Transportation - General

On July 15, 1982, fourteen sailors left the African nation of Cape Verde on the century-old Schooner Ernestina (once a Gloucester fishing vessel, an Arctic exploration ship, and a Cape Verdean-American packet boat). They arrived 41 days later in Newport, Rhode Island, a voyage...

Memoirs of life in the Merchant Navy prior to and during World War Two. Voyages to South America, Arctic Russia, the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean are recounted.Author: Ivan HallISBN-10: 1425119700ISBN-13: 9781425119706Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/29/2009Pages: 244Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d

Sarah and Richard Dorr, veteran Paris travelers and researchers, understand the logistical and sightseeing challenges that can compromise the enjoyment of a Paris visit. Paris Demystified contains a unique cornucopia of pointers on how to avoid the pitfalls of Paris and become immersed in...

WINGS OVER PERSIA provides a firsthand account of intrigue and adventure of an American pilot flying in Iran, during the revolution which overthrew the Shah and installed Ayatollah Khomeini as Iran's Islamic dictator. Lou Martin was an air force pilot for 22 years and...

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This book focuses on the geo-economic and geopolitical impact of value chains transformation on the transport-logistic reintegration of continental Eurasian countries, with a specific focus on the members of the Eurasian Economic Union.The author assesses the potential impact of current trends (global value chains...

A panoramic account of the urban politics and deep social divisions that gave rise to Uber The first city to fight back against Uber, Washington, D.C., was also the first city where such resistance was defeated. It was here that the company created a...

Businessman George Whetman, who managed automobile dealerships in Draper, Utah, between 1931 and 1960, predicted that one day the town would become "the Beverly Hills of the state." His prediction was remarkably accurate. Draper has been ranked as one of the most livable cities...

A thorough manual for comprehending and using computational intelligence in induction machine health monitoring is "Development of Health Monitoring of Induction Machine Using Computational Intelligence." Induction machine performance can be improved and faults can be avoided using machine learning methods, according to author Sudhir...

The First Ten Years Of A Sailor�������s Life is a memoir by Charles Chapman that chronicles his experiences as a sailor during the first decade of his career. The book is divided into ten chapters, each one covering a year of his life at...

A wonderful cars, planes, trucks and more coloring book for toddlers, preschoolers, boys or girls, and all kids ages 3-8 who love vehicles and can't stop playing with them.The book has over 25 high quality, funny illustrations of cars and trucks such as race...

Captain Arthur Mathison was a merchant seaman from 1932 to 1977. He sailed with a number of British shipping companies, but he spent many years with Bolton Steamship Company of London and R.S. Dalgliesh Limited of Newcastle upon Tyne. He set sail from many...

This book reviews the long history of U.S. shipping policy, and explains the present challenges (including the increasing use of open register arrangements). U.S. labor problems, tort and liability risks, environmental and safety regulations, and coastal and harbor security issues receive heavy emphasis. Options...

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...

The Best Transportation System in the World Railroads, Trucks, Airlines, and American Public Policy in the Twentieth Century Mark H. Rose, Bruce E. Seely, and Paul F. Barrett "The authors have ambitiously tackled a massive topic and have succeeded in showing the complexities of...

Whilst the maritime container business has been studied in depth, the impact on shippers and how shippers deal with the given challenges has not been fully examined. Container Logistics bridges this gap and looks at the maritime business from a customer's perspective. The book...

Though often dismissed as a minor if irritating nuisance, congestion's insidious effects constrain our personal and professional lives, making it harder to find a good job, spend time with our family, and maintain profitable businesses. After centuries of building our cities into bustling centers...

Marking the centennial of Panama's separation from Colombia in 1903, this volume reprises U.S. images of the isthmus a century ago. The editors have collected a fascinating selection of articles from two of the most influential publications of the era, Harper's Monthly Magazine and...

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...

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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...