Trl2601 2021 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

TRL2601 Study Unit 1 1. WHAT IS TRANSPORT?  It is the displacing of people or goods over a distance and time regardless of the method by which this movement is effected.  We cannot live without transport as it provides us with mobility and enables movement. 2. DISCUSS THE ECONOMIC MEANING OF TRANSPORT / UTILITY OF TRANSPORT / WRITE A BRIEF NOTE ON THE PART THAT TRANSPORT PLAYS IN INCREASING UTILITY OF GOODS  Utility is the capacity of a commodity to satisfy human wants.  Tra...

TRL2601  Home Study Unit 1- Conceptual Framework Definition of Transport The main function of transport is to move/displace passengers and freight from where they are to where they would like to be or are needed. The most important element in any definition of transport is movement: displacing people and/or goods over distance (space) and time, regardless of the method (technical means) by which this movement is affected. Sustainable Transport Sustainable transport is a system that h...