Transportation Management Midterms PDF

TRANSPORTATION Getting Steamed! MANAGEMENT 1769 - First steam road vehicle 1786 - first successful steamboat demo Lesson: The History of Transportation...

TRANSPORTATION Getting Steamed! MANAGEMENT 1769 - First steam road vehicle 1786 - first successful steamboat demo Lesson: The History of Transportation 1804 - first successful railroad steam locomotive demo Early Man - early roads were worn paths - walked Paving the Way - Dragged, rolled, or pushed what they - John Loudon Macadam - builds hard needed to transport. surfaced roads in England. (1815) - Alone or as a group. Riding the rails First vehicle - most likely a sled / sledge 1825 - Locomotive power in England 1863 - First subway line in London Man becomes mobile - the development of the 1869 - Transcontinental Railroad in US wheel led to the development of wheeled 1882 - First electrified railroads vehicles. First Roads - Mesopotamia (now known as Iraq est. around 4000 bc) - Hard surfaces for travel purposes. - Most likely packed material, soil, etc. Early transport - domesticated animals - Sails - Wheeled vehicles Road “upgrade” - Crete (an island in Greece) - Mediterranean - First stone surfaced roads were constructed. Early pavement technology - Roman Empire - Used broken stones in mortar for roadway surfaces. Vehicle “upgrade” - New developments - Harness Traces - Iron Horseshoes Finding the way - Magnetic compass probably invented in China - Adopted by European mariners The Auto debuts - 1880s - Daimler & Benz build first successful Notable Voyages autos with gasoline engine - 1492: Christopher Columbus - discovers - 1916 - Federal Aid Road Act the Americas. - 1497-8: Vasco de Gama - sails around The Modern Highway Africa. - 1940 - Pennsylvania turnpike opens - 1519-22: Ferdinand Magellan - first voyage - 1956 - Interstate Highway Act around the world. Taking Flight 1903 - Wright Brothers 1953 - Commercial Service 1970 - Jumbo Jets Key Events 1970s & 1980s - Fuel Crises 1990 - ISTEA - An act to develop a national intermodal surface transportation system, to authorize funds for construction of highways, for Eurailpass - a special fare ticket introduced in 1959 highway safety programs, and for mass transit that allows either unlimited train travel or travel for a programs, and for other purposes certain number of days/ weeks in 33 European 1998 - TEA-21 - An Act to authorize funds for countries (except in Britain where the Britailpass Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, offers similar travel in England, Scotland and Wales) and transit programs, and for other purposes. The Eurail Group - based in Utrecht, is responsible Beyond the Earth for the marketing and management of the Eurail and 1969 - Man lands on moon. Interrail passes. The company is owned by over 35 1981 - Space Shuttle European railway and shipping companies. The Now: International Space Station Eurail Pass is available to non-European residents and the Interrail Pass (introduced in 1972) is available to European residents. Lesson: Rail Transportation Eurostar Trains - an international high-speed Rail transport (Train Transport) - is a means of railway service connecting London with Amsterdam, transferring passengers and goods on wheeled Brussels, Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Disneyland Paris, vehicles running on rails which are located on Lille, Frethun, Paris, and Rotterdam. All its trains tracks. travel through the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France which is owned and - Track usually consist of steel rails installed on ties operated separately by Getlink. (sleepers) set in ballast on which the rolling stock is usually fitted with metal wheels. Luxury Trains 1. Glacier Express - full journey across the Alps in around 8 hours between two major resorts of Zermatt and St. Moritz, Switzerland. Special northwest- the length and width of the city’s state carriage of all window seats with 6-course lunch. main island. 2. La Dolce Vita Orient Express - made up of six - Opened on 7 November 1987. trains, each featuring “12 deluxe cabins”, 18 suites, - An average ridership of 3.384 million in 2019. an Honour Suite and a restaurant carriage offering a “five-star dining experience”. Itineraries across Italy Manila Light Rail Transit System (LRT) (Sistema may be selected - Venice and Tuscany, Portofino, ng Magaang Riles Panlulan ng Maynila) - is an Rome to Sicily etc. urban rail transit system that primarily serves Metro Manila. Although categorized as a light rail system, 3. Trans Siberian Trains - Steam locomotive trains it presently has characteristics of a rapid transit that travel from Moscow to Vladivostok. system. Such as high passenger throughput, exclusive right-of-way, and later use of full metro rolling stock. Amtrak - The National Railroad Passenger Corporation doing business as Anmtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium and long distance intercity service in the contiguous United States and to nine Canadian Cities. - Founded in 1971 as a quasi-public corporation to operate many US passenger rail routes. Amtrak receives a combination of state and federal subsidies but is managed as a for-profit organization. Amtrak’s headquarters is located one block west of Union Station in Washington, D.C. Philippine Railway System - On June 25, 1875, a general plan for the Amtrak serves more than 500 destinations in 36 establishment of a railroad line in the island of Luzon states and three Canadian provinces. More than 300 was decreed by King Alfonso XII of Spain. trains daily. - On November 24, 1892, the 195 kilometer railway Shinkansen - colloquially known in English as the line from Manila to Dagupan in Northern Luzon was bullet train is a network of highspeed railway lines in opened for operation, the line was extended in 1940 Japan. up to Legaspi in the South and La Union in the north. - It was built to connect distant Japanese - On June 20, 1946, Republic Act. No. 4156, the regions with Tokyo, the capital. To aid new Charter was passed, renaming the railway economic growth and development. Beyond system, Philippine National Railways (PNR). long-distance travel, some sections around the largest metropolitan areas are used as a - Under the Arroyo government, the Strong Republic commuter rail network. Transit System (SRTS) was born. The aim is to provide an integrated mass transit system. - Over the Shinkansen’s 50 plus year history, carrying over 10 billion passengers, there - The PNR (Pambansang Daambakal ng Pilipinas has not been a single passenger fatality or and Spanish: Ferrocarril Nacional de Filipinas) is injury due to train accidents. a state-owned railway company in the Philippines which operates one commuter rail service between Metro Manila and Laguna, and local services Mass Rapid Transit Singapore (MRT) - is a heavy between Sopocot Naga City and Legazpi City in the rail rapid transit system that constitutes the bulk of Bicol Region. the railway network in Sinagopore, spanning - with the exception of the forested core and island’s rural - PNR began operations on 24 November, 1892 as 4. Ship (3%) the Ferrocarril de Manila-Dagupan during the Spanish colonial period, and later became the Cars and planes are also the most environmentally Manila Railroad Company (MRR) during the destructive forms of transport. American colonial period. It became the Philippine National Railways on June 20, 1964 by virtue of R.A. Greyhound Lines Inc. - usually shortened to no. 4156. PNR used to operate over 1,100 km of Greyhound, is an intercity bus common carrier route from La Union to the Bicol region. However, serving more than 3,800 destinations across North neglect reduced PNR’s service. Persistent problems America. The company adopted the greyhound with informal settlers in the 1990s contributed further name in 1929. to PNR’s decline. In 2006, Typhoon Milenyo and Reming caused severe damage to the network, Greyhound and its sister companies in FirstGroup resulting in the suspension of the Manila-Bicol America are the largest motorcrash operators in the service. United States and Canada. In 2007, the Philippine government initiated a The Greyhound fleet consists of about 3,250 buses, rehabilitation project aiming to remove informal with an average age of 7.2 years. settlers from the PNR right of way, revitalise commuter services in Metro Manila and restore the Greyhound uses approximately 190 company- Manila-Bicol route as well as lost services in operated bus terminals and 1,250 agency-operated Northern Luzon. In July 2009, PNR unveiled a new terminals. corporate identity and inaugurated new rolling stock. Long distance Bicol services resumed in June 2011 Major Philippine Bus Lines but were suspended again in October 2012, leaving only local service between Naga and Sipocot. Local Victory Liner - incorporated in 1953, it has grown service between Naga and Legazpi resumed in to be one of the biggest players in the Philippine October 2015. passenger transport system. The Channel Tunnel or Chunnel or Euro Tunnel - Derived from the World War II word “Victory Joe” is a 50.45 kilomotre 31.35 mi railway tunnel that - Founded by Mr, Jose Hernandez Sr. connects Folkestone (Kent, England, UK) with Coquelles (Hauts-de-France) beneath the English - One of the largest provincial bus companies, Channel at the strait of Dover. It is the only fixed servicing routes mainly to the provinces of Central link between the island of Great Britain and the Luzon and Northern Luzon. European mainland. It opened in May 1994. - Victory Liner deploys more than 900 buses daily. - It is the sister company of FIve Star. Lesson 3: Land Transportation - The AVIS (Rent a Car) - is an American car rental Road Transport company headquartered in New Jersey, US. Land Transport - is the movement of people, animals or goods from one location to another TNVS (Transportation Network Vehicle Service) location on land. - is the official term used to describe vehicle owners who provide services via the Uber, Grab, The two main forms of land transport can be Micab, MyRide or any similar applications. considered to be road transport where vehicles run on a prepared flat surface and rail transport. Lesson 4: - Active Transportation Most commonly used transportation by Tourists 1. Car (61%) Active transportation - is self-propelled motion or 2. Air (21%) getting around using human power, whether you 3. Rail (15%) are walking, cycling, jogging, skateboarding, inline skating or traveling in a non-mechanized wheelchair or equipment.