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Movement of people and goods from one location to another |
Transportation |
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is a science that concerns with the efficient movement of people and goods that is undertaken to accomplish objectives to complete tasks that require transfer from one location to another. |
Transport |
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the movement of goods and people from place to place. |
Service |
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The transport functional system consists of the following components |
Physical facilities Fleets Operating bases and facilities Organizations ♡Facility-oriented organizations ♡Operating-oriented organizations – carriers Operating strategies |
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It is Multi-disciplinary overlapping diverse fields such as |
economics; psychology; geography; city planning; public administration; political science; industrial & electrical engineering |
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Transportation includes |
Manufacture and distribution of vehicles Production and distribution of fuelProvision of transportation services |
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DOTC |
Department of transportation and communications |
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Transportation engineering is concerned with the application of scientific principles to the |
planning, design; operation & management of transportation systems |
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RTA |
Roads and traffic administration |
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MMDA |
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority |
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PPA |
Philippine Ports Authority |
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ATO |
Air transportation office |
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It refers to the technological ways in which individual vehicles are guided on fixed facilities. It can be done manual or automatic. |
Control systems |
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Physical facilities |
Streets, roads, highways, railroads, airports, sea and river ports, pipelines, canals |
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Fleets |
Fleets of vehicles, vessels, aircraft |
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Involved in planning, designing, constructing, maintaining and operating fixed facilities. |
Facility-oriented organizations |
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Facility-oriented organizations such as |
DOTC, RTA, MMDA, DPWH, PPA, ATO, Private land developers |
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Objectives/Motivations of transport investment |
Military/Political, Economic |
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Transport constraints by public policy |
Environmental impact |
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Modes of transportation are distinguished by |
Physical characteristics, organizational characteristics, other schemes. |
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Transportation types |
Land, air, water, pipelines, cable and belt systems |
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cost of getting to and from the mode |
Accessibility |
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speed or travel time |
Mobility |
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measure of the total amount of transportation per unit of time |
Productivity |
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Transportation costs |
Capital, operating costs |