What is transportation?
Transportation is the movement of people or things from one place to another. But how?
There are different modes of transportation, such as …
- Driving
- Walking
- Cycling
- Using public transit
But how do we make sure they work together? We need…?
- Roads
- Sidewalks
- Cycling Lanes
- Bus Stops
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Traffic Signals
We call these types of Transportation Infrastructure!
There are also new types of transportation modes and infrastructure to support them, such as:
At intersections, these traffic lights can detect traffic jams and extend green lights to improve traffic flow.
Enables you to rent a bike or a car and explore the surrounding area, with the flexibility to return it at the same station or any other nearby station.
Can receive messages from traffic signals, and other cars about traffic jams, accidents, and notifications about closed roads ahead. So, the driver can decide to change their route or continue driving, slowly.
Can travel without the need for the driver to always be in control of the car’s movement (It can drive itself!) These cars use sensors to understand what them is around and know when to brake, when to turn left or right and even when to stop.
They can be plugged in and charged with electricity to operate, just like going to a gas station - but much better for our environment.
Interesting, right!
These new types of transportation modes make moving around so much easier for everyone. Have you ever wondered who designs and builds them and makes sure they are working properly?
Let’s find out....
Use programming languages and coding to build programs that can make cars drive on their own (self-driving cars!) and communicate with one another (connected cars!).
They design traffic lights to make sure cars, buses and people can cross the intersection safely and effectively.
They work together to make sure that all modes and infrastructure are working properly.
Build the parts that make cars move using electricity, such as batteries. They also make our cities cleaner.
Transport passengers from one place to another.
Put all the parts of the car together like the engine, body parts, brakes and steering.
Interesting, right!
They make moving around so much easier for everyone.