TRANSPO - LONG QUIZ

Topic 1 - Topic 5

Planning for safe, efficient, accessible, and sustainable movement of people and goods

Why is transportation planning important?

transportation planning

A systematic process of identifying transportation needs

transportation planning

Studies the present system and forecasts future demand

transportation planning

Develops and compares possible solutions

transportation planning

Guides transportation policies, programs, and projects

transportation planning

Covers roads, public transport, railways, walking, cycling, ports, airports, and freight

• Anticipates future transportation demand

• Improves and reduces efficiency congestion

• Protects life and improves road safety

• Supports economic growth and productivity

• Accessibility and social equity

• Environmental protection and public health

• Protects the environment and guides land use

• Promotes responsible spending and resilience

• Disaster resilience and emergency preparedness

• Public participation and continuous monitoring

key goals or functions of Transportation Planning (taas kaayo ni feel nako mga 2-3 lang eh memorize)

Anticipates future transportation demand

What goal of transportation planning involves studying population growth, forecasting traffic volumes, and identifying capacity problems before they become severe? This planning also allows short, medium, and long-term preparation

Improves and reduces efficiency congestion

What goal of transportation planning is achieved when it balances transportation demand and capacity; reduces traffic congestion, queues, and delays; identifies causes of transportation problems; improves intersections and traffic management; and uses existing transportation facilities efficiently?

Protects life and improves road safety

What objective of transportation planning focuses on identifying high-risk roads and intersections; protecting pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists; providing safe road geometry and appropriate speeds; improving emergency access; and reducing crashes, injuries, and fatalities?

1.16 million

The WHO reports that ________ people die from road crashes every year.

WHO

Which organization promoted a Safe System Approach?

Supports economic growth and productivity

What goal of transportation planning is achieved when reliable transportation ensures that workers experience fewer delays, businesses can deliver goods on time, logistics and operating costs decrease, markets become more accessible, and new locations become attractive for investment?

Accessibility and social equity

Good transportation planning should make mobility available, safe, and accessible to everyone.

Environmental protection and public health

This transportation planning goal has a good transportation planning helps protect both the environment and the people who depend on it.

Accessibility and social equity

What objective of transportation planning focuses on connecting people to opportunity, serving those without private vehicles, considering vulnerable groups, and promoting affordable, universal mobility?

Environmental protection and public health

What aspect of transportation planning aims to reduce emissions and fuel consumption, coordinate transportation with land use, support public health, and build compact, livable communities?

Protects the environment and guides land use

What goal of transportation planning is achieved when it reduces fuel consumption and harmful emissions; encourages public and active transportation; considers noise, air pollution, and ecological impacts; coordinates transportation with land-use development; and supports connected and livable communities?

Promotes responsible spending and resilience

What goal of transportation planning involves investment practices that prioritize projects with the greatest benefit, focus on long-term public investment, and avoid unnecessary infrastructure?

Promotes responsible spending and resilience

What goal of transportation planning focuses on resilience by considering natural disasters, providing alternative routes and reliable networks, maintaining access during emergencies, and supporting relief operations?

Disaster resilience and emergency preparedness

What aspect of transportation planning focuses on preparation by identifying hazards (floods, earthquakes, landslides, typhoons); assessing vulnerable roads, bridges, and transport facilities; and preparing emergency and evacuation plans?

Disaster resilience and emergency preparedness

What aspect of transportation planning emphasizes maintaining connectivity by providing alternative or redundant routes; keeping critical routes accessible during emergencies; and prioritizing links to hospitals, evacuation centers, and supply areas?

Disaster resilience and emergency preparedness

What aspect of transportation planning involves recovery efforts such as conducting rapid damage assessments; restoring damaged infrastructure quickly; and designing facilities for faster recovery?

• Identify hazards

• Assess vulnerable roads, bridges & transport facilities

• Prepare emergency and evacuation plans

Enumerate the three key actions taken to Prepare for disaster resilience and emergency preparedness in transportation planning.

• Provide alternative/redundant routes

• Keep critical routes accessible during emergencies

• Prioritize links to hospitals, evacuation centers and supply areas

What are the three ways transportation planning helps Maintain Connectivity for disaster resilience and emergency preparedness? (atleast 1 lang)

• Rapid damage assessment

• Restore damaged infrastructure quickly

• Design facilities for faster recovery

List the three steps involved in the Recover phase of disaster resilience and emergency preparedness.

Public participation and continuous monitoring

What step of transportation planning involves involving residents and businesses; gathering local needs through meetings and surveys; building transparency; tracking traffic, safety, and accessibility; monitoring infrastructure condition; and comparing actual performance with planned goals?

