CEE Areas of Specialization

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CEE Areas of Specialization

• Construction• Environmental• Geotechnical• Structures• Transportation• Water Resources

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Security

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Reliability

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Transportation Engineering

• The science of safe and efficient movement of people and goods

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Transportation Cost

• Total Government Revenues (2001) $125 Billion

• Total Government Expenditures (2001)

$183 Billion

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2006

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Financing TransportationHighway Transit Air

Total Revenues $ 86.1 $ 13.3 $ 21.9 Highway Trust Fund

$ 26.9 $ 4.6 -

Airport and Airways Trust Fund

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State $ 52.6 $ 1.6 $ 0.9 Local $ 6.6 $ 7.2 $ 10.9

(2001 Data - Billions of Dollars)


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Environmental Cost• Transportation

contributes about 15-25% of US GHG emissions

• Approximately 40% of PM10 emissions in Seattle

• 50-60% NOx emissions

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If you build it….

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They will come….

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• Have you been to Vancouver for the weekend?

• What is the longest commute distance in the room?

Elasticity of demand

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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


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Passengers Boarded (2005)

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Atlanta (Hartsfield)

41,633,082

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Chicago (O’Hare)

33,762,185

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Dallas/Ft. Worth 27,713,052

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Los Angeles 22,966,430

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Las Vegas 20,704,972

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Denver 20,206,057

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Phoenix 20,077,766

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Houston 18,185,215

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Minneapolis 17,824,111

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Detroit 17,363,929

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SeaTac 13,963,919


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Rail Transportation (2004)

• Class 1 Railroads: 7• All Railroads: 556 • Class 1 Freight Cars: 473,773• Class 1 Locomotives: 22,015


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Sea Transportation (2004)

• Marine Vessel Operators: 798• Self-Propelled Vessels:

8,994• Non Self-Propelled Vessels:

31,296• Recreational Boats: 12,781,476


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Top U.S. Ports by Tonnage (2004) 1. South Louisiana,

LA124.2 million tons

2. Houston, TX 102.0 million tons

3. New York, NY and NJ

152.4 million tons

4. Beaumont, TX 91.7 million tons

5. Long Beach, CA 79.7 million tons

6. Corpus Christi, TX 78.9 million tons

7. New Orleans, LA 78.1 million tons

8. Huntington, WV-KY-OH

77.3 million tons

30. Tacoma, WA 26.3 million tons

37. Seattle, WA 23.5 million tons

43. Anacortes, WA 16.3 million tons


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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


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Road Use Growth


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Highway Vehicle Trends

From FHWA, Highway Statistics Series

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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%


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Measures of Congestion (2003)

Rank Urban Area Travel Time Index 1. Los Angeles, CA 1.75 2. Chicago, IL 1.57 3. S.F. – Oakland,

CA1.54

4. Washington, D.C. 1.51 5. Atlanta, GA 1.46 6. Houston, TX 1.42 7. Miami, FL 1.42 11. Seattle – Everett,

WA1.38

From the Texas Transportation Institute

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Transport Growth in Selected Developing Countries

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Changing business practices• Outsourcing of supply• Internet commerce• Tighter management of the supply

chain• Inventory risk pooling, warehouse

consolidation• Success of very large importers• Just in time operation• Productivity improvements

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1950s Plan for Seattle freeways

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Infrastructure development is not the only answer

congestion

Provide more infrastructure

Ease congestion, allow for higher speeds, encourage more driving

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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

• Design a transportation system that is sustainable

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Intelligent Transportation Systems• Our ability to do this has developed

dramatically with electronic sensors and communication– Quantify congestion and compare

congestion costs to rationalize investment– Use cost to distribute capacity rather than

delay– Automatically detect and avoid dangers– Improve security– Operate more efficiently

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