Transport: general interest Books
Nova Science Publishers Inc Surface Transportation: Funding & Federalism
Book SynopsisSince the early 1980s, the periodic debate over the reauthorization of federal surface transportation programs has been primarily about money and its distribution. In each of the five reauthorizations that took place during that period, the federal fuel taxes and other sources of revenue dedicated to the highway trust were reliably providing the various surface transportation programs with more money year after year. In 2009, this was not the case. For the first time in decades, driving declined significantly, with a concomitant decrease in fuel tax revenues. Going forward the program cannot count on new money from the familiar sources. The law authorising federal surface transportation programs expired at the end of 2009, but Congress has failed to enact a new authorisation. This book examines the surface transportation program reauthorization issues for the 112th Congress; funding and finance; the Donor-Donee State issue of funding equity and federalism issues in surface transportation policy.
£139.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Freight Transportation Array: Global Highlights &
Book SynopsisTo move large quantities of goods across the country and around the world, Americans depend on the Nation''s freight transportation system - a vast network of roads, bridges, rail tracks, airports, seaports, navigable waterways, pipelines, and equipment. Because economic activities world-wide have become more integrated and globalised, more goods produced by U.S. factories and farms are bound for export, and imports originate from more than 200 countries. This pace of trade Americans have become accustomed to is made possible by the complex intermodal transportation network that blankets the country and links the United States with world markets. This book provides a snapshot of freight transportation activity from a global perspective, highlighting physical characteristics and industry output for the U.S. and other leading world economies.
£139.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Millennium Challenge Corporation: Transportation
Book SynopsisThe Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), is a U.S. government corporation, which was established in 2004 to provide aid to developing countries that have demonstrated a commitment to ruling justly, encouraging economic freedom, and investing in people. To help developing countries reduce poverty and stimulate economic growth, the MCC has approved 26 bilateral compact agreements totalling about $9.3 billion. In the seven compacts that ended in 2010 and 2011, Honduras, Cape Verde, Nicaragua, Vauatu, Georgia, Armenia, and Benin; transportation infrastructure projects generally received about 50 percent of the compact''s total funding. To measure the results of its compacts, MCC sets targets for various performance indicators, such as number of kilometres paved or volume of merchandise passing through a port, and estimates the number of beneficiaries. This book examines the extent to which MCC has, for transportation infrastructure projects, achieved expected performance targets, and consistently estimated the numbers of beneficiaries.
£126.74
Nova Science Publishers Inc Race, Ethnicity & Impaired Driving: Selected
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£119.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Historic Covered Bridge Security
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£55.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Vehicle-to-Vehicle Technologies for Intelligent
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Casual Carpooling: An Analysis of its Mechanics &
Book SynopsisThis book describes the results of a focus group study that explored the phenomenon of casual carpooling from the perspective of individuals who participate in such systems as drivers and/or passengers.
£119.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement: Best
Book SynopsisContinuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) is enjoying a renaissance across the United States and around the world. CRCP has the potential to provide a long-term, "zero-maintenance," service life under heavy traffic loadings and challenging environmental conditions, provided proper design and quality construction practices are utilised. This book provides an overview of the CRCP technology and the major developments that have led to what are referred to herein as the "best practices" for CRCP design and construction. The purpose of this book is to provide the best practices information on rehabilitation strategies for extending the service life of continuously reinforced concrete pavements (CRCP). The procedures described in this book consist of defining the problem, identifying potential solutions, and selecting the preferred alternatives.
£55.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Traffic Analysis Tools & Methods: Elements &
Book SynopsisEntering the 21st century, the Nation''s transportation system has matured; it only expands its infrastructure by a fraction of a percentage each year. However, congestion continues to grow at an alarming rate, adversely impacting our quality of life and increasing the potential for accidents and long delays. These are expected to escalate, calling for transportation professionals to increase the productivity of existing transportation systems through the use of operational improvements. In order to assess the potential effectiveness of a particular strategy, it must be analyzed using traffic analysis tools or methodologies. The objective of this book is to assist traffic engineers, planners, and traffic operations professionals in the selection of the correct type of traffic analysis tool for operational improvements.
£119.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Motor Carrier Safety: Oversight of High Risk &
Book SynopsisThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has taken steps toward better oversight of motor carriers by establishing the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) and chameleon carrier vetting programs; however, FMCSA could improve its oversight to better target high risk carriers. The CSA program oversees carriers'' safety performance through roadside inspections and crash investigations, and issues violations when instances of noncompliance with safety regulations are found. CSA provides FMCSA, state safety authorities, and the industry with valuable information regarding carriers'' performance on the road. This book examines the effectiveness of the CSA program in assessing safety risk for motor carriers. For years, some motor carriers have registered and been operating illegally in interstate commerce by using a new identity in an effort to disguise their former identity and evade enforcement actions issued against them by the FMCSA. Such carriers are referred to as chameleon carriers and may include interstate passenger carriers, household goods carriers, or freight truck carriers. This book examines the prevalence of chameleon carriers; how well FMCSA''s investigative programs are designed to identify suspected chameleon carriers; and what constraints, if any, FMCSA faces in pursuing enforcement actions against suspected chameleon carriers.
