Eng. Tech. I Unit 19 Transportation

"ITS" stands for ______ which are systems that utilize electronics, communications, and information processing to improve the efficiency and safety of surface transportation.

• Isolated Transatlantic Shipping

• Internal Trucking System

• Intelligent Transportation Systems

• International Trailer Sizing

Intelligent transportation systems are smart highways that require the use of coordinated______ to determine capacity of lanes and traffic flow.

• Subsystems

• Schedules

• Teamwork

• Engineers

The most important development in_____ travel is the standard shipping container.

• Water

• Air

• Intermodal

• International

Transportation services and methods have led to a population that is regularly______.

• On-the-job

• On-Schedule

• On-the-move

• On-vacation

Transportation systems and technology have become more______ and humans have become more dependent upon transportation in their daily lives.

• Complicated

• Advanced

• Expensive

• Affordable

_____ and______ are available in all ports and rail terminals worldwide to handle shipping containers.

• Truckers and Longshoremen

• Warehouses and forklifts

• Highways and railroads

• Ships and lifting equipment

_______ has facilitated intermodal transportation by inventing new techniques to transfer freight from one mode to another.

• Technology

• Shipping

• Globalization

• Space Travel

_____ is the use of different modes of transportation, such as highways, railways, and waterways as part of an interconnected system that can move people and goods easily from one mode to another.

• ITS

• Standard shipping

• Intermodalism

• Non-intelligent transportation systems

________ transportation systems, such as walkways and bicycle paths, attract individuals and groups of people through innovative designs that capitalize on natural settings and provide convenience.

• Economical

• Non-intelligent

• Intelligent

• Outdated