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The comparison between various mode of transportation are as follows  :-

Parameter  Highways  Railways Airways Waterways 
Investment  small  High  High  High 
Maintenance   small   High   High   High 
Service 

Door to Door

Station to Station  Airport to Airport  Port to port
 Vehicle  Various type can use Only locomotive  only aircraft  only ships 
Comfort  Comfortable for short distance  Comfortable for long distance  Comfortable for long distance  Comfortable for long distance 
Freedom of movement  Complete  Nil Nil Nil
Speed of vehicles  Moderate   Moderate  Fastest   Slowest 
Accidents  More  Less but disastrous Less but disastrous  Less but disastrous 
Availability  To whole community   To whole  community  Restricted  Restricted 
Energy to haul Small 1/4 to 1/6 of that required by road  Highest  Minimum 

 

 

Transportation has developed along three basic mode of transport are :-

  1.  Roadways or Highways
  2.  Railways 
  3.  Waterways 
  4.  Airways 
 

The original Lowry was published in 1964 and since then several important extensions of the original model have been applied to practical planning problems  (Hutchinson 1974) . The Lowry model conceives of the major spatial features of an urban area in terms of three broad sectors of activity therefore employment sectors,  the population serving employment and the household sector. 

 

The movement of people and goods in a city, referred flow, is the joint consequence of land activity and capability of the transportation system to handle this traffic flow exactly like that principle of demand and supply. There is a direct interaction between types and intensity of land use and transportation facilities provided. Land use is one of the prime determinants of movement and activity therfore,  trip generation which needs streets and transport system for movement. 

 

CLOCK RATE--

  • the clock rate or clock speed typically refers to the frequency at which the clock generator of a processor can generate pulses, which are used to synchronize the operations of its components, and is used as an indicator of the processor's speed.
  • It is measured in clock cycles per second or its equivalent, the SI unit hertz (Hz).
  • The clock rate of the first generation of computers was measured in hertz or kilohertz (kHz)

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