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Crude Oil Properties & the Hazards of Transport - Background, Data & Literature Summary (Hardcover): Dianne Gibbs Crude Oil Properties & the Hazards of Transport - Background, Data & Literature Summary (Hardcover)
Dianne Gibbs
R3,978 Discovery Miles 39 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Several fiery rail accidents in 2013-2015 in the U.S. and Canada carrying crude oil produced from the Bakken region of North Dakota have raised questions at many levels on the safety of transporting this, and other types of crude oil, by rail. Sandia National Laboratories was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy to investigate the material properties of crude oils, and in particular the so-called "tight oils" like Bakken that comprise the majority of crude oil rail shipments in the U.S. at the current time. The book provides a literature survey of public sources of information on crude oil properties that have some bearing on the likelihood or severity of combustion events that may occur around spills associated with rail transport. The book also contains background information including a review of the notional "tight oil" field operating environment, as well a basic description of crude oils and potential combustion events in rail transport.

Contents Under Pressure - The Complete Handbook of Natural Gas Transportation (Hardcover, First Edition, September 2015 ed.):... Contents Under Pressure - The Complete Handbook of Natural Gas Transportation (Hardcover, First Edition, September 2015 ed.)
Sylvia F Munson
R3,471 Discovery Miles 34 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Optimization of Logistics - Theory and Practice (Paperback): Turkay Yildiz Optimization of Logistics - Theory and Practice (Paperback)
Turkay Yildiz
R1,695 R1,366 Discovery Miles 13 660 Save R329 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
U.S. Transit, Transportation & Infrastructure - Considerations & Developments -- Volume 6 (Hardcover): Jordan G. Clark, Ian R.... U.S. Transit, Transportation & Infrastructure - Considerations & Developments -- Volume 6 (Hardcover)
Jordan G. Clark, Ian R. Rodriguez
R3,977 Discovery Miles 39 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Policymakers at all levels of government are debating a wide range of options for addressing the nation's faltering economic conditions. One option that is once again receiving attention is accelerated investments in the nation's public infrastructure -- that is, highways, mass transit, airports, water supply and wastewater, and other facilities -- in order to create jobs while also promoting long-term economic growth. This book examines policy issues associated with using infrastructure as a mechanism to benefit economic recovery. Discussed are state-level driver data and the effect of look-back periods on recidivism prevalence; restraint use and minimum drinking age laws; electronic stability control; mobile device use while driving; the impact of fuel price increases on the aviation industry; aviation safety; and the assessment of potential mariner-training needs.

Transportation Services for Older Adults & Non-Emergency Medical Transportation - Selected Analyses (Hardcover): Patricia... Transportation Services for Older Adults & Non-Emergency Medical Transportation - Selected Analyses (Hardcover)
Patricia Harris-Bowen
R3,975 Discovery Miles 39 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

As the U.S. population ages, access to safe and reliable transportation alternatives is critical to helping older adults remain in their homes as long as possible. HHS, DOT, VA, and other federal agencies may provide funds to state and local entities to help older adults access transportation. This book examines the federal programs that provide funding for transportation services for older adults and the extent to which the programs that fund these services are coordinated; and how state and local transportation agencies and aging network organisations in selected states coordinate transportation for older adults and the challenges they face in coordinating or providing these services. The book also addresses the federal programs that provide funding for NEMT services; how federal agencies are coordinating NEMT services; and how NEMT services are coordinated at the state and local levels and the challenges to coordination.

Better Traffic and Revenue Forecasting (Paperback): Luis G. Willumsen Better Traffic and Revenue Forecasting (Paperback)
Luis G. Willumsen
R1,411 Discovery Miles 14 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Natural Gas-Powered Cars & Trucks - Options & Issues (Paperback): Hayley Ackerman Natural Gas-Powered Cars & Trucks - Options & Issues (Paperback)
Hayley Ackerman
R2,099 Discovery Miles 20 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The increase in domestic supplies of natural gas has raised new interest in expanding its use in the transportation sector. This book considers issues related to wider use of natural gas as a fuel in passenger cars and commercial vehicles. This book is designed to help fleets understand the cost factors associated with fueling infrastructure for compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles. It provides estimated cost ranges for various sizes and types of CNG fueling stations and an overview of factors that contribute to the total cost of an installed station; and describes how the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) used the VICE model to establish guidance for fleets making decisions about using CNG.

2013 Newsletters (Paperback): Ernest Arvai, