CE 310 - PRINCIPLES OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
MODULE 1.1: TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
TRANSPORTATION
➢ is the movement of people and/or goods
from one place to another.
ROLES AND EFFECTS OF THE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
1. Vehicles have made our mobility more
convenient and travel times are reduced.
2. Shipment of goods is easy and the cost is
reduced due to new development in the
technology of transportation.
3. Due to the transport system, the regional
market expanded and transit became
easy, resulting in increased efficiency of
the people.
4. Social and economic opportunities are
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increased.
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF TRANSPORTATION
1. With so many positive aspects of
transportation, negative effects also come
to light.
2. Traffic congestion and poor traffic
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management play an important role in
decreasing the efficiency of the transport
system.
3. Traffic congestion of any mode results in
the wastage of time and resources.
Congestion occurs when the demand for
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the use of a transport system exceeds the
supply or capacity of a particular mode,
resulting in heavy traffic congestion.
4. One of the major effects of the transport
system is pollution, which affects our
environment in numerous ways.
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Atmospheric emissions by vehicle are
hazardous for all the living beings on the
earth.
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
➢ Defined as the application of technology
and scientific principles to the planning,
functional design, operation and
management of facilities for any mode of
transportation.
➢ Its main purpose is to provide the safe,
rapid, comfortable, convenient,
economical, and environmentally
compatible movement of people and
goods.
TRANSPORTATION AS A SYSTEM
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
● A Transportation System is a way of
moving people or products from place to
place
Purpose of Transportation:
● Produce the supply of transportation to
satisfy the demand for travel within a given
area and services
THREE (3) BASIC ELEMENTS OF
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
1. The vehicle- The vehicle is used to move
people or goods from one place to
another. It has a mobility characteristic that
is supported by some motor power or any
automated technology.
2. The guideway- The guideway is where the
vehicle moves. It consists of nodes and
links which connect and form
transportation systems.
3. The operations- The operations plan is
made for the vehicle to move on the
guideway and terminal. A terminal is a
node where all traffic moves from one
vehicle to another. The operations consist
of scheduling timetables, and control
systems of the transport systems.
BASIS OF TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
● Transport system management is used
daily by businesses that ship, receive, or
move goods. Manufacturers, distributors,
e-commerce companies are its main users
across the globe.
● It is used by every small-scale to
large-scale businessman and industrialist.
Transportation infrastructure works on an
intermodal and multimodal framework.
TWO (2) BASIS OF TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
1. Intermodal transportation
➢ This is the type of transportation in
which goods are supplied by using
multiple modes of transportation
which can be land, air, or water,
without removing the asset from
the container in which it is packed
in.
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2. Multimodal transportation
➢ In multimodal transportation,
goods are supplied using various
shipping modes and in the
coordination of integrated
transportation under a unified bill.
Different carriers are moving it
such as trucks, ships, or aircraft
that are engaged for a single
destination.

PARTS OF INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION

SYSTEM
1. Input AUTOMOBILES
2. Processes Transmission
3. Outputs Driving Wheels

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4. Feedback Other Subsystems
BUSES
Example - Arrange the following in order: School Buses
(Input, Processes, Output, Feedback) Urban Buses
On a Bus Transpo: Intercity Buses
Provincial Buses
Arrival at Scheduled Stops
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Bus Drivers and Fuels
Comments from Satisfied Costumers
Driving the bus and Loading/Unloading
Passengers

DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION

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1. LAND TRANSPORTATION
a. ROADWAYS (LAND TRANSPORTATION)
➢ from the name itself, this is a
mode of transportation on land.
Roadway systems include a large
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variety of interconnected ways to

TRUCKS
transport different kind of goods
● Almost every city country rely on trucks to
and people. This includes small
supply them with food, fuel, furniture, and
streets, to feeder roads, small
other products.
roads, providing ways for all
● Trucks play an important role in
vehicles and pedestrians.
transportation
● They go directly to supply location to the
b. MASS TRANSPORTATION
costumer. Most Trains, Airplanes and
➢ Mass Transportation moves many
ships do not do that.
people at one time and is
available to the general public.
2. RAILWAYS
➢ Mostly applicable to Land
➢ these are steel tracks that are constructed
Transportation
on the ground, used by the trains.
Railways are more advantageous for
places that are way too far, an example of
this is the PNR, or the Philippine National
Railways. PNR provides trips from
Northern Manila to Bicol
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High-Speed Trains
● The newest all-electric locomotives, called
bullet trains, travel at high speeds.
Maglev Trains (Magnetic Levitation)
● Another new kind of train does not roll on
wheels. It does not even touch the ground.

3. PIPELINES
➢ This mode of transportation is specifically
designed for goods such as water, crude,
oil and petroleum gas

4. WATER TRANSPORTATION
WATERWAYS
● this mode of transportation utilizes canals,
rivers, lakes up to oceans for the

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movement of goods and cargo, and large
number of people.
● Transportation using waterways is
possible through ports, terminals along
lakes and rivers.
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5. AIR TRANSPORTATION
AIRWAYS
● the fastest and safest, provides more
comfort, but cost so much more than
the other ways of transportation
Airplanes
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Smaller Jets
Cargo Planes
Helicopters
Lighter-than-Air Craft
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