THE PROFESSION OF

TRANSPORTATION
Abesia

Limboy

Masbad

TRANSPORTATION
ENGINEERING
application of technological and
scientific principles to the planning,
functional design, operation and
management of facilities for any mode
of transportation.
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THE PROFESSION OF
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
Specialties in transportation:

Planning - select projects for design and

construction
Design - involves the specification of all the
features of the project so that it can be built.
Construction and maintenance involves all
aspects of the building process; also involves all
work necessary to ensure that the highway
system is kept in proper working order.
Traffic Operations - its objectives are related to
using the facility in the most efficient way

WHY IS TRANSPORTATION SO
IMPORTANT?
Transportation are vitally important to a
countrys economic development. The
construction of a high quality road network
directly increases a nations economic
output by reducing journey times and costs,
making
a
region
more
attractive
economically.

TRANSPORTATION HISTORY
Ancient Transportation
The first form of transport was the Shanks pony
(the human foot). However people eventually
learned to use animals for transport. Donkeys
and horses were probably domesticated between
4,000 and 3,000 BC. Camels were domesticated
slightly later between 3,000 and 2,000 BC.
Meanwhile about 3,500 BC the wheel was invented
in what is now Iraq. At first wheels were made of
solid pieces of wood lashed together to form a
circle but after 2,000 BC they were made with
spokes.

1st Century AD - A vast network of roads exists

across the Roman Empire. Roman merchant ships
carry up to 1,000 tons of cargo.
12th Century - The Compass is invented in Europe.
The rudder comes into use in Europe. However on
land roads are just dirt tracks.
1600 - Goods are transported by pack horse. Goods
are also transported around the coast of Britain by
ship.
1663 - The first turnpike roads open. Turnpikes are
privately owned and maintained but you have to pay
to use them.
Mid 18th Century -Many more turnpike roads are
created

1761 -The Bridgwater Canal opens. Many more

canals are dug in the late 18th and early 19th century.
1783 -The hot air balloon and the hydrogen balloon
are invented.
1785 -Two men fly across the English Channel in a
hydrogen balloon
1815 -Steamships begin crossing the English
Channel
1825- The first passenger railway opens
1829 -Horse drawn omnibuses run in London
1835 -The first hansom cab is made inHinckley

1838- The first elevated railway in built (in London).

1840s -This is the great age of railway building. A
network is built across Britain.

1919 -Planes begin carrying passengers between London and

Paris
1934 -A driving test is introduced. Cats eyes are invented. A 30
mile an hour speed limit is introduced in built up areas.
Transportation greatly improved during the 20th century.
Although the first cars appeared at the end of the 19th century
after the First World War they became cheaper and more
common.
The first electric traffic lights were invented in the USA in 1914.
The hovercraft was invented in 1956. The first hovercraft
passenger service began in 1962.
However in the early 20th century flight was a luxury few
people could afford. Furthermore only a small minority could
afford foreign travel. Foreign holidays only became common in
the 1960s.
The Boeing 747, the first 'Jumbo jet' was introduced in 1970 and
The Channel Tunnel opened in 1994.

TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYMENT
Employment opportunities exist in several areas of
transportation, including business logistics or supply
chain management, vehicle design and manufacture,
provision of services related to transportation, and the
provision of the infrastructure required if vehicles are
to function as needed.
Transportation engineers are typically employed by
the agency responsible for building and maintaining a
transportation system, such as federal, state, or local
government, a railroad, or a transit authority.

TO SUM IT UP.......

Transportation is an essential element in the economic

development of a society. Without good transportation, a
nation or region cannot achieve the maximum use of its
natural resources or the maximum productivity of its
people.
The history of transportation illustrates that the way
people move is affected by technology, cost, and demand.
The past 200 years have seen the development of several
modes of transportation; waterways, railroads, highway,
and air.
The
career opportunities in transportation that
engineering students must have are exciting. In the past,
engineers planned and built the nations railroads,
highways, transit systems, and airports. In the future,
additional system is required toward maintaining the
vast system that is already in place.

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