£177.59
Nova Science Publishers Inc Motor Vehicle Crash Data: Redesign of Federal
Book SynopsisThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) followed a reasonable process for redesigning the National Automotive Sampling System Crashworthiness Data System (NASS-CDS), which is a nationally representative sample of police-reported motor-vehicle traffic crashes. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has standards and guidelines that specify the professional principles and practices that agencies should follow and the level of quality and effort expected when redesigning an existing survey, such as NASS-CDS. This book assesses the process NHTSA used to redesign NASS-CDS; and the potential for this redesign to improve the NASS-CDS sample.
£131.19
Key Publishing Ltd Airliner Classics
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£999.99
Anvil Press Publishers Inc Exact Fare Only II: Good, Bad and Ugly Trips on
Book SynopsisBack with more, 'Exact Fare Only 2' is the follow-up collection of the weird, the wild and the wonderful of commuter literature. Whether by land, sea or air, public transit around the world says more about the human condition than many want to admit. These real-life tales, reflections, poems, and rants are required reading for commuters everywhere. Join Teresa McWhirter as she gets propositioned on a cross-country Greyhound, Matthew Firth accidentally witnessing a midnight exchange ofessential services, Scott Gunning encountering compassion on a third-class bus in southern India, Catherine McNeil who misses her ride and discovers the cost of a stranger's kindness, and follow ten years of Patricia Rutale's life as a TTC rider negotiating urban legends, prejudice, come-ons and bright-eyed awe. "In 'Exact Fare Only', tragicomedy sits alongside subtle, and not so subtle, social commentary and wry, mordant humour as the writers navigate and negotiate the myriad unwritten rulesand unspoken protocols of public transit, seeking that most elusive destination: their stop." - Book in Canada
£13.29
PHI Learning Principles of Transportaition Engineering
Book SynopsisThis detailed introduction to transportation engineering is designed to serve as acomprehensive text for undergraduate as well as first year master's students in civil engineering. In order to keep the treatment focused, the emphasis is on roadways based transportation systems, from the perspective of Indian conditions
£14.24
McGraw-Hill Education The McGrawHill Dictionary of Misspelled and Easily Confused Words
Book SynopsisLearn to spell good wellIs there an "e" in judgment? When do you imply rather than infer? The only resource that answers both these questions is The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Misspelled and Easily Confused Words. It's the only book that includes commonly misspelled words and a comprehensive usage guide in one handy volume. Featured are 7,000 of the most commonly misspelled words with their incorrect and correct spellings and a guide to demystifying homophones (cite vs. site), grammatically troublesome words (can vs. may), and subtly different words (imply vs. infer).
£15.82
Emerald Group Publishing Limited Transport Economic Theory
Book SynopsisAims to provide the basic concepts and tools for the economic analysis of transport systems, with emphasis on the behaviour of users and operators. This book focuses on the behavior of users and operators outside of traditional economic behavior theory. It includes time and space as a distinctive feature of transport economics.Trade ReviewI congratulate Sergio Jara-Diaz on the publication of Transport Economic Theory. This book addresses the fundamental economic questions of how to design and evaluate transportation projects and price transportation services. It is a definitive and concise exposition of the applicable economic theory of resource valuation and allocation, and adds to that theory in the areas of spatial technology and the valuation of benefits from public projectsA". Sergio's book provides a solid theoretical foundation for the principles that, if employed in transportation planning and policy choices, will improve transportation systems and the lives of consumers who use them.A" Daniel L. McFadden, 2000 Nobel Laureate in Economics, University of California, Berkeley. This is a book that is well overdue that finally integrates, in such a poetic way, the important contribution to transport microeconomic theory that Sergio Jara-Diaz has made over the last 25 years. A serious student of transport economics, admittedly one with some appreciation of essential mathematical tools, will find this book essential reading, almost the status of a primer. It is rich in structure and content but, most importantly, flows naturally as the author builds up the theoretical toolkit in economic theories of production, cost, demand, valuation and pricing. The emphasis on space and time is crucial to transport economics and Sergio Jara-Diaz is a master of the craft in developing, demonstrating and convincing everyone of the way in which space and time should be built into the theory of transport economics. It is worth investing time in reading this book, since it will save time in having to wade through the enormous literature in the journals and other books. This book has reset the benchmark in scholarship in transport economicsA". Professor David A. Hensher FASSA, Director, Faculty of Economics and Business, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, The University of Sydney.Table of ContentsTransport production and cost structure. Travel Demand and Value of Time. Valuation of users' benefits in transport systems. Optimal Transport Pricing. Prelims.
£88.99
iUniverse Bus Driver Discipline On The Road As Youre Rolling Lets Keep This Bus Rolling For The Love Of The Kids
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iUniverse Thunderhead Alliance Guide to Complete Streets Campaigns For Thunderhead Alliance Member Organizations March 2006
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David & Charles Narrow Boat Painting
Book SynopsisA history and description of the English narrowboat's traditional paintwork.
£18.04
Ohio University Press Bicycling Through Dayton
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Motorhome Lifer Publishing The Motorhome What You Need to Know Before You Go Volume 1 Mike The Motorhome and Me
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