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O P rtation engineering
SHOP FOR CREATIVE
S E R V IC E S
is t h e c o n struction and operation of systems for
moving g o o d s and people
by highway, rail, air, water, and pipelines, the preparation
as well as urban and intermodal of transportation systems
transportation. such as highways and traffic
facilities. The purpose of transportation
planning is to guarantee the safety and efficiency
of a person or animal’s travel from Point A to Point B.

transportation planning
• is the application of scientific processes (like
observation, analysis, and deduction) to the
planning, design, operation, and management of
transportation facilities.
A mode, according to this definition includes walking,
automobile, bus, train, ferry-boat, ship, aircraft,
helicopter, and so on.

the roadways, the railways, the waterways and the


airways
All vehicles use the roadways to travel from
one point to another. There are various
kinds of vehicles in this class. Some are
motorized and others are human- or
animal-powered

All vehicles use channels in water


bodies to travel from one point to
another.
All vehicles use rail tracks to move
from one point to another. Vehicles in
this class consist of a long train of
coaches attached to a locomotive

All vehicles use channels in air to


travel from one point to another.
This element assumes maximum importance in the roadways where a
tremendously large number of drivers interact with each other and the
facilities

The vehicles which are used in transportation have certain characteristics


which influence the design and operation of the transportation facility

Every mode of transportation uses a specified path which is either


constructed or charted.
To ensure safety and efficiency of operation, there are system level
controls which are imposed on the movement of the vehicles. These
controls could be static or dynamic.

This is a location where the vehicles of a mode stop for various reasons
including (i) loading and unloading of passengers/goods, (ii) resting when
not in use, (iii) refueling, (iv) maintenance, etc.

The users are (i) the public at large for transportation modes which cater
to passenger transport or (ii) organizations for transportation modes which
cater to goods transport.
This area of transportation engineering deals with the analysis, design,
and operation of transportation facilities used by vehicles of various
transportation modes.

This area of transportation engineering deals with the structural


analysis and design of the way used by different modes of
transportation.
The area of public transportation is concerned with the analysis, design, and
operation of public transportation systems. A public transportation system
is a transportation system which operates to move the general public from
one point to another.

Transport planning deals with planning transportation facilities which


will be able tomeet the present and future needs in a sustainable
manner. This field focuses on issues

This area studies the various economic costs and benefits of building
and operating different transportation facilities.
Any country, state, or locality has (or should have) a vision for its future. This vision is
generally articulated through the various elected bodies and may change from time to
time as the aspirations of the people change. Such vision often, if not always, includes
the improvement of the quality of life of the people of the country, state, or locality.
Once the goals have been stated, the next stage is to
identify the needs of the transportation system that
will satisfy the goals.

Essential inputs to this identification process are an


inventory of the existing state of the system and a
forecast of the future conditions.

An implicit requirement of this process is the


Delhi to Kanpur Distance in
planning horizon—or the time period for which this
kilometres: 495.5 km
planning is being done.
Estimated time of journey: 7
hours 38 mins
Based on the needs discussed earlier, the transportation
planners have to identify various alternatives which will
match those needs. While determining the alternatives, a
planner needs to look at:
Note that, different aspects assume importance depending on the goals and needs.
For example, if the goal is defined as cleaner air, the planning instruments such as
reserving lanes for high-occupancy vehicles, building better public transport systems
coordination of signals, changing flow patterns and enforcing the use of only less
polluting vehicles.
The task of planning ends with the development of a detailed road map of how
the alternative will be implemented.

The implementation strategy should identify or put in place a method of identifying:

• The agencies and instruments that will be used to finance the project,
• The agencies or organizations that will implement the project on the ground,
• The agencies to be entrusted With maintaining and operating the facility, and
• The operating strategy

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