Transportation - General

70 per cent of the planet is covered by water, and 90 per cent of global economic trade is transported by sea. The world's seas and oceans are big business. Based on gross marine product, the ocean can be considered the world's seventh-largest economy,...

Warehousing and Transportation Logistics offers an overview of transport, warehousing and assembly logistics, including order picking, packaging, handling and management. The key focus is on the management techniques in transport and warehousing and the logistics-focused perspective runs throughout the entire book. The author examines...

This book is intended to describe with analytical rigor the concept of distributed networked operations, which is a refinement of what have popularly been called 'network centric operations." Distributed networked operations envision combat being conducted by large numbers of diverse and small units-rather than...

"This edition features four significant content enhancements; a new chapter on modelling for private sector projects; a new chapter on activity-based modelling;"--Provided by publisher.Author: Juan de Dios Ort偂ar, Luis G. WillumsenISBN-10: 0470760397ISBN-13: 9780470760390Publisher: WileyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/17/2011Pages: 608Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.53lbsSize: 10.01h x 6.80w x 1.45dReview...

Transport Justice develops a new paradigm for transportation planning based on principles of justice. Author Karel Martens starts from the observation that for the last fifty years the focus of transportation planning and policy has been on the performance of the transport system and...

This book is a blueprint for developing an integrated parking plan. It explains how to determine parking supply and affect parking demand, as well as how to calculate parking facility costs. It also offers information about shared parking, parking maximums, financial incentives, tax reform,...

This third edition of the late R.J. Salter's successful book has been revised and updated by N.B. Hounsell. Part I covers transportation planning, incorporating new methodological approaches and models. Part II covers highway traffic analysis and design, including updated sections on link and junction...

Maritime Transport and Regional Sustainability is a critical examination on how the maritime transport sector helps regions to achieve their sustainability goals, especially focusing on the challenges posed by climate change. This book analyzes maritime transport from multiple perspectives, establishing a strong theoretical framework...

Livable Streets 2.0 offers a thorough examination of the struggle between automobiles, residents, pedestrians and other users of streets, along with evidence-based, practical strategies for redesigning city street networks that support urban livability. In 1981, when Donald Appleyard's Livable Streets was published, it was...

Green Ports: Inland and Seaside Sustainable Transportation Strategies presents the first book to exclusively focus on this important topic that is usually only covered in brief chapters or journal articles that are too theoretical, fragmented or regionally-focused. This book comprehensively and systematically examines the...

Between these covers is the essence of centuries of seafaring experience, distilled into a concise, alphabetically organized reference for sailors and powerboaters. You'll find rules of thumb for hull thickness, bottom paint coverage, estimating distances, when to hoist and lower flags, predicting weather, which...

Business Aviation Leadership: From the Traits to the Trenches (2nd Edition) is an updated version of Dr. Chris Broyhill's groundbreaking examination of business aviation leadership from an established leader, researcher, and expert in the industry. Using his 2019 research on the impact of leadership...

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted,...

Better urban transport systems and the need for a healthier environment are continuous requirements that create a fertile atmosphere for original ideas, innovative approaches and applications of advanced technologies, their tests and evaluations in practice. Moreover, there is a growing need for integration with...

How Cities Learn traces the circulation of bus rapid transit (BRT) to understand how and why it was widely adopted in South Africa. Investigates the global proliferation and localization of BRT Examines the production and distribution of transportation knowledge in the global south Addresses...

The transportation of hazardous materials is vital to our modern world. Thanks to hazmat, we have modern medicine, a robust food supply, technological advances like microchips, cleaning products to kill bacteria and viruses that can make us sick, and so much more.As Environmental, Health,...

Big Data and Mobility as a Service explores MaaS platforms that can be adaptable to the ever-evolving mobility environment. It looks at multi-mode urban crowd data to assess urban mobility characteristics, their shared transportation potential, and their performance conditions and constraints. The book analyzes...

This coloring book includes superb high quality images of School Bus designed to entertain and enjoy and engage. Featuring a variety of illustrations that are ready to color, this coloring book is sure to satisfy anyone who likes to color.Feature: 29 Coloring pages Unique...

Cómo se resolvieron los 200 casos más conocidos de litigio en el comercio internacional y el transporte marítimo. Cada caso se presenta en inglés con una descripción de los hechos que dieron lugar al litigio y una síntesis de la sentencia que los resolvió....

Over 60,000 drivers are killed each year in auto accidents. Thousands more are injured, costing our nation billions of dollars!Teenage drivers alone were responsible for over 14,000 fatal crashes in the past 5 years!This Teen Driving strategy details all the critical lessons that need...

Over 60,000 drivers are killed each year in auto accidents. Thousands more are injured, costing our nation billions of dollars!Teenage drivers alone were responsible for over 14,000 fatal crashes in the past 5 years!This Teen Driving strategy details all the critical lessons that need...

Many of you would be wondering how to drive a car safely and efficiently. In fact. there are many who know how to drive a manual car but aren't comfortable behind the wheel of an automatic one. Even vice versa holds true. However, it...

Right after you pass your test, you have a card that says you know how to drive. You might feel totally confident or you might feel a bit nervous, but while that card means you're a qualified driver, it doesn't mean you're a good...

Many of you would be wondering how to drive a car safely and efficiently. In fact. there are many who know how to drive a manual car but aren't comfortable behind the wheel of an automatic one. Even vice versa holds true. However, it...

Port Planning and Management Simulation examines port planning simulation applications, showing how they supports better port decision-making. Using a clear organizational format based on actual port system structure and operation processes, the book provides practical and theoretical insights on port planning and management. The...

