Transportation - General

The book is a survey of 40 years of whimsical self-illustrated inventions created by the author as a personal sideline artistic and creative endeavor. The book includes over 400 illustrations of ludicrous, whimsical or marginally-plausible inventions relating to the automobile, as well as to...

A new international maritime order was forged in the early modern age, yet until now histories of the period have dealt almost exclusively with the Atlantic and Indian oceans. Catholic Pirates and Greek Merchants shifts attention to the Mediterranean, providing a major history of...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

Lighthouses are increasingly endangered by modernization and abandonment. Simple steel skeletons are replacing the picturesque, conical towers, squat screwpiles and Cape Cod styles so much a part of America's maritime history.Author: F. Ross HollandISBN-10: 0471143871ISBN-13: 9780471143871Publisher: WileyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/19/1995Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.48lbsSize: 10.22h x...

The Roads of Roman Italy offers a complete re-evaluation of both the evidence and the interpretation of Roman land transport. The book utilises archaeological, epigraphic and literary evidence for Roman communications, drawing on recent approaches to the human landscape developed by geographers. Among the...

Over the past few decades, the world's population has become increasingly concerned about the pollution caused by cars, whilst congestion has slowly brought traffic to a halt in the major cities, and transport planning has become increasingly controversial. Originally published in 1992, during a...

This timely new edition of Kenneth A. Small's seminal textbook Urban Transportation Economics, co-authored with Erik T. Verhoef, has been fully updated, covering new areas such as parking policies, reliability of travel times, and the privatization of transportation services, as well as updated treatments...

Greek-owned shipping has been at the top of the world fleet for the last twenty years. Winner of the 1997 Runciman Award, this richly sourced study traces the development of the Greek tramp fleet from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Gelina Harlaftis...

A foremost authority has written the first comprehensive reference about the U.S. Merchant Marine and American shipping from the introduction of steamships to today's diesel containerships--showing the impact of politics, economics, and technology on maritime history during the last two centuries. Over 500 entries...

Informed Urban Transport Systems examines how information gathered from new technologies can be used for optimal planning and operation in urban settings. Transportation researchers, and those from related disciplines, such as artificial intelligence, energy, applied mathematics, electrical engineering and environmental science will benefit from...

Estimating the Human Cost of Transportation Accidents: Methodologies and Policy Implications discusses the estimation methods needed to determine the monetary value of loss of life and quality of life when evaluating transportation safety programs, policies and projects. In addition, it highlights how to overcome...

Presents the basic concepts in the transportation and traffic operations field. This book contains chapters on "tools", covering topics such as graphical methods, optimization, probability, stochastic processes, statistics and simulation, which are complemented by application chapters on traffic dynamics, control, observation, and scheduled modes.Author:...

This book was written to help folks who are just starting out or are curious about how this whole thing works!!Author: Bruce DangeloISBN-10: 8885055311ISBN-13: 9798885055314Publisher: Fulton BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2022Pages: 62Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.10lbsSize: 6.00h x 4.00w x 0.15d

Mid-flight noncombat mishaps and blunders occur frequently in the USAF during training and utility flights--sometimes with the loss of life and regularly with the destruction of expensive aircraft. In one extreme case, a $2.2 billion B-2 Spirit bomber crashed soon after takeoff and was...

Ward tackles the thorny subject of transport, positing a reasoned anarchist analysis.Author: Colin WardISBN-10: 0900384611ISBN-13: 9780900384615Publisher: Freedom Press (CA)Language: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1991Pages: 112Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 8.36h x 5.78w x 0.29d

The story of the interplay between finance, freeways, and urban form in the 20th century and their enduring impact on American cities and neighborhoods in the 21st. American cities are distinct from almost all others in the degree to which freeways and freeway travel...

Intelligent transportation system (ITS) refers to the integration of advanced data and communication technologies that are used in transportation and traffic management systems. It aims at improving the safety, efficiency and sustainability of transportation networks. ITS aims to enhance the driver's experience and reduce...

Supply and Demand Management in Ride-Sourcing Markets offers a fundamental modeling framework for characterizing ride-sourcing markets by spelling out the complex relationships among key endogenous and exogenous variables in the markets. This book establishes several economic models that can approximate matching frictions between drivers...

Avoid the Massive headaches of managing your business finances by following this effortless approachIt's an exciting time to be part of the trucking industry--hauling over 80% of the country's total cargo, and projected to continue its strong performance in the years to come.As a...

Transportation engineering is a field of engineering which applies the principles of science and technology to the planning, design, operation and management of the different modes of transportation. This includes safe, rapid, efficient, economical and environmentally compatible transit of goods and passengers. It encompasses...

Sustainable transportation is a significant feature of sustainable development. It makes use of renewable energy that is sustainable and has low impact on the health of humans and ecosystems. Sustainable transportation is commonly known as green transportation. It is affordable, allows basic access and...

The movement of goods and services is vital for sustaining the economy and people's quality of life. The effective study, planning, analysis and design of freight and logistics is key to providing sustainable freight transport systems in both urban and rural areas within countries,...

It's 1923 in East Anglia and the small rural branch line to Crabbtree is under attack. Passengers and freight have vanished, and road haulage blokes are killing the railways. Close the branch. Rip up the tracks and abandon all station buildings. The youngest station...

The Early seventeenth-century port books for Londonderry, Coleraine, Carrickfergus and the Lecale ports are an underrated source which have been underutilised by historians of the early seventeenth century. As Robert Hunter himself highlighted, they can be used to establish the character of the merchant...

Sustainable Mass Transit: Challenges and Opportunities in Urban Public Transportation, Second Edition highlights the many sustainability solutions and alternatives to fossil fuel usage including renewable energy and efficiency in mass transit, as well as the conservation of materials, water, and air and the overall...

Enjoy this collection of 24 detailed illustrations featuring America's most iconic sports car.Author: Bradyn TerrellISBN-10: 8357806163ISBN-13: 9798357806161Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/12/2022Pages: 50Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.10d

The standard guide to the Franch canals and navigable rivers includes maps and distant tables for each waterway.Author: David Edwards-MayISBN-10: 1846230144ISBN-13: 9781846230141Publisher: Editions A. BarthelemyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/02/2010Pages: 250Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.85lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.40w x 0.90d

In 1945 when World War II ended, a new type of warfare began. this book follows the development of the submarine from the Cold War onwards, with key information about the world's modern submarines, and is an essential reference book for anyone interested in...

Osprey's examination of the PV Ventura/Harpoon Units and of their participation in World War II (1939-1945). A development of the successful Lockheed 'medium twins' of the late 1930s, the PV Ventura/Harpoon family of patrol bombers saw widespread service with both the US Navy/Marine Corps...

**Endorsements: ** 'Fascinating and meticulously researched.' The Spectator 'The connection between weapons and industrial design is strong at Porsche. This is the subject of an engrossing new book, Professor Porsche's Wars.' Stephen Bayley, Octane 'Ludvigsen approaches the legend from a new and surprisingly rich...

List of chapters1 The first transportation engineering course [maps chapters with FE Exam topics, ABET student outcomes]2Transportation & transportation systems [includes USDOT, state DOT structures, Hwy Trust Fund, UTC, ITE, TRB]3Transportation statistics [reviews transportation systems of different modes at the national level]4Traffic descriptors and...

Hints and tips, plus a listing of some of his designs from Henry Greenly, a well known writer on, and designer of, model and miniature steam locomotives and engineering subjects. This is a reprint of the last edition of this work, and was edited...

In Warning: Driving May be Hazardous to Black Health political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson examines why many brand driving accidents a public health peril because they pose a greater danger to Blacks and minorities. He details the tortured history of the fight by traffic...

When Peter Hill, a student at Dundee College of Art, answered an advert in The Scotsman seeking lighthouse keepers, little did he imagine that within a month he would be living with three men he didn't know in a lighthouse on Pladda, a small...

The heavy dependency on private cars has shaped the design of cities. While offering fast, comfortable, and convenient commutes, cars have become the most popular method of transportation, but are also a health crisis due to the toxic emissions they release into the atmosphere...

Are you bored with the normal composition books you can get? Show off your style and break away from the boring. Your school supplies should look fantastic with creative designs like this beautiful air balloon themed note book featuring a blue and red air...

This book will bring a state of the art overview of the research done in sustainable logistics. It will be structured along the four A's of sustainable logistics: awareness, avoidance, acting and shifting goods, and anticipation of new technologies.Author: Cathy MacharisISBN-10: 1784410624ISBN-13: 9781784410629Publisher: Emerald...

FULL COLOR publication, incorporating 2011 addendum chapter on human factors . The "Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook-General" was developed as one of a series of three handbooks for persons preparing for mechanic certification with airframe or powerplant ratings, or both. It is intended that this...

Dance is more than an aesthetic of life - dance embodies life. This is evident from the social history of jive, the marketing of trans-national ballet, ritual healing dances in Italy or folk dances performed for tourists in Mexico, Panama and Canada. Dance often...

First published in 1999 as volume 14 in the NASA "Monograph in Aerospace History" series. This study contains photographs and illustrations.Author: John M. Logsdon, Nasa History DivisionISBN-10: 1780393199ISBN-13: 9781780393193Publisher: www.Militarybookshop.Co.UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2011Pages: 54Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.11d

First published in 1998 as volume 8 in the NASA "Monograph in Aerospace History" series. This study contains photographs and illustrations.Author: John M. Logsdon, Nasa History DivisionISBN-10: 1780393164ISBN-13: 9781780393162Publisher: www.Militarybookshop.Co.UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2011Pages: 88Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.18d

Is an aviation term that depicts this book's Critical Insight into Aviation's dangers and lessons learned. Remote living becomes dependent upon astuteness, safety, and ingenuity. Although Northern Bush Flying is the primary subject of this fast paced book, associated living among the aboriginal First...

This book is a step-by- step guide from deal done by an Oil and Gas Physical trader until delivery to the buyer. Explanations provided are illustrated by example from day -to -day oil and gas trading market activity in practise in order to get...

The M939 series truck is a 5 ton (10,000 pound) 6x6 US Military truck that was developed to replace the M39 and M809 series of trucks. It is capable of carrying it's design load over all terrain and in all weather. A number of...

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Drawn from the very best of the Flying magazine column -- the publication's most popular since its inception...

In 1938 the U.S. Government took under its wing an infant airline industry. Government agencies assumed responsibility not only for airline safety but for setting fares and determining how individual markets would be served. Forty years later, the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 set...

Transit services in the United States are in trouble. Ridership has dwindled, productivity has declined, and operating deficits have widened. The traditional approaches to running transit systems--government planning or operation of bus and rail services, government subsidization of private operations, heavy regulation of all...

"This comprehensive survey of transportation economic policy pays homage to a classic work, Techniques of Transportation Planning, by renowned transportation scholar John R. Meyer. With contributions from leading economists in the field, it includes added emphasis on policy developments and analysis. The book covers...