Transportation Engineering - Topic 2

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What are the three major categories of transportation modes?

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Land, Air, Maritime

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What are the mobile elements of transportation?

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Modes

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Name some land transportation modes.

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Road: Cars, Taxis, Buses, Motorcycles, Tricycles, Bicycles, Walking; Railway: LRT, Subways, Monorails

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What is the difference between scheduled planes and chartered planes?

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Scheduled planes have airlines deciding the date and time of flight, while chartered planes allow customers to specify the date and time and pay for the entire plane.

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What are some examples of maritime transportation modes?

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Cruise Ships, Ferry Ships, Roro (Roll-on Roll-off), Supercat (High speed ferry ships for passengers only)

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What is the role of infrastructures in transportation?

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They provide physical support for transport modes, including routes and terminals.

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Define transportation networks.

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They involve movements of people, freight, and information over their work, with origins, intermediary locations, and destinations.

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What is transport geography concerned with?

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The mobility of people, freight, and information and its spatial organization.

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What are the three central concepts of transport geography?

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Transportation nodes, Transportation networks, Transportation demand.

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What is direct derived demand in transportation?

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Transportation that is directly needed for different socio-economic activities to be delivered or to function.