2. Transportation Technology Transportation Defined C. Stemmler 2 Transportation Defined--BBT

3. General Definition  Transportation Technology is defined as any technology that is used to transport people and/or products within a society. zAll transportation can be divided into divisions or categories.

4. Categories of Transportation  Atmospheric (air)  Marine (sea)  Space  Terrestrial (land)

5. Air Transportation  Atmospheric or air transportation is concerned with vehicles that operate primarily in the earth’s atmosphere.  Lighter-than-air: Good- Year Blimp, hot-air balloons  Heavier-than-air: Passenger planes, military aircraft.  Classified as:

6. Marine Transportation  Marine transportation is transportation by water.  Inland waterways: Canals, rivers, lakes, coastal water; ferries, canoes, sailboards, motor boats, personal watercraft.  Transoceanic maritime travel : barges, freighters, cruise ships, aircraft carriers, submersibles.  Sub-divided into different modes:

7. Space Transportation  Space transportation is defined as any form of transportation that reaches beyond the atmosphere surrounding the earth.  Unmanned: Satellites (communication), space probe (Mars mission), missiles (ballistic).  Manned: Vehicular units (Apollo 13), Shuttle units (Endeavour orbiter), space station  Sub-divided into different modes:

8. Land Transportation  Land (or Terrestrial) transportation is defined as any transportation that is used on or under land to transport people and products/goods.  People (see next slide).  Goods: (see following slide).  Sub-divided into different modes:

9. Land Transportation continued  People modes - are divided into random and fixed routes.  Random Route: Car & small truck, Bus, Four-Wheeler, Snowmobile, Bicycle, etc.  Fixed Route: Railway, Subway, Elevator, moving sidewalk, etc.

10. Land Transportation continued  Goods mode - are divided into vehicular systems and stationary systems.  Vehicular system: Railways, Truck/Tractor, cranes, etc.  Stationary systems: Pipelines, conveyors, etc.