Transportation

Air Transportation: A Management Perspective by John Wensveen is a proven textbook that offers a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of air transportation management. In addition to explaining the fundamentals, the book transports the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780965649605Author David H PascoeFormat PaperbackImprint D. H. Pascoe & Co., Inc.Publisher D. H. Pascoe & Co., Inc.Weight(grams) 826g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954454623Author Allan C. BakerFormat HardbackPage Count 704Imprint Phyllis Rampton Narrow Gauge Railway TrustPublisher Vale of Rheidol Railway

The purpose of this book is twofold. First, it lays out the forces that shaped the international aviation industry and that changed all the rules in the drive for liberalization. Second, it looks at the many interesting and difficult choices ahead that...

The technological revolution linked to high speed rail (HSR) has been accompanied by myths and claims about its contribution to society and the economy. Although HSR is unquestionably a technological advance that has become a symbol of modernity, this...

This book provides a coherent and systematic view of the key concepts, principles, and techniques in maritime container transport and logistics chains including all the main segments: international maritime trade and logistics, freight logistics,...

Port Management looks at the numerous types of business interactions that occur at active ports. These include cooperating with other ports, coordinating deliveries with ships, overseeing port development, advertising and promotion, and enforcing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986209499Author Lori Ann LaroccoFormat HardbackPage Count 294Imprint Marine Money, Inc.Publisher Marine Money, Inc.Weight(grams) 585g

This book is directed at a wide range of readers interested in transport and/or European policies. It gives an overview of the current problems and challenges facing the European transport system and explains how a new European policy on transport...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957145610Author Richard HarperFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Adlestrop PressPublisher Adlestrop PressWeight(grams) 1025g

Transit services in the United States are in trouble. Ridership has dwindled, productivity has declined, and operating deficits have widened. The traditional approaches to running transit systems government planning or operation of bus and rail services,...

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Collective ratemaking in the motor carrier industry is undoubtedly one of the most poorly understood issues in the literature on economic regulation. While strongly held opinions are commonplace, real knowledge of the collective ratemaking process and of...

Railroad branch-line abandonment, grain subterminals, and major changes in rural land use and transportation patterns are generating heavy truck traffic on low-volume collector and arterial highways. Unfortunately, these changes are occurring at a time...

This comprehensive and well-documented volume analyzes the policy-making and codification of the airline deregulation process through the 1960s and 1970s and examines the early effects of deregulation. It offers the industry both an historical...

Although Americans enjoy the convenience and economic benefits of the world's most advanced air transportation system, the future of the airline industry is clouded by capacity constraints, safety and environmental concerns, the consolidation of...

This book examines causes and deterrents of transportation accidents by mode--automobiles, truck, air, recreational boating, commercial vessels and railroads--with the focus on accidents in the U.S. The examination enhances our understanding for...

Increased demand for efficient travel has resulted in more airplanes, more flights and, concurrently, increased public apprehension concerning airline travel safety. This volume primarily addresses air piracy, deregulation, and metal fatigue, the three...

America has struggled for 30 years to resolve controversy about the use of occupant restraint systems in motor vehicles. The book uses the differing perspectives of conflicting interests, democratic pluralism, to explain why it was so difficult to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578513942Author Jim HendricksonFormat HardbackPage Count 282Imprint Heartland Professional ServicesPublisher Heartland Professional ServicesWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993688904Author Ricardo Vincent PilonFormat HardbackImprint Millennium Aviation, Inc.Publisher Millennium Aviation, Inc.Weight(grams) 517g

Railroads, our first large corporations, are rapidly adapting to the deregulated climate of the 1990s. As we approach the 21st century, this book tells the story of the changing role of railroads in our economy and how the law has changed to meet the new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994324054Author Gary N HeilbronnFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint HpeditionsPublisher HpeditionsWeight(grams) 358g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837187983Author Rick KuhnFormat HardbackPage Count 246Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Paratransit challenges the conventional approach to public transport in the United States, which depends on fixed-route, fixed-schedule, publicly owned or regulated systems such as buses and trains. Paratransit is a type of service which relies on small...

In this timely work, Sheila Deitz and William Thoms have brought together a group of essays that explore some of the human factors that are becoming increasingly recognized as major causes of airplane mishaps and crashes. While much of the discussion on...

Dempsey and Thoms provide an authoritative overview of the development of transportation law in the America in the last century. They trace the development of American transportation (including railroads, pipelines, water transport, motor carriers, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865690530Author Barry BluestoneFormat HardbackPage Count 223Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648309345Author Steven BoldemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Dolans PublishingPublisher Dolans PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

Changing vessel technology presents a major challenge to shipping manufacturers. A change in vessel design can require major modifications of port facilities, information systems, and marketing techniques. While shippers must be ready to make changes in...

Not yet availableBook InformationISBN 9780821399125Author Cordula RastogiFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint World Bank PublicationsPublisher World Bank Publications

The flagship report Turning the Right Corner: Ensuring Development Through a Low Carbon Transport Sector emphasises that developing countries need to transition to a low-carbon transport sector now to avoid locking themselves into an unsustainable and...

The development aid community has placed a great deal of emphasis on the need for rural mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Thus far, most development partners and governments in SSA have relied on two overarching assumptions when dispensing transport...

This comprehensive chronology of the automobile covers its engineering as well as the social, cultural, and political impact of the car from the invention of the wheel to the O.J. Simpson car chase. It examines the auto industry, the road and roadside,...

The rule of the road--the simple requirement that traffic keep either to the left or to the right--has a history long antedating the appearance of the automobile. This volume, the first book-length treatment of the subject, discusses the origins and...

The governments of several countries are in the process of reforming their regulatory regimes for the railways, and there is much debate about the appropriate regulation of transport in general and railways in particular-especially in light of...

Strohl examines the evolving network of high speed railway passenger trains in Western Europe. The purpose of the study, in addition to placing high speed train networks in a geographic and economic context, is to introduce the American reader to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780902956124Author C.F.D. WhetmathFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Great Western Society LtdPublisher Great Western Society Ltd

This book reveals the inside track on the making of Terminal 5: the courage, the ground-breaking management thinking and the many lessons learnt from the leaders, the client and integrated supply chain teams, - involving over 50,000 people from 20,000...