Transportation Engineering

Instructor- Prem N Bastola

August 2020
introduction
What is Transport/ transportation?

How many people

Move from ktm to
Dharan?
How many move from
Transport
Movement of people

And goods modes

From A to B + means by which movement occurs

Output of transport = passenger trips

And Freight

Adverse outcome = many

Transport systems

System

A system is a collection of entities that function

together
Components of TS- many

1. system User -
2. mode [means ] of Transport
Eg walking + Bus
3. infrastructure
Eg highways, airports

4 intermodal connections
Eg Bus and rail stations

5 stakeholders
sundhara
control
 System purpose

fundamental purpose

Mobility: The ability and knowledge to travel from one location to another
in a reasonable amount of time and for acceptable costs.

Accessibility: The means by which an individual can accomplish some

economic or social activity through access to that activity
 problems
Same transport problems of the past

Congestion
Pollution
Crashes
Financial deficit etc
 Transport Engineering
Application of technology +
Principles of science

To plan, design, operate and mgmt. of Transport

Facilities

Obj = safety, economical, convenient, comfort etc

 Nature of TE
Transdisciplinary area of knowledge

A new profession [grew after 1990 and rapidly after

2000]

Large scale projects [ taking several years to

complete]
 Transdisciplinary

Concepts from sociology, OR, computer sc. And civil

Engineering

Transport = Civil Eng + Social Science + physics

 importance

Since humans have existed

Movement for activities

For trade, social interactions,
Job/ work
Shopping
recreation
Location of firms
emplyoment
Settlements
Evacuation/ disasters
Urban area growth
National security/ wars
 Modes
Dominant mode = highway [passenger and freight]

Rail

Airports

Water ways
 compare
Compare different modes

Based on

Safety, access, speed, capacity, cost etc

# H/W
 Role of TE
Highway route selection and GD [including Rail]

Structural design of PAVEMENTS

Traffic operation [ + rail + airport]

Public transport
Network Analysis + design

Transport planning [ urban+ regional, airport, terminals

etc]
Transport Land use cycle

Discuss
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3 year II part – be gentle, show maturity, politeness
End of lecture 2- introduction

Next lecture- introduction continue

Thank you

Any queries???