URBAN

TRANSPORTATION
PROBLEMS
CHAPTER II
Topics
INTRODUCTION TO URBAN
TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS

•MOST
What isNOTABLE TRANSPORT PROBLEMS
Urban Transportation?

• What are the factors that cause

MEASURE THAT WILL
Urban Transportation Problems
ALLIVIATE
CONGESTION IN AUTO MOBLE
DEPENDENT CITIES
MOST DIFFICULT CHALLENGES FACING
URBAN TRANSIT
Introduction Urban areas are locations having a high level of accumulation
and concentration of economic activities. Their productivity is
highly dependent on the efficiency of its transport system to
move labor, consumers and freight between multiple origins
and destinations.

Urban areas’ economic and social health depends to a large

extent on the performance of their transportation systems
(Meyer and Miller 2001).
 Urban
Transportation An urban transportation system is one of several interrelated
subsystems (e.g., energy supply, waste management, public
safety, water supply, etc.) that characterize urban areas and that
primarily rely on public sector governance and performance.
(Noto, 2020)

Urban transportation, by definition, deals with the

transportation in cities. Urban transportation is very relevant in
our life. It is a part of our life that we always encounter and do.
Yet despite of this, we don’t really pay much attention to it. We
normally just go about our own businesses.
 Categories Urban transportation is organized into three broad categories:
of Urban
Transportation

COLLECTIVE TRANSPORTATION

INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORTATION

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION
 Categories
of Urban COLLECTIVE TRANPORTATION
Transportation

The purpose of collective transportation (public transit) is to

provide publicly accessible mobility over specific parts of a
city. The systems are usually owned and operated by an
agency, and access is open to all as long as a fare is paid; the
INDIVIDUAL
reason TRANSPORTATION
why they are called public transit. The efficiency of
public transit systems is based upon transporting large
numbers of people and achieving economies of scale. It
includes modes such as tramways, buses, trains, subways, and
ferries.
 Categories
of Urban INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORTATION
Transportation

Includes any mode where mobility is the outcome of a

personal choice and means such as the automobile, walking,
cycling, or the motorcycle. Most people walk to satisfy their
basic mobility, but this number varies according to the city
being considered. Some forms of individual mobility could be
favored, while others could be impaired.

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION
 Categories
of Urban FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION
Transportation

Since cities are dominant centers of production and

consumption, urban activities are accompanied by large
movements of freight. These movements are mostly
characterized by delivery trucks moving between industries,
distribution centers, warehouses, and retail activities as well
as from major terminals such as ports, railyards, distribution
centers, and airports.
 Factors The most important transportation problems are often related
Causing Urban to urban areas and take place when transport systems, for a
Transportation variety of reasons, cannot satisfy the numerous requirements
Problems of urban mobility. As Bertolini said, the key challenge that
modern urban transportation system faces is related to the
need to address sustainable development (Bertolini et al.
2008). Additionally, important transport terminals such as
ports, airports, and railyards are located within urban areas,
contributing to a specific array of problems.
 Factors
Causing Urban DENSITY
Transportation
Problems AVAILABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY
Urban density is a term used in urban planning and urban
design to refer to the number of people inhabiting a given
TRAFFIC
urbanized SYSTEM
area. As such it is to be distinguished from other
measures of population density. Urban density is considered
an important factor in understanding how cities function.
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

CYCLING PATH

PEOPLE
 Factors
Causing Urban AVAILABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY
Transportation
Problems
The lack of a sufficient and responsive passenger train
system is a key culprit inducing many to commute on the
TRAFFIC
roads instead. SYSTEM
Buses and jeepneys ideally pack more people
per unit of area than other vehicles, but riding them is hardly
more pleasant and safer than our light rail trains. 
This brings us to another main factor behind the
“Carmageddon” in recent years: the rise of cars. The data on
automobile sales speaks for itself.
 Factors
Causing Urban TRAFFIC SYSTEM
Transportation
Problems
Many factors can contribute to traffic congestion, but the
most basic explanation is that the number of drivers trying to
use the same road is so high that it goes beyond the road's
capacity to handle cars. That's a pretty simple explanation --
too many cars in ­one place causes traffic. Unfortunately, the
ECONOMIC
underlying ACTIVITY
reasons for too many cars in one place at one
time are more complicated. University departments and civil
engineers dedicate hundreds of hours and require millions of
dollars in funding to understand how traffic congestion
forms and what can be done about it.
 Factors
Causing Urban ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Transportation
Problems
The economy has a direct impact on public infrastructure
and services. During an economic upturn, spending is
increased for businesses, governments, and the general
public. Public infrastructure and services are often the first
things to be hit including the following: Transport,
Healthcare, General Maintenance. Public transport such as
buses, trains, and trams could experience increased services. 
CYCLING PATH
 Factors
Causing Urban CYCLING PATH
Transportation
Problems
The conditions of the roads are highly affected by the
overburden of the vehicles running. Everyone is in a hurry to
reach their destination and in that trace of reaching faster
and quicker, we forget that our roads are not planned well to
give everyone his or her space on the way which causes in a
high amount of honking.

PEOPLE
 Factors
Causing Urban PEOPLE
Transportation
Problems
The term human factors is typically used to describe how
people respond to the roadway environment. However,
people are not simply users of the transportation system.
Humans also design, engineer, build and maintain the
roadway environment, the vehicles using it and the laws
governing behavior of roadway users and vehicle
manufacturers. In that sense, the entire transportation system
is a product of human factors. The term human factors
conveys an oversimplified notion of the role of human
behavior in transportation safety. The human part of the
equation is more complex than simply a list of discrete
factors.