1. 1 CEE Areas of Specialization Construction Environmental Geotechnical Structures Transportation Water Resources

2. 2 Transportation Engineering The science of safe and efficient movement of people and goods

3. 3 Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis Focus on roadways Focus on car travel by individuals Transportation engineering includes – Freight transportation – Air, Rail, and Water modes Don’t address many issues: – Security – Reliability – Safety

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5. 5 Security

6. 6 Reliability

7. 7 Transportation Is big business Total Government Revenues (2001) $125 Billion Total Government Expenditures (2001) $183 Billion From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2006

8. 8 Much of it is spent on highways and at the local/regional level HighwayTransitAir Total Revenues$ 86.1$ 13.3$ 21.9 Highway Trust Fund$ 26.9$ 4.6- Airport and Airways Trust Fund --$ 10.1 State$ 52.6$ 1.6$ 0.9 Local$ 6.6$ 7.2$ 10.9 (2001 Data - Billions of Dollars) From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2006

9. 9 Environmental Cost Transportation contributes about 15- 25% of US GHG emissions Approximately 40% of PM 10 emissions in Seattle 50-60% NOx emissions

10. 10 If you build it….

11. 11 They will come….

12. 12 Have you been to Vancouver for the weekend? What is the longest commute distance in the room? Elasticity of demand

13. 13 Air Transportation (2004/5) Airports: 19,854 Airports for Public Use: 5,270 Certified Airports: 575 – (30+ seat passenger planes) Major Air Carriers: 14 All Air Carriers: 80 Air Carrier Aircraft: 8,186 Aircraft: 219,426 From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2006

14. 14 Rail Transportation (2004) Class 1 Railroads: 7 All Railroads: 556 Class 1 Freight Cars:473,773 Class 1 Locomotives: 22,015 From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2006

15. 15 Sea Transportation (2004) Marine Vessel Operators: 798 Self-Propelled Vessels: 8,994 Non Self-Propelled Vessels: 31,296 Recreational Boats:12,781,476 From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2006

16. 16 Vehicle Transportation (2005) Centerline Miles of Road: 3,995,635 Lane Miles of Road: 8,371,718 Registered Motor Vehicles:243,023,485 Truck Combinations: 2,010,335 Transit Buses: 81,033 Total VMT: 3 trillion miles From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2006

17. 17 Road Use Growth From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2003

18. 18 Travel is increasing

19. 19 U.S. Interstate Highway Condition From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2005

20. 20 Infrastructure Condition

21. 21 Travel to Work (2005) Automobile:88.4% – Single: (79.3%) – Carpool: (9.1%) Public Transportation: 4.4% Bicycle or Motorcycle: 0.6% Walk: 2.3% From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2006

22. 22 Measures of Congestion (2003) RankUrban AreaTravel Time Index 1.Los Angeles, CA1.75 2.Chicago, IL1.57 3.S.F. – Oakland, CA1.54 4.Washington, D.C.1.51 5.Atlanta, GA1.46 6.Houston, TX1.42 7.Miami, FL1.42 11.Seattle – Everett, WA1.38 From the Texas Transportation Institute

23. 23 Drive to Work in Washington AmountRank Drive alone73.3%43 rd Carpool (2+ people)12.8%19 th Public transportation4.9%11 th Walk3.2%20 th Other means (e.g., bicycle)1.4%15 th Work at home4.3%12 th Average travel time to work25.5 minutes15 th From FHWA’s Highway Statistics 2005

24. 24 Containerized trade is BOOMING

25. 25 Transport Growth in Selected Developing Countries

26. 26 The Transportation Engineering Challenge To safely and efficiently move people and goods Not just by designing and building the transportation infrastructure, but by managing the infrastructure and demand for the infrastructure