994 Search Results for Transportation Systems
One of the principle threats that is found at the internal level of airport security is passengers attempting to smuggle items aboard planes that can function as weapons. In this respect, security measures must include a list of substances that pass Continue Reading...
Technology, Transportation, and Society - Then, Now and the Near Future
Technology, transportation and society are three areas that are interlinked. Technology determines what transportation will exist. The transportation that exists determines how Continue Reading...
Logistics Design Alternatives
Intermodal transportation essentially refers to the process of transporting passengers and cargo by means of multiple, inter-linked transportation modes. It capitalizes on the comparative advantage of the individual mod Continue Reading...
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Having the most profound impact on containerization and cargo-handling operations were the number of huge containerships that came online in the mid-1990s. In order to replace wasteful ships, meet shippers' demands, and maximize loads, larger, Continue Reading...
Evolution of Transportation
Transportation is one of the tools obligatory by civilized man to get order out of disorder. It arrives into each segment and facet of our continuation. Considered as of every point-of-view, economic, political and milita Continue Reading...
Intermodal Transportation
Traditionally, the transport system was un-integrated and highly segmented, with each mode seeking to exploit its safety, reliability, service and cost advantages to the best of its ability so as to increase revenue and ret Continue Reading...
Global Transportation
How containerization has made shipping more cost effective
Containerization is defined as the process where goods are shipped in containers instead of being singularly onto a ship. This implies that a ship is used to carry sev Continue Reading...
Magnetic Levitation Propulsion Systems in North America and Around the World
How Magnetic Levitation Propulsion System Works?
Development of the Maglev Technology
Design Differences in the German and Japanese Maglev Technology
Advantages of Magl Continue Reading...
Describe the Impact of the FAA's National Airspace System Plan (NASP)
The impact of the FAA's National Airspace System Plan is that it is creating a standard procedure that can be used to: provide guidance and support for the air traffic control s Continue Reading...
Despite these constraints, China does in fact have an impressive transportation infrastructure already, and China's rankings relative to the rest of the world in various transportation infrastructure categories is provided in Table 1 below.
Table 1 Continue Reading...
As with the Gallatin Plan, the 1908 Roosevelt vision exercised its influence over the long-term, eventually drawing on new technologies like the regional electric power grid and the automobile superhighway to achieve its ends" (Fishman, 2007). This Continue Reading...
Promoting the Use of Public Transportation
Introduction
Public transportation serves numerous purposes: first, it helps to ease congestion in urban areas by decreasing the number of cars on the road at any given time but especially during busy traffi Continue Reading...
City Promote the Use of Public Transportation?
The Best Way for a City to Promote Public Transportation
Cities can promote public transportation in many ways. However, many cities fail to do so. They put public transportation options on the "back Continue Reading...
demands being placed on the global transportation industry are creating unprecedented requirements for international commerce during a period when peak oil is being approached and the need for more environmentally responsible alternatives has become Continue Reading...
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic review of the relevant literature concerning global transportation and logistics management. While the current trade war with China remains at the forefront of the challenges that are face Continue Reading...
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This discourse explores various land use factors that affect transportation including density, roadway connectivity, mix, regional accessibility, and density. The information derived from this study will be helpful in informing smart grow Continue Reading...
Lastly the development of the railroad as a collective source of the growth of tourism, reshaped the lands surrounding New York city and allowed city and rural dwellers alike to interact and spend leisure time visiting places in the state they had Continue Reading...
The Future of Intermodal TransportationIntroductionThe purpose of this outline is to provide a brief background as well as the respective pros and cons of current proposals to improve future intermodal transportation operations.BackgroundIntermodal t Continue Reading...
Describe how best to filter out the pandering and proselytizing that some politicians and even some public officials engage in (TSA, 2013).
Find the best methods of getting the best feedback from the people that know the tactics and technologies th Continue Reading...
By the time of 10th of February 1937 was again under state ownership.
During 2nd World War, the German Railway played a major role on the tyranny brought forth by Adolf Hitler and the 3rd Reich Nazi.
The end of World war II, the occupation of Germ Continue Reading...
Transportation technology is no exception: the single largest element responsible for the high-output power requirements of internal combustion engines had always been the need to overcome friction. For the same reason, all mechanical means of produ Continue Reading...
National Incident Management System
Theoretical Analysis of National Incident Management System (NIMS)
The Federal Government established the National Incident Management System (NIMS) under the Homeland Security Presidential Directive number 5 in Continue Reading...
Federalism is a political system where power is separated between one central and several different regional governments. The basic idea is to limit the size and influence of the government by dividing the roles / responsibilities of each entity. ("F Continue Reading...
Photovoltaic power system is a type of renewable energy that converts solar energy into solar photovoltaic electricity. Photovoltaic (PV) technology converts energy from the sunlight into the electricity. One of the advantages of the PV technology is Continue Reading...
Transportation System Management and Operations
Data and analyses point to the fact that the U.S. transportation system has reached saturation levels. It has been noted that traffic is becoming ever more congested. Data available suggests that the Continue Reading...
Sea Cargo and Transportation
Maritime Transportation is the main channel of international trade; however, the share of its weight sustained by the sea is difficult to come across. Increase in population, increasing living standards, quick industrial Continue Reading...
SUBJECT: Preliminary Timelines of Events
Light rail systems have become common transportation channels in many cities in the United States over the past few decades. Many cities across the country have adopted light rail systems as a means of regiona Continue Reading...
GIS Client/Server Systems
Geographic Information System (GIS): Overview
Use of GIS Client/Server Systems by U.S. Government Agencies
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Census Bureau
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Department of the Interior Continue Reading...
Individuals could not grow their own food, given the space and land constraints and therefore were dependant upon the city infrastructure to provide it. This then creates additional industry, and the story goes on to build whole insular and expansiv Continue Reading...
The Fordist system is dependent on the mutual interaction of a group of economic and social mechanisms. It is based on four elements firstly, of a particular consumption pattern, influenced by the increasing amounts of consumption of standardized ma Continue Reading...
Introduction: Quality Counts
A well-designed public transportation system is far more likely to lure new users and encourage regular rides than a system that has few routes, which has insufficient frequency, or which is generally not user-friendly. T Continue Reading...
While the Act certainly has international motivations and consequences, most of the acts of compliance and non-compliance are done by Americans and in American waters and on American soil. All reports indicate that the vast majority of the American Continue Reading...
. Provide an overview of the options for bus contracting (may need to talk with others who have already actually done this)The are many options related to the bus contracting. The first option would be to all bus operators to bid for contracts to ope Continue Reading...
Airport Security System
The secure operation of the aviation system across the globe is one of the most significant factors in the security and economic development of the United States. The use of the world's airspace should also be secured becaus Continue Reading...