Transportation - General

The Electric Railway in Theory and Practice - Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1893. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and...

The monograph addresses environmental problems, assessment methods and remedial measures related to the management of urban transportation. The book comprises description of current state and future developments towards sustainable urban transportation. The assessment of transport-induced urban environmental quality covers the whole process from the...

The Adhesive Postage Stamp is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1886. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we...

Railway Practice - Its principles and suggested reforms reviewed is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1887. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other...

We regard London's suburbs as a quiet retreat from its bustling city centre where life is slower and relatively uninspired. Speed and Suburbia challenges this lazy stereotype by telling three heritage stories about motorsport and speed, originating straight out of the Royal Borough of...

The transportation system is the backbone of any social and economic system, and is also a very complex system in which users, transport means, technologies, services, and infrastructures have to cooperate with each other to achieve common and unique goals.The aim of this book...

Author: G. PasseriniISBN-10: 1784663395ISBN-13: 9781784663391Publisher: WitpressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/30/2019Pages: 204Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.26lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.50d

Author: S. RicciISBN-10: 1784663174ISBN-13: 9781784663179Publisher: WitpressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/03/2018Pages: 230Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.36lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.56d

Author: F. a. Ortega RiejosISBN-10: 1784662992ISBN-13: 9781784662998Publisher: WitpressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/16/2019Pages: 398Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.99lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.88d

Author: S. RicciISBN-10: 1784662097ISBN-13: 9781784662097Publisher: WitpressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/27/2017Pages: 592Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.72lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.25d

Full color, desktop reference edition. The official Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) is a guide for use by transporters, firefighters, police, and other emergency services personnel who may be the first to arrive at the scene of a transportation incident involving a hazardous material. It...

Full color, richly illustrated book. This manual aims to gather and disseminate the modern OSD technology based on worldwide practice. Emphasis is now placed on the fact that the design of these structures is generally controlled by fatigue limit states. Details necessary to make...

Full color, richly illustrated book. This manual is part of a set of HECs issued by FHWA to provide guidance for bridge scour and stream stability analyses.Author: Federal Highway Administration,U. S. Department of TransportationISBN-10: 1782661212ISBN-13: 9781782661214Publisher: www.Militarybookshop.Co.UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2012Pages: 340Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.34lbsSize: 9.69h x...

Full color, richly illustrated book. The purpose of this document is to provide guidelines for identifying stream instability problems at highway stream crossings. Techniques for stream channel classification and reconnaissance, as well as rapid assessment methods for channel instability are summarized. Qualitative and quantitative...

With full color photographs and other illustrations.Author: Federal Emergency Management Agency,U. S. Fire AdministrationISBN-10: 1782661026ISBN-13: 9781782661023Publisher: www.Militarybookshop.Co.UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/30/2012Pages: 168Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.36d

Author: United States Air ForceISBN-10: 1782660127ISBN-13: 9781782660125Publisher: www.Militarybookshop.Co.UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/30/2012Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.55d

First published in 1994 in the NASA Monograph in Aerospace History series. From the introduction: "On 25 May 1961 President John F. Kennedy announced to the nation a goal of sending an American safely to the Moon before the end of the decade. This...

First published in 1996 as volume 5 in the NASA "Monograph in Aerospace History" series. This study contains photographs and illustrations.Author: Michael H. Gorn,Nasa History DivisionISBN-10: 1780393202ISBN-13: 9781780393209Publisher: www.Militarybookshop.Co.UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2011Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.31d

From the saddle horse to the motorcar, the cheap tram to the paddle steamer, and the express train to the modern jet aircraft, this account chronicles the fascinating history of transportation in Australia. Demonstrating how European settlements and technologies impacted the means of travel--Aborigines...

As a subfield of civil engineering, transportation engineering refers to the science and technology of designing, planning, operating and managing facilities for any vehicle so as to provide a comfortable, safe, convenient, economical, efficient and environment friendly movement of goods and people. It also...

There is no available information at this time. Author will provide once available.Author: Nicholas ZackyISBN-10: 1543753337ISBN-13: 9781543753332Publisher: Partridge Publishing SingaporeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/04/2019Pages: 206Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.47d

The Guide to Transportation Management Center (TMC) Data Capture for Performance and Mobility Measures is a two-volume document consisting of a summary Guidebook and this Reference Manual. These documents provide technical guidance and recommended practices regarding concepts, methods, techniques, and procedures for collecting, analyzing,...

This book comes out from the materials I used to refer while doing my research on the optimization issues in logistics. I brought together some of these materials to form a guidance material on the fundamentals of the optimization concepts along with my own...

CODE13. ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words)The Volpe National Transportation System Center's Environmental Measurement and Modeling Division (Volpe Center), is supporting the FAA in implementing its Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Program. The objective of the NextGen Program is to design and implement an air...

The Senate Report on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) appropriations bill requested that the Department conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on the applicability of Federal maximum weight limitations to over-the-road (OTR) buses (also called motorcoaches)...

The fatality reporting system, which became operational in 1975, contains data on a census of fatal traffic crashes within the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.Author: U. S. Department of TransportationISBN-10: 1493670956ISBN-13: 9781493670956Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/12/2013Pages: 634Format: PaperbackWeight:...

The National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) Crashworthiness Data System (CDS) is a nationwide crash data collection program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation. It is operated by the National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)....

First published in 1935, this fascinating volume traces the history of English boat-racing from its origins as a forbidden pastime, to the respected sport that sport that it is today. This book will appeal those with an interest in the history of boat-racing and...

"Vietnam has attained a strong record of economic growth and poverty reduction since the adoption of market-based economic reforms and pro-poor policies starting in the mid-1980s. Much of this achievement was driven by an untapped, rapidly-growing labor force and the enablement of greater labor...

Our nation's transportation system is a death trap for the third of our citizens who do not drive. A full 13% of traffic deaths are bicyclists and pedestrians, yet most roadways are still being built with only motor vehicles in mind. Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists,...

Many thousands of route miles of canal and navigation once used to criss-cross England, serving collieries, iron mines, steelworks, towns and villages. From the start of the twentieth century onwards, many of these canals closed down as a result of lack of trade. Many...

""Future Highways and Urban Growth"" is a book written by Wilbur Smith that explores the relationship between urban development and transportation infrastructure. The book delves into the challenges and opportunities that arise with the growth of cities and the need for efficient and sustainable...

""How To Build Boats"" by Hauber and Widd is a comprehensive guide to building boats, covering everything from basic designs to advanced techniques. The book is written for both novice and experienced boat builders, providing step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations to help readers build...

SOS: The World's Great Sea Disasters is a comprehensive book written by Keith Jameson. The book is a compilation of some of the most devastating sea disasters that have occurred throughout history. It covers a range of incidents, from shipwrecks to collisions, fires, and...

As United States Africa Command matures, United States Transportation Command will have to be postured and trained to accommodate a greater Department of Defense dependence on the En Route System (ERS) to ensure rapid global mobility of forces and resources. Today's ERS is postured...

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John...

"Good Roads Year Book, Volume 2" offers a comprehensive look into the burgeoning field of road construction and highway engineering in the early 20th century. This volume captures a pivotal moment in American history, documenting the advancements in road-building techniques and the growing importance...

Military Roads of the Mississippi Basin: The Conquest of the Old Northwest, Volume 8, delves into the strategic importance of military roads in the early development of the United States. Archer Butler Hulbert meticulously examines the network of routes that facilitated military campaigns and...

""Down Channel"" is a travelogue written by Richard Turrell McMullen, detailing his journey from London to the Land's End and the Scilly Islands in two different boats - the Leo, which weighed three tons, and the Orion, which weighed sixteen tons. The book was...

The Theory of Transportation, written by Charles Horton Cooley and published in 1893, is a comprehensive analysis of the transportation industry and its impact on society. Cooley examines various modes of transportation, including railroads, steamships, and horse-drawn vehicles, and their effects on economic growth,...

The Traffic Problems Of Interurban Electric Railroads is a book written by Thomas Conway Jr. in 1909. The book is a comprehensive analysis of the challenges faced by interurban electric railroads in managing traffic. It explores the issues related to the efficient movement 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...

Remunerative Railways for New Countries: With Some Account of the First Railway in China (1878) is a book written by Richard C. Rapier. The book explores the development of railways in newly industrialized countries and their potential for economic growth. In addition, the book...

Improving Urban Access: New Approaches to Funding Transport Investment provide innovative ideas on how we might reorganize transport finance to ensure that it is suited to serving the social, environmental and economic principles that must guide future urban living. Author: Elliott SclarISBN-10: 1138927058ISBN-13: 9781138927056Publisher:...

Helmut Holzapfel's Urbanism and Transport, a bestseller in its own country, now available in English, examines the history and the future of urban design for transport in major European cities. Urbanism and Transport shows how the automobile has come to dominate the urban landscape...

Since it was first published in 1964, Elements of Shipping has become established as a market leader. Now in its ninth edition, Branch's Elements of Shipping, renamed in memory of Alan Branch, has been updated throughout and revised to take in the many changes...

This title was first published in 2003. Logistics are the set of activities that move products through the supply chain to the ultimate customer, these are of vital importance to the success of health programmes in the developing world. This volume comprises the best...

With contributions from reputable scholars from all over the world, this book investigates the analysis of maritime flows and networks from diverse disciplinary angles going across archaeology, history, geography, regional science, economics, mathematics, physics, and computer sciences. Based on a vast array of methods,...

Based on in-depth empirical research, this book develops our understanding of maritime transport costs, the maritime industry and the competitiveness of regions in a global market environment through a geographical lens. Further, the book uses a unique set of data that gives an extensive...

As key links in transportation and supply chains, the effect of climate change on seaports has broad implications for the development prospects of the global economy. However, the picture is very uncertain because the impacts of climate change will be felt very differently around...