Autonomous Vehicles: Technologies, Regulations, and Societal Impacts explores both the autonomous driving concepts and the key hardware and software enablers, Artificial intelligence tools, needed infrastructure, communication protocols, and interaction with non-autonomous vehicles. It analyses the impacts of autonomous driving using a scenario-based approach to...

Lighthouses of the Southern States is the classic guide to the most significant lighthouses in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. Through stirring historic accounts and stunning color and archival photographs, the stories of more than thirty-five lighthouses come alive in vivid detail. Each light--from...

With the recent advancements and implementations of technology within the global community, various regions of the world have begun to transform. The idea of smart transportation and mobility is a specific field that has been implemented among countless areas around the world that are...

Recent research reveals that socioeconomic factors of the neighborhoods where road users live and where pedestrian-vehicle crashes occur are important in determining the severity of the crashes, with the former having a greater influence. Hence, road safety countermeasures, especially those focusing on the road...

This is volume five of a five volume collection that chronicles the author's journey from novice pilot to professional pilot, while adding technical lessons learned along the way. The author has a following through his website, www.code7700.com, which receives nearly 6 million hits every...

This book seeks to better conceptualise and define mobility poverty, addressing both its geographies and socio-economic landscapes. It moves beyond the analysis of 'transport poverty' and innovatively explores mobility inequalities and social construction of mobility disadvantages. The debate on mobility poverty is gaining momentum...

What business are we in? The following is a quote from an article in the Harvard Business Review "Marketing Myopia" by Theodore Levitt: "The railroads did not stop growing because the need for passenger and freight transportation declined. That grew. The railroads are in...

Author: G. PasseriniISBN-10: 1784663697ISBN-13: 9781784663698Publisher: WitpressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/19/2020Pages: 176Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.16lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.44d

Kids might not know it, but there is much more to the job of a bus driver than just picking people up and dropping them off. From inspections to learning routes, this book explores the duties of a bus driver in an interesting and...

How local, specific, and personal understandings about belonging, ownership, and agency intersect with law to shape the city. In Owning the Street, Amelia Thorpe examines everyday experiences of and feelings about property and belonging in contemporary cities. She grounds her account in an empirical...

We offer 2 editions of this book: a color edition and a black & white edition (B&W). The color edition is much better to appreciate the maps, graphs and photos included in this book, while the B&W edition is cheaper. We do not offer...

That seafaring was fundamental to Roman prosperity in the eastern Mediterranean is beyond doubt, but a tendency by scholars to focus on the grandest long-distance movements between major cities has obscured the finer and varied contours of maritime interaction. This book offers a nuanced...

With the recent advancements and implementations of technology within the global community, various regions of the world have begun to transform. The idea of smart transportation and mobility is a specific field that has been implemented among countless areas around the world that are...

This book is a culmination of all of my years and experiences of car buying. While the goal of this book is to teach you how to buy a good used car with cash, the principles in this book will serve you well whether...

The widespread adoption of smartphones, ridesharing and carsharing have disrupted the transport sector. In cities around the world, new mobility services are both welcomed and challenged by regulators and incumbent operators. Mobility as a Service (MaaS), an ecosystem designed to deliver collaborative and connected...

The application of the mandatory rules contained in Chapter XI-2 of the SOLAS Convention, known as the ISPS Code (adopted on the 12th of December 2002, in force since the 1st of July 2004), as well as of the Regulation of the European Parliament...

The urban development of Barcelona and its metropolitan environment through the trajectory of the Barcelona Regional Agency and a reflection on the ring roads of Barcelona and its surrounding territory. This publication wants to be much more than an institutional memory of the works...

Maritime transport is the transport of people or goods by water. It is the backbone of world trade and globalization. Twenty-four hours a day and all year round, ships carry cargoes to all corners of the globe. Maritime Transport focuses on the operational side...

Do you want to switch to an electric vehicle?Did you know that electric cars were first developed in the 1830s?Do you want to save money and help protect the environment too? Have you heard about the incentives offered by the government to electric car...

THE COMPLETE SERVICE HANDBOOK FOR ALL SS-CARS (S.S. I AND S.S. II, 1934) COVERS: GENERAL INFORMATION, DATA, DRIVING HINTS CARE OF COACHWORK GENERAL UPKEEP LUBRIFICATION TYRES ADJUSTMENTS ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TRANSMISSION SERVICEAuthor: Jaguar Cars LtdISBN-10: 394184251XISBN-13: 9783941842519Publisher: Salzwasser-Verlag GmbhLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/27/2009Pages: 96Format:...

Reprint of the original Parts Catalogue (1935).Author: Anonym AnonymISBN-10: 3861951886ISBN-13: 9783861951889Publisher: Salzwasser-Verlag GmbhLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/29/2009Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.28d

Author: Anonym AnonymISBN-10: 386195186XISBN-13: 9783861951865Publisher: Salzwasser-Verlag GmbhLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/29/2009Pages: 88Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.21d

This timely collection offers fresh perspectives to the analysis of the 'New Great Game' - the fight for access to the Caspian Sea region's energy resources. To date, the export of the Caspian crude oil and natural gas has only been assessed geopolitically, which...

This book develops a modeling framework to analyze the problem of inventory management with alternative delivery times. The general context considered here is that a seller replenishes its inventory in fixed intervals and, between replenishments, allocates the limited inventory to satisfy customers who are...

About 4,000 people are killed each year in truck crashes and nearly 100,000 are injured each year. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), truck crash injuries increased by 40 percent from 2009 to 2012. There have been a lot of headlines...