• Increasing residential and commercial development

• Limited road capacity

• Uncoordinated public transport routes

• Unsafe pedestrian conditions

• Flood-prone roads

• Traffic concentrated at major intersections

Enumerate the six "Possible Problems" associated with transportation in rapidly growing areas like Metro Cebu.

Severe traffic congestion

What is the possible result of poor transportation planning when roads and development are not coordinated?

Inadequate transportation facilities

What is the consequence when future transportation demand is ignored during the planning process?

Greater inconvenience and crash risk

What is the possible result when public transport, pedestrians, and cyclists are overlooked in transportation planning?

Waste of public funds

What is the consequence of poor transportation planning when projects are selected without proper evaluation?

Damage and disruption during emergencies

What is the possible result when environmental and disaster risks are ignored in transportation planning?

Alternative 1

Which alternative route involves bypassing the town and constructing a new bridge, featuring 2 lanes that are each 12-ft wide with 8-ft shoulders?

Alternative 2

Which alternative route focuses on reconstructing the old road with improved horizontal and vertical alignments, also featuring 2 lanes that are each 12-ft wide with 8-ft shoulders?

Alternative 3

Which alternative route merges with U.S. 1 and uses the currently constructed bridge, while maintaining the 2 lanes (each 12-ft wide) with 8-ft shoulders?

Alternative 4

Which alternative route is designed to bypass the town while merging with U.S. 1 and using the currently constructed bridge?

1. Situation definition

2. Problem definition

3. Search for solutions

4. Analysis of performance

5. Evaluation of alternatives

6. Choice of project

7. Specification and construction

Elements of Transportation Planning (in order)

Transportation Planning

is a continuous process used to understand transportation needs and develop appropriate improvement

Situation definition

What step in the transportation planning process involves understanding the existing situation, reviewing previous studies, and defining the scope of the affected area?

Five (5)

Including the "Null alternative," what is the total number of route alternatives generated and evaluated in the rural road relocation study?

Benefit-Cost Ratio

BCR Meaning

Simple Projects

In a project selection framework, what type of projects rely on a single criterion, such as minimum cost, to pick an option?

Complex Projects

What type of projects require evaluating multi-factor trade-offs, decisionmaker perceptions, public hearings, and bond referendums?

Eliminate Personal Bias

Under professional ethics, what must engineers eliminate to avoid prematurely discarding viable choices?

Professional Duty

Provide a complete, objective evaluation of every feasible alternative so decisionmakers can make informed choices.

Specification and Construction

What is the final phase of transportation planning that involves finalizing detailed engineering blueprints, contractor bidding, and building the facility?

Alternative 3

Which alternative is considered the "Cost Baseline" because it is the lowest cost option delivering essential travel time and safety improvements, serving as the primary financial benchmark?

Alternative 1

Which alternative is the recommended top choice if extra funds exist, as it costs less than Alternative 4 and matches or exceeds Alternative 3 across all community impact criteria?

Alternative 4

Which alternative was disqualified because it requires a higher budget without offering proportional added benefits?

Continuing (CON)

Comprehensive (COM)

Cooperative (COO)

Enumerate the 3’C Process

3’C Process

Established by the US Federal Aid Highway Act of 1962

3’C Process

Required for all urbanized areas with populations of 50,000 or more

Policy Committee

What organization acts as the primary decision-making and voting body, establishes overall regional transportation policy, and approves final funding and major plans?

• Elected/Appointed Officials

• Representatives of Governing Bodies or Agencies

Who are the members under the Policy Committee?

Technical Committee

What group is responsible for providing professional expertise, reviewing projects for accuracy and feasibility, and carrying out the technical work of transportation planning?

• Highway Engineers

• Transit Engineers

• Traffic Engineers

• Land-use planning specialists

• Economists

• Computer modeling specialists

Who are the members under the Technical Committee? (atleast 2-3 lang)

Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)

What permanent, ongoing transportation policy-making organization is made up of representatives from local government and transportation authorities, and is ultimately responsible for approving plans?

Citizen’s Advisory Committee

interact with permanent planning entities, primarily the Metropolitan Planning Organization.

Citizen’s Advisory Committee

Which committee facilitates open dialogue between policymakers, technical staff, and the community to ensure the final plan reflects real community goals and interests?

• Land Transportation Office (LTO)

• Department of Transportation

• Land Transportation Franchising & Regulatory Board (LTFRB)

Enumerate three examples of transportation planning institutions

Transportation Planning Process

An overview of planning scopes, public engagement, regulatory governance, and financial constraint mandates

Planning Study Types

Encompasses 20-year long-range master plans, targeted transit corridor studies, localized bottleneck solutions, and statewide transportation frameworks.

Structure Public Involvement

Mandates continuous public outreach through formal public hearings, community surveys, and meetings with appointed citizen advisory committees

Transportation Programming Process

The process of matching recommended transportation projects with the funds available over a specific period of time.

Financial Constraint Mandate (or Revenue-Constrained Program)

What rule or mandate dictates that all recommended capital projects over a 20-year horizon must not exceed forecasted future revenues?

Preliminary Engineering and Right of Way Process

This process is needed to ensure the project is feasible, environmentally responsible, and acceptable to the public before construction.  

• Advertising

• Soliciting Bids

• Construction

Enumerate the Construction Process

• Refine design

• Evaluate environmental impacts

• Consider public concerns & modifications

Enumerate the three main activities conducted during the Preliminary Engineering phase.

Urban Transportation Planning

Involves evaluating and selecting highway or transit facilities to serve both present and future land uses.

transportation planning

helps rapidly growing cities manage traffic, population growth, and increasing travel demand. Without it, cities may face severe congestion, inadequate transportation systems, and longer travel times.

Transportation Improvement Program

What does the acronym TIP stand for?

Short-term Time Horizon

What type of planning involves projects that can be implemented within a 1-3 year period to improve existing facilities through better management and efficiency?

Long-term Time Horizon

What type of planning assess the long-term transportation needs, identifying projects to be developed over a 20-year period, such as new highways, freeway lanes, rapid transit systems, and access roads to major hubs like airports?

Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

is a list of projects that the MPO plans to carry out in the next three or more years, with funding already available for them

• Department of Transportation (DOTr)

• Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)

In a local decision-making setting, which two Philippine departments coordinate to evaluate projects based on transportation needs, priority, and available funds?

• Data Gathering (Inventory)

• Identifying Goals and Objectives 

• Generation of Alternatives 

• Planning-Level Cost Estimation 

• Forecasting 

• Evaluation of Alternatives & Environmental Impacts 

• Choice of Project & Defining the Study Area

Enumerate the Planning Process

Planning

is a continuous process. It starts by setting goals, assessing existing conditions, analyzing the current system, and forecasting future needs.

Traffic analysis zones (TAZ)

During the data gathering phase, what specific geographic units do planners use to describe urban travel characteristics?

Main Idea

Once data is collected, planners prepare a statement of goals to identify existing deficiencies and define what the new improvements should achieve.

Goal

is the broad direction or overall purpose of the project

Objectives

explain how you will achieve the goal. They should ideally be measurable.

Generation of Alternatives

In this phase of the urban transportation planning process, the planners identify the different alternatives to be analyzed and consider the travel effects of different land-use plans and lifestyle scenarios.

Planning-Level Cost Estimation

exists to give transportation agencies a quick, reasonably reliable cost figure for a project when detailed design data isn't available yet.

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

CPI meaning

Consumer Price Index

represents overall consumer inflation across economic sectors

Demand estimation

forecasts the amount of travel expected in the future.

• Trip Generation

• Trip Distribution

• Modal Split

• Network Assignment

Enumerate the four stages of the Four-Step Process used for forecasting future travel and demand estimation.

Trip Generation

In the four-step process for demand estimation, which step estimates the number of trips produced by and attracted to each zone?

Trip Distribution

In the four-step process for demand estimation, which step estimates how trips connect origins and destinations?

Modal Split

In the four-step process for demand estimation, this step determines the transportation modes used for the estimated trips.

Network Assignment

In the four-step process for demand estimation, this step determines the routes taken through the transportation network.

Environmental Impacts and Review

considers air quality, noise, water quality, wetlands, historic sites, and community effects.

Categorical Exclusion (CE)

What environmental review category is applied to qualifying projects that generally do not require further detailed analysis?

Environmental Assessment (EA)

Determines whether a full environmental study is needed

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

Which review category provides a detailed analysis of environmental effects?

• similar characteristics.

• minimize trips within the zone

• use existing boundaries

• avoid overlapping zones

• keep zones reasonably balanced

• avoid too many zones

Enumerate at least two criteria used when dividing a study area into Traffic Analysis Zones.

Travel forecasting

is the process of predicting future travel demand based on existing data and conditions.

• Data Collection

• Analysis of Existing Conditions

• Forecast of Future Travel Demand

• Analysis of Results

Four Basic Elements of Travel Forecasting

Urban Transportation Forecasting Process

A technical process used in urban transportation planning that helps analyze and compare different transportation alternatives