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Route 66 is a beloved and much studied symbol of twentieth-century America. But until now, no book has focused on the bridges that spanned the rivers, creeks, arroyos, and railroads between Chicago and Santa Monica. In this handsome volume, Route 66...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410950758Author Daniel NunnFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint RaintreePublisher RaintreeWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 168mm * 13mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906008154Author Barry M. MarsdenFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620658918Author Gail Saunders-SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone PressWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 269mm *...

This book critically explores the relationship between mobility patterns, transport provision and urban development in East African cities.Bringing together contributions on the futures of mobility in urban East Africa, the chapters examine transport...

Creating Resilient Transportation Systems: Policy, Planning and Implementation demonstrates how the transportation sector is a leading producer of carbon emissions that result in climate change and extreme weather disruptions and disasters. In the book,...

Originally published in 1979, this study deals on a fully comprehensive level with both passenger and freight travel. The 40 chapters deal with an extensive range of related topics, including equilibrium modelling, theoretical and conceptual developments...

This title was first published in 2001. A delightfully oriented selection of international state-of-the-art research in applied regional science, this informative volume places particular emphasis on the use of qualitative/quantitative methodologies in...

Title first published in 2003. As more and more cities consider introducing urban road pricing schemes, this book describes, compares and contrasts arguments for and against using this transport policy instrument. It investigates the acceptability of...

The history of the north-shore railways provides a case study in the complexities of industrial development in nineteenth-century Quebec. Constructed in the fifteen years following Confederation, the North Shore and the Montreal Colonization Railways...

From this experience, Lawrence J. Ouellet has the advantage of a rare perspective and a profound understanding of the two fundamental questions he asks in this book: Why do truck drivers work so hard even when it doesn't result in more money or other...

Urban mobility is currently a major problem all over the world. Space is limited, and individuals aim for a level of quality in mobility that is only achieved by largely motorised solutions, which have a detrimental effect on the urban environment...

What was travel like in the 1880s? Was it easy to get from place to place? Were the rides comfortable? How long did journeys take? Wet Britches and Muddy Boots describes all forms of public transport from canal boats to oceangoing vessels, passenger...

From the portage trails snaking their way through the wilderness to superhighways carrying the raw materials and produce of an industrial nation, Canada's roads have had a romantic but long-neglected history. For the first time their development is...

This book offers a fundamental contribution to the literature on the creative industries and the knowledge-based economy by focusing on three aspects: urban spaces as key sites of capitalist restructuring, creative industries' policies as state...

For the last seven decades, urban settlement policy worldwide has been increasingly dominated by modernist precepts and by urban decisions made in discipline-specific 'silos'. The urban management consequences have been invariably negative, with...

This book combines core chapters on different aspects of sustainable transport and health, together with case studies of particular approaches to synthesise walking and health in cities around the globe. Walking as a research area is multifaceted and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977133267Author Nancy DickmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Pebble BooksPublisher Pebble BooksWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 191mm * 3mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956407382Author Henry L. GreenlyFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Camden Miniature Steam ServicesPublisher Camden Miniature Steam Services

Few cars have achieved the iconic status of Volkswagen's classic and much-loved Beetle - yet its origins are intertwined with the dark days of Nazism. This book looks at those origins, at the marque's initial post-war rescue by the British and the effect...

Kent is strategically located, lying on the approach to London and being the shortest route to and from continental Europe. As a result the evolution of its means of transport has left its mark. Roads were turnpiked in the eighteenth century, creating...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912654338Author Peter WallerFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

TRANSPORTATION: A SUPPLY CHAIN PERSPECTIVE, 9E equips you with a solid understanding of what is arguably the most critical and complex component of global supply chains. You learn the fundamental role and importance of transportation in companies and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857942620Author David HarveyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

One of the most colorful yet neglected eras in American transportation history is re-created in this definitive history of the electric interurbans. Built with the idea of attracting short-distance passenger traffic and light freight, the interurbans...

Lost Sounds visits a number of lighthouses at different times over the last 130 years to reveal the philanthropic, scientific and romantic story of the fog signal - how it came about, how the machinery worked and, for the mariner and the keeper, what it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854142368Author Ken GlazierFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Volume II covers: JG 53 Pik-As, JG 54 Grunherz, JG 77 Herz-As, JG 300, JG 301, JG 302 Wilde Sau, and JG 400.Book InformationISBN 9780887407529Author Bernd BarbasFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621067429Author Bill DanielFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Microcosm PublishingPublisher Microcosm Publishing

Streets make up more than 80 percent of all public space in cities, yet street space is often underutilised or disproportionately allocated to the movement of private motor vehicles. Excess impervious surface contributes to stormwater runoff, posing a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles for 2018 2018.Book InformationISBN 9780262536202Author Venkat SumantranFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint MIT...

A beautifully illustrated journey through the history of travel-and traveling in style-from one of the world's preeminent fashion brands The mid-19th and early 20th centuries heralded new means of transport and equipment and, with them, new and original...

At a time when transport is high on the political agenda and government decision-making is being vigorously scrutinised, there is a need for an incisive and accessible analysis of the key policy issues. This book is a highly readable introduction to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906600174Author Neil WallingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Jeremy Mills PublishingPublisher Jeremy Mills PublishingWeight(grams)...

White Star Line was originally founded in Liverpool in 1845 for travel to Australia but was eventually purchased by Thomas Ismay and transformed into the successful Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. Cleverly merging with Harland & Wolff, the line focussed on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907154041Author Patrick TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Polystar PressPublisher Polystar Press

Global disruption, new technologies and changing consumer habits are causing turmoil in the supply chain industry. This book shows businesses how to remain resilient in this dynamic new environment. The supply chain crisis of 2021 exposed the...

Transport systems are the lifeblood of all great cities and this is certainly true of London. As far back as Roman times, their city Londinium was the hub of a network of roads leading out to all the major centres of the time. It was the Romans who gave...

Public Transport provides an accessible introductory text to the field of public transport systems, covering bus, coach, rail, metro, domestic air and taxi modes. The market structure is set out, together with data collection methods. The technology of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780910628Author Dave MardenFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing