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Topic 9 – Transportation and Communications

Topic 9 – Transportation and Communications. A – Transport Networks and Costs B – Transport Systems. A – Transport Networks and Costs. The Function of Transportation Transportation Networks Transportation Costs. 1. Transportation as a Derived Demand. Activity. Working. Vacationing.

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Topic 9 – Transportation and Communications

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  1. Topic 9 – Transportation and Communications A – Transport Networks and Costs B – Transport Systems

  2. A – Transport Networks and Costs The Function of Transportation Transportation Networks Transportation Costs

  3. 1. Transportation as a Derived Demand Activity Working Vacationing Manufacturing Direct Taxi Air travel Touring bus Trucks Containership Commuting Warehousing Indirect Energy Derived Demand

  4. 1. Core Components of Transportation

  5. 1. Operational Differences between Passengers and Freight Transportation Freight Passengers

  6. 2. Centrifugal and Centripetal Networks Centrifugal Centripetal

  7. 3. Distance, Modal Choice and Transport Costs C1 C2 Road C3 Transport costs per unit Rail Maritime D1 D2 Distance

  8. 3. Freight Transport Costs in Dollars per Ton-Mile

  9. Average Haul Length, Domestic Freight in the United States, 1960-2003 (in miles)

  10. Typical Ocean Freight Costs for some Products (Asia – United States or Asia – Europe)

  11. Household Expenditures on Transport, United States, 2005

  12. B – Transport Systems Passenger and Freight Options Transport Modes Telecommunications

  13. 1. Main Passenger Modal Options Air Road Rail Maritime Scheduled Car Intercity Ferry RoRo Taxi HSR Charter High Speed Van/Bus Transit Cruise Motorcycle Subway Commuter Bicycle LRT Walking Monorail

  14. 1. Main Freight Modal Options Air Truck Rail Maritime Inland / Coastal Pipeline Package Package Unit Train Break-bulk River/sea Pipeline Freighter Oil Tow Less than Truckload (LTL) Carload Liquid Bulk Gas Bellyhold Boxcar Tank barge Truckload (TL) RoRo Water Heavy Tank Car Deck barge Dry Van Dry Bulk Flat Car Hopper barge Tank Container Reefer Container Flatbed Hopper Curtainside Gondola Reefer ISO Container Intermodal Hopper Reefer Open Top Flatrack TOFC Chassis Tank Domestic

  15. 2. World Road Network

  16. Length of the Interstate Highway System and of the Chinese Expressway System, 1959-2012 (in km)

  17. 2. World Rail Network and Rail Systems

  18. Rail Track Mileage and Number of Class I Rail Carriers, United States, 1830-2008

  19. 2. Domains of Maritime Circulation

  20. 2. Evolution of Containerships (LOA – Beam – Draft) 6 6 containers across 4 containers high on deck A A 4 Early Containerships (1956-) 137x17x9 8 500 – 800 TEU 4 200x20x9 10 Fully Cellular (1970-) 5 215x20x10 4 containers high below deck 4 1,000 – 2,500 TEU 13 6 B B Panamax (1980-) 250x32x12.5 5 3,000 – 3,400 TEU 13 8 Panamax Max (1985-) 290x32x12.5 3,400 – 4,500 TEU 6 15 9 C C Post Panamax (1988-) 285x40x13 5 4,000 – 5,000 TEU 17 9 Post Panamax Plus (2000-) 300x43x14.5 6,000 – 8,000 TEU 6 D D New Panamax (2014-) 20 10 12,500 TEU 366x49x15.2 6 E E Post New Panamax (2006-) 397x56x15.5 ; 22–10–8 (not shown) 23 15,000 TEU 10 Triple E (2013-) 8 400x59x15.5 18,000 TEU

  21. World Air Travel and World Air Freight Carried, 1950-2011

  22. 2. World’s Major Container Ports, 2010

  23. 2. Passenger Traffic at the World’s Largest Airports, 2010

  24. 2. Latitudinal Intermediacy: COPA Airlines

  25. 2. Freight Traffic at the World’s Largest Airports, 2010

  26. 3. Global Submarine Cable Network

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