Transportation Engineering

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Transportation Engineering

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• Title
• Company
• School, Date, or Other information on where you
  are making the presentation

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Outline

• 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 solverspeople 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

• Chemical
• Electrical Computer
• Mechanical
• Industrial
• And Civil Engineers!

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Civil Engineers

• Structures
• Hydraulics/Hydrology
• Wastewater/Environmental
• Geotechnical
• Transportation

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The Transportation Profession
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transportation or other pictures related to
transportation
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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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most people think that Transportation Engineers
drive trains
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Transportation Engineers
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things that transportation engineers do
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Transportation Engineers
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Transportation Engineers
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Transportation Engineers
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Transportation Engineers
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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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Air
Surface
Pipeline
Water
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Surface Modes
Bicycle
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Transit
Highways Streets
Pedestrian
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Freight

• Truck and railroad
• Key component in the economy
• Provides goods and services

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Photo credit Dan Kuhn, UDOT
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Air

• Dual purpose
• Movement of people and goods
• Creation/expansionof business and industry

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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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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 signalsin the US
• 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
• 90 minutes to travel from Provo to Salt Lake City

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information to match your state
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Transportation in Utah

• Solutions?
• Optimize existing infrastructure
• Construct new facilities
• More widespread use of advanced technology

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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?

• Communications
• Writing
• Problem Solving
• Creativity
• Integrity

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Why Engineering?

• You get to see what you build
• Help the community
• Creativity
• Latest technology
• Travel
• High demand
• Good living

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you have worked on
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New Solutions
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Questions