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CE 414
(TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING)
COURSE INFORMATION
Course Code
Course Title
Course
Description
: CE 414
: Transportation Engineering
: This course deals to the planning, design, operation, and management of
Lecture Grade
Assessment Method
Quizzes
Periodical Examinations
Project
Assignments/Seatworks
Class Participation
Total
Weights
30%
30%
25%
10%
5%
100%
6/14/2016
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
CLASSIFICATION
CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES
CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES
6/14/2016
The
figure
shows
a
diagrammatic representation
of the classification schemes.
Transportation
engineering
can
be
viewed
as
the
engineering
of
the
transportation
systems----a
conglomeration of different
modes of transport which in
turn consists of various basic
elements. Also, it can be seen
that
transportation
engineering as a field requires
various
functions
like
planning,
pavement
engineering, and so forth.
I. Roadways
From a transportation engineers standpoint, the important aspects
related to the roadways mode of transport include:
Safe and efficient operation and control of road traffic
Layout of roads
Structural design of the roadway (pavement design)
Roadway-based public transportation
II. Railways
From a transportation engineers standpoint, the important aspects
related to railway mode of transport include:
Safe and efficient operation and control of rail traffic
Layout of rail tracks
Structural design of the subgrade on which rail tracks run
Planning of stations or terminals for railway vehicles.
B. Elemental Classification
A transportation system can be classified in terms of the basic
elements which constitute any mode of transport. These basic
elements are identified in the following:
Driver: Every mode of transportation has a driver who controls the
vehicle used in that mode of transportation.
Vehicle: The vehicles which are used in transportation have certain
characteristics which influence the design and operation of the
transportation facility.
Way: Every mode of transportation uses a specified path which is either
constructed or charted.
Control: In order to ensure safety and efficiency of operation, there are
system level controls which are imposed on the movement of the
vehicles.
Terminal: This is a location where the vehicles of a mode stop for
various reasons.
User: Obviously any transportation system runs to provide service to its
users.
A. Modal Classification
A mode of transport may be simply defined as a means
of transportation. A mode, according to this definition,
includes walking, automobile, bus, train, ferry-boat, ship,
aircraft, helicopter, and so on. However, all these modes use
either the road, the rail tracks, the waterways (like rivers,
travel paths in oceans), or the airways. Hence, a slightly
different way of classifying the transportation systems
according to modes would be to define classes as groups of
modes which use a particular surface. In this definition
then, there are, in general, four classes---the roadways, the
railways, the waterways, and the airways.
III. Waterways
From a transportation engineers standpoint, the important aspects
related to this mode of transport include:
Safe and efficient operation and control of ship traffic especially at
and near ports
Planning and operations of ports
IV. Airways
From a transportation engineers standpoint, the important aspects
related to the airways mode of transport include:
Safe and efficient operation and control of air traffic especially at
and near airports
Planning and operation of airports
Orientation of runways and layout of taxiways
Planning the parking pattern of aircraft
Structural design of the runways, taxiways and aprons
Planning and operation of vehicle circulation and parking on the
land-side of airports.
C. Functional Classification
This scheme of classification of transportation engineering divides
this discipline in terms of the different functions required of an engineer
working in this field. Functionally, transportation engineering can be
divided into the following primary classes:
Traffic Engineering: This area of transportation engineering deals with the
analysis, design and operation of transportation facilities used by vehicles of
various transportation modes.
Pavement Engineering: This area of transportation engineering deals with
the structural analysis and design of the way used by different modes of
transportation.
Public 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: It deals with planning transportation facilities which will
be able to meet the present and future needs in a sustainable manner.
Transport Economics: This area studies the various economic costs and
benefits of building and operating different transportation facilities