Transport: general interest

Drawing on transit experience from various countries and markets, this book examines the economic environment of transit operations, the cost and production properties of transit service supply and the policies and prospects of transit regulatory reform.

This volume presents the report of the Pacem in Maribus Conference on Ports as Nodal Points in the Global Transport System held in Rotterdam in August 1990.

A work of reference to the sources of statistical material of all kinds, both official and unofficial, on rail and sea transport.

Current Aeronautical Fatigue Problems contains the papers presented at the Symposium on Current Aeronautical Fatigue Problems, held in Rome in April 1963.

Marine Auxiliary Machinery, Seventh Edition is a 16-chapter text that covers the significant advances in marine auxiliary machinery relevant to the certification of competency examinations.

Productivity in U.

Cargo Handling and the Modern Port covers various concerns in the handling of goods in a contemporary port.

Transport Sociology: Social Aspects of Transport Planning focuses on the importance of an efficient transport plan in ensuring order in neighborhoods and social functions, as well as management and control of the environmental impacts of transport systems in communities and cities.

Strategic Planning in London: The Rise and Fall of the Primary Road Network examines the relationship between order and change in the urban planning process.

Control in Transportation Systems covers the proceedings of the Fourth International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)/International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)/International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) Conference on Control in Transportation Systems.

Rikisha to Rapid Transit: Urban Public Transport Systems and Policy in Southeast Asia examines the historical development of urban public transport systems and policy in Southeast Asia.

Aircraft Fatigue: Design, Operational and Economic Aspects contains the proceedings of the "e;"e;Symposium on Aircraft Fatigue-Design, Operational and Economic Aspects,"e;"e; held in Melbourne, Australia, on May 22-24, 1967.

Traffic Planning and Engineering, Second Edition takes into account underlying trends in traffic planning and engineering.

Ever since the invention of the locomotive generations of people have been fascinated by railways and its myriad images and sounds, the rhythmic puffing of the steam locomotive, the sound of trains negotiating curves or entering and emerging from tunnels, the sight of smoke billowing out of the chimney of the locomotive forming a cloud over the train and so on.

The Construction of Bridge is one of the most difficult sciences in civil engineering field.

How can a CEO spend creative energy to improve the performance of his organization instead of spending patch-up energy to quick-fix symptoms of problems?

A globally customizable infrastructure plan can be adapted for other countries in minimal expenses, time, and changes.

A globally customizable infrastructure plan can be adapted for other countries in minimal expenses, time, and changes.

Hannah is a spirited horse who has a lot riding on her!

Steam Trains and Jigsaw Puzzles strikes most people as an intriguing title.

When Peter took charge of the flight deck of the 777 and took off from Beijing airport, there was nothing to suggest that this trip would be anything other than a routine flight of the sort he had made so many times before.

What constitutes a community?

Tony Garcia Jr.

The New Science of the UFO now completes author and researcher Kenneth W.

In the fifties, with the occupation of Japan.

Lee Gutkind's memoir of motorcycling, and an ode to the solitude, independence, and exhilaration of the open roadFew things loom as large in our imaginations as the idea of a cross-country trip, exposed to the elements and open to whatever challenges lie around the bend.

Whether for the newcomer to the vehicle sales industry, theexperienced salesperson or the dealership principal with awell-established business, Winning Ways in Vehicle Sales is ahighly practical handbook that provides a wealth of hands-oninformation to catapult any auto sales business from good togreat.

This fascinating story explains how aviation crashes are investigated, and what goes on behind the scenes to improve safety.

In the timeline relevant to Billie H.

It is 1936, and BEN FINDLAY, a 16-year-old Michigan farm boy, wanders to a local airport to escape his abusive father.

From the moment when the launching of HMS Dreadnought made every capital ship in the world obsolete overnight, we have been fascinated with these powerful surface combatants.

In African Motors, Joshua Grace examines how Tanzanian drivers, mechanics, and passengers reconstituted the automobile into a uniquely African form between the late 1800s and the early 2000s.

Under capitalism, economic growth is seen as the key to collective well-being.

Defensive Driving Guide for Teens is created with the young driver in mind, perhaps just acquiring their learners permit or first-time drivers license.

Vince Flury spent 50 years in the field of Aviation.

This is a collection of photographs which depict examples of vintage diesel locomotives which serve (d) on various mid-size and small railroads.

Discover the transformative journey of motorhome living in this practical guide to creating a fulfilling life on the road.

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An Inkling of Brewster details a decade long foray into custom built automobiles by Brewster and Company of Long Island City, New York beginning in 1915.

As World War II drew to a close, America's premier fire apparatus builder--the American-LaFrance Foamite Corp.

Formula One has long maintained a glitzy aura that masks dark and strange goings-on in the background.

In the late nineteenth century, circus aerialists collaborated with show balloonists to perform death-defying stunts, initially by suspending themselves from trapeze bars beneath a balloon, later by jumping from the balloons using fabric parachutes.

The Mobile & Ohio Railroad was the longest line in the nation when it was completed in spring of 1861--the final spike driven a few weeks after Confederate artillery shelled Fort Sumter.

The Nashville and Decatur Railroad was in operation five months before the start of the Civil War and 17 months before the Federals took control of Nashville and the railroad.

Imagine driving 16,000 miles in 25 days over some of the roughest terrain in the world, at altitudes up to 16,000 feet, where engines and lungs gasp for air.

Slaughtered along our highways, roadkill may be observed regularly, but aren't likely to be given much thought.

At the height of the Watergate scandal, Delta Flight 723 crashed into a fog-shrouded seawall at the end of Runway 4R at Logan Airport in Boston.

In the 1970s, as car enthusiasts in the U.

The 1928 quest for the Land Speed Record on the sands of Daytona Beach was a first for America, a singular mix of technology, thrills and tragedy.

This field guide gives the reader access to the largest parts store in the world for 1946-1948 Dodge Deluxe and Custom D24 models, with information from more than 200 aftermarket catalogs for Dodge parts made in the U.