costs.
___________2. Even though transportation is a derived demand, it is essential in daily life
and can be considered a right.
___________3. Addressing equity is easy, in part because the goals of horizontal and
vertical equity can be at odds in practice.
___________4. User-based pricing can be structured to favor economically, socially, and
physically disadvantaged people based on vertical equity analysis.
___________5. Most transportation revenues do not base user fees on marginal social-cost
pricing.
___________6. Horizontal equity measures whether individuals and groups considered
equal in ability and need receive equal shares of resources and bear equal costs.
___________7. First-degree price discrimination varies the price based on each individual
user’s willingness or ability to pay.
___________8. Second-degree price discrimination varies the price based on the segment
of the market or group of consumers.
___________9. Most private businesses wish to maximize profits, defined as the difference
between total revenue (TR) and total cost (TC).
___________10. The actual market price generally falls between these two extremes, and
the sum of consumer surplus and producer surplus is called social welfare.
 WEEK 8

Activity
Direction: Answer the following questions.
1. What do you think will be the effect of deregulating transportation services?
2. Who are the regulatory body in Philippine Transportation? How their mandate affects the
efficiency in transportation?

Assessment
Direction: Look for a two competing transportation service provider and analyze how
competition works to them. Provide minimum 100 words.

WEEK 10
Activity and Assessment
In minimum 250 words summarized what you have learned from the readings in relation to
the following:
1. Accessibility;
2. Movement; and
3. Wages

WEEK 11
Activity
Direction: Answer the following questions
1. Explain the basic concept of economic analysis in relation to transportation.
2. What are the economic benefits of transportation projects in the following sector:
a. Trading
b. Leisure and Tourism
 c. Manufacturing

Assessment
Compute for the below problem For a gravel road in bad condition, the VOC is say, P 10.26
per vehicle-km, for cars. If the road is improved to a concrete road in good condition, the
VOC will be P6.32 per vehicle-km., for cars. Suppose the road is 10 kms. long and there are
1,500 cars per day running along it. Two years from now, the road shall have been improved
to concrete already and the volume of cars will be 1,550 cars per day.
Compute for the total VOC if we no road improvement and with road improvement per
day.

Week 12 & 13
Activity
Direction: Answer the following
1. How econometric help a transportation planner to predict the future?
2. As a Transportation Management student, how do you apply the theory stated in our
lesson in your daily commuting experience?

Activity
Direction: Compute for the following Problem
1. In the given set of data identify the degree and direction of relationship using Pearson R
Correlation Coefficient. Show your solution (20 points)

X Y

10 35

15 45

5 25

3 15

20 55

2. In the given table compute for the year 2022. Use the Trend Line Regression Method for
Least Square. Show your solution (10 points)
 Year X Y

2016 -2 10M

2017 -1 13.4M

2018 0 12.5M

2019 1 20M

2020 2 22.4M

Week 14 & 15
Activity
Direction: Answer the following questions.
1. Explain the different Public-Private Partnership Agreement in terms of Infrastructure
projects undertaken by the Philippine Government?
2. How does the Golden Age of Infrastructure development affects the GDP and GNP of the
Philippines?
3. How does one can address the lack of financing scheme of this projects?

Assessment
In 150 words explain the role of transportation in international trade.

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Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive,
effective, unstoppable determination.

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with all the requirements and activities but continue to fight and give your best, we're
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