Transport industries

Billions of airline passengers, combined with conditions associated with airline travel and airports, create a conducive environment for the rapid spread of viruses.

During Reconstruction, an alliance of southern planters and northern capitalists rebuilt the southern railway system using remnants of the Confederate railroads that had been built and destroyed during the Civil War.

This book addresses a wide range of contemporary operational maritime law issues across the spectrum of operations.

Originally published in 1968, and using official records, this book charts the history of the Railway Clearing House and shows the vital role it played in the development of British railways and the growth of the economy.

Energy Reviews: Unified Gas Supply System of the USSR (1985) explores some important aspects of the development and operation of the unified gas system of the Soviet Union.

With this book the international academic discourse on mobility is taken a step further, through the intertwined perspectives of different social sciences, engineering and the humanities.

Road passenger transport management is an important role, involving the planning and coordinating of passenger transport operations, including routes and schedules.

All phases of road developmentfrom construction and use by vehicles to maintenanceaffect physical and chemical soil conditions, water flow, and air and water quality, as well as plants and animals.

Nineteen years ago, David McLean was appointed by the prime minister of Canada to the board of directors of CN, after which he was elected chairman.

The Early Development of the Aviation Industry: Entrepreneurs of the Sky provides an introduction to the world of the early aviation industry and the business endeavours of the original aviators.

Empire's Tracksboldly reframes the history of the transcontinentalrailroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native American tribes, and the Chinese migrants whotoiled on its path.

This book is about how societies around the world can accelerate innovation in sustainable transport.

During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the technology employed by the British navy changed not just the material resources of the British navy but the culture and performance of the royal dockyards.

Hiroaki Kobayashi has trained 1500 mariners in ship handling over twenty years and he has systematized the methods of safe navigation into nine elemental techniques.

Slime mould Physarum polycephalum is a monstrous single cell well known for its task-solving abilities - solves computational geometry and logical problems, navigates robots and generates music.

Review of the Research Program of the U.

In an era where traditional investment paradigms are being constantly redefined by technological innovation and the global push towards sustainability, Themes in Alternative Investments emerges as a seminal volume designed to guide investors, finance professionals, and scholars through the complex terrain of non-traditional financial vehicles.

In this superb new volume, Edward Whitticks has charted the course for anyone working with contracts and dispute control in oil and gas, one of the most volatile industries in the world.

The largest enterprise in the capitalist world between 1920 and 1945, the Deutsche Reichsbahn (German National Railway) was at the center of events in a period of great turmoil in Germany.

This book is dedicated to metaheuristics as applied to vehicle routing problems.

Since it was first published in 1962, The Theory and Practice of Seamanship has been continuously revised, culminating in this 11th edition.

In 2009, cabin crew in the BASSA union embarked on a historic, two-year battle against British Airways which was seeking to impose reduced crew levels and to transform working conditions.

This book is an essential guide to optimal and safe navigation planning in inland waterways.

This book examines the influence of transport costs on regional economic development in northern Ontario.

As far back as stories go, pioneers have reached for the skies.

Discover insider secrets of how America s transportation system is designed, funded, and built and how to make it work for your community In Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town, renowned speaker and author of Strong Towns Charles L.

The airline industry is fundamental to the workings of the global economy.

Bringing together a comparative analysis of the accessibility by public transport of 23 cities spanning four continents, this book provides a "e;hands-on"e; introduction to the evolution, rationale and effectiveness of a new generation of accessibility planning tools that have emerged since the mid-2000s.

The Quest for Oil (1970) examines all aspects of the oil industry - what oil is, where it is found, how fuels are produced, transported and sold, and the ways in which the fuels are used.

Unprecedented social changes, accelerated by facilitating technologies and the COVID-19 pandemic, are calling for airlines to think deeply and non-conventionally on what will be important to existing and new travelers, as they change their lifestyles.

A transportation indicator is a measure of change over time in the transportation system or in its social, economic, environmental, or other effects.

This book focuses on the influence of socio-economic and land-use policies on the commuting problems and quality of life of the poor in Singapore and Hong Kong.

The author presents an argument for a system of social insurance that replaces welfare with a Guaranteed Adequate Income.

Energy Reviews: Unified Gas Supply System of the USSR (1985) explores some important aspects of the development and operation of the unified gas system of the Soviet Union.

Aircraft building is a major industry for many developed countries.

This book identifies the responsibilities of management in the regulatory territories of the FAA (USA), the EASA (European Union) and the GCAA (UAE), identifying the daily challenges of leadership in ensuring their company is meeting the regulatory obligations of compliance, safety and security that will satisfy the regulator while also meeting the fiducial responsibilities of running an economically viable and efficient lean company that will satisfy the shareholders.

This title was originally published in 1981.

The book provides a data-driven approach to real-world crew resource management (CRM) applicable to commercial pilot performance.

A history of the British airline company, featuring details on the aircrafts, routes, and operations, as well as stories from the crews and staff.