Freight & Cargo

Written by

in

Transprt’n Planng. & Logistcs

what is transportation engineering?

Traffic: “The actual movement of vehicles or pedestrians on a facility…”
Transportation: Whether we are considering people or people or goods, each trip begins at an origin and ends at a destination.

what is a transportation system?

Transportation System is a combination of basic functional elements that facilitate the movement of objects from one point to another

a transportation system is organized into…

four subsets…

Land Transportation (Highway, Rail)
Air Transportation (Domestic, Int’l)
Water Transportation (Inland, Coastal)
Pipelines (Oil, Gas)

roman road network, 200 a.d.

the silk and arab trade routes

grand canal system

geographical impact of the suez canal, 1869

Comments

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

More posts