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CE 141 Transportation Engineering ITransportation History

Development of Transportation: Cultural advances new ideas travel

transportation: a cyclic process

Cultural interaction is based on passengertransportation

Natural Transportation:a) Location of citiesb) Water transport: the cheapest and easiest

way for man to movec) Major cities built very near bodies of water

Military Activities Paving the Way toTransportation Development

a) Roman highway: Appian Way movingtroops

b) Russia: Trans-Siberian Railroad control ofSiberia and its eastern province; used as aninstrument of expansion against parts ofChina

c) England controlled by the huge subcontinent

of India by owning and controlling railroadsprimarily for political and military purposes*(passenger transportation) rather thaneconomic purposes (freight)

d) Use of elephant by Hannibal to assault thebackdoor of Rome

e) Genghis Khan conquering huge areas of Asia

on horseback

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Traffic Signal History 1868 the first signal (Great Britain) 1918 manually operated control with 3 color

signals (New York, USA) 1926 first automatic traffic signal (Great Britain) 1930 first traffic actuated signal was used 1982 computer controlled traffic signal system in

Metro Manila became operational; Phase I covered118 intersections within the City of Manila, and 8within the R-10 project area.

1984 8 signalized intersections along QuezonAvenue were integrated into Phase I 1985 start of Phase II covering additional 170

intersections up to and beyond EDSA. 1990s SCATS system was adapted in Metro

Cebu and Metro Manila

The Genesis of Urban Mass Transportation:The Age of Omnibus

1662: Pascal starts to operate a horse-drawnwagon line carrying passengers in Paris.

Serviced the public for free, became popular butfell when fare was finally charged forcing Pascalto quit the transportation business.

18th Century: Industrial revolution separationof home and work places. High travel demandmade the now familiar peak hour trip.

1750: Suburbs attract upper middle classLondon merchants who can afford horses and acarriage.

Religious revival urging to go out away from the

dirt and noise of a city.

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1800: Predominant land based mode stillwalking.

Strong flow of city to suburb transfer.

1829: Intro of Omnibus - an 18 to 20-seaterhorse drawn wagon.

TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IN THE

PHILIPPINES

a. Spanish Period (1570-1898)

General: Spanish style urban development: a church and a

plaza mayor

Construction of a castle city called Intramuros asresidential district of the Spaniards. Total land areais 0.6 km2.

Public Transport: Before 1850: most Manileo travels on foot,

perhaps hitched ride in private owned horse orcarabao drawn cart.

1850: Four types of horse drawn vehicles for hire:

the carromata, the quiles, the calesa and thecarruaje.

1880: The Compania de los Tranvias de Filipinaslaunched a tranvia- a single horse rawn tramcar, 12-seater, permanent ways.

1892: Four horse-drawn lines plied Intramuros andthe extramuros routes to Malate, Sampaloc and

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Tondo; one steam-powered line ran from Binondo toMalabon.

1898: Ten tranvias were operating in the network;

Philippine Revolution.

b. American Period (1898-1946)

General: Urban development supported by development of

roads by the colonizing government.

Development of transport network and housing bythe private sector.

Basic form of road network.

First Master Plan of Metro Manila made by Chicago-based urban planners Daniel Burnham and PiereAnderson.

1933: the transfer of capital city from Manila to

Quezon City was decided and planning was done. Plan did not materialize due to the outbreak of

World War II.

Public Transport: 1903: Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company

purchased the streetcar franchise. Converted thesystem into electric rail. First class fare at 6centavos.

1905 April 11: Full commercialization of a fullyelectric tranvia system. Toatal of 30 km length oftrack between Sta.Ana and Port of Manila.Introduction of first and second class (12 and 10cents respectively), based on sitting arrangement.Carried 10.5 million passengers.

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1973: A transport study conducted by OverseasTechnical Cooperation Agency of Japan proposed aMetro Manila wide transportation system, which

includes subway system from U.P. Diliman toManila International Airport area.

1974: Government was considering putting intoservice a mass transit system for Metro Manila.

1984: LRT Line 1 becomes operational

1999: Metro Manila Urban TransportationIntegration Study (MMUTIS) is completed

2000: EDSA MRT (Line 3) becomes operational 2003: Line 2 becomes operational