Transportation Engineering
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What is an engineer?
Different types of engineers
Civil engineers
Transportation engineers
Education
New solutions
Site transportation planning
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What is an Engineer?
• Engineers are problem solvers—people
who make things work better, more
efficiently, quicker, and less expensively
• Engineers apply math and science to
create something of value from our
natural resources
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Different Types of Engineers
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Chemical
Electrical & Computer
Mechanical
Industrial
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Civil Engineers!
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Civil Engineers
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Structures
Hydraulics/Hydrology
Wastewater/Environmental
Geotechnical
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•Transportation
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different modes of transportation
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transportation…
The Transportation
Profession
Transportation Engineers
• What do Transportation Engineers do?
– No ER, West Wing, L.A. Law that glamorizes
the transportation profession
– Transportation Engineers are, however,
making a difference all around us
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Transportation Engineers
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talk about how most people think
that Transportation Engineers
drive trains…
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Transportation Engineers
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and other things that
transportation engineers do…
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Transportation Engineers
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I used crash videos from TTI
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Transportation Engineers
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I used crash videos from TTI
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Transportation Engineers
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I used crash videos from TTI
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Transportation Engineers
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signs to talk about some of the
things Transportation Engineers do
and to get the students to think
about the signs…
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Transportation Engineers
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What is Transportation?
• Streets, highways, and transit systems
that allow people and goods to move
safely and efficiently
– Backbone for a strong economy
– Key contributor in quality of life
• How many types of transportation can you
name?
– Write down on a piece of paper
all of the types of transportation
you can think of
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Transportation Modes
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each mode and
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with the mode…
Surface
Water
Air
Pipeline
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Surface Modes
Bicycle
Highways &
Streets
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each mode and
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with the mode…
Transit
Pedestrian
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Freight
• Truck and railroad:
– Key component in the economy
– Provides goods
and services
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freight movement…
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Photo credit: Dan Kuhn, UDOT
Air
• Dual purpose
– Movement of people and goods
– Creation/expansion
of business and
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industry
movement…
Photo credit: www.airliners.net
Used with permission.
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Water
• Water transportation
– Primarily for freight movement
– Bulky commodities with low cost per unit
• National system
– Waterways
– Lakes
– Oceans
– Ports
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water movement…
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Transportation Facts Nationwide
• 1.6 million hours per day stuck in traffic
• Avg. person spends one hour per day in
their car
• 160,000 traffic signals
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in the US
congestion…
• Cost of congestion is
$40 Billion per year
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Transportation in Utah
• Transportation is growing at a rate 2x that
of population
– Rush hour today in Salt Lake City – 1 hr
– 5 to 7 years from now – 2 hrs
– 10 years from now – 3 hrs Add a picture of
• 90 minutes to travel from
Provo to Salt Lake City
congestion and
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Transportation in Utah
• Solutions?
– Optimize existing
infrastructure
– Construct new facilities
– More widespread use
of advanced technology
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TOC…
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Transportation Careers
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Transportation Careers
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Education
• Math
• Science
• Physics
• What else?
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What Else?
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Communications
Writing
Problem Solving
Creativity
Integrity
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to these items…
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Why Engineering?
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You get to see what you build
Help the community
Creativity
Latest technology
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fun engineering
Travel
project that you
have worked on…
High demand
Good living
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New Solutions
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Questions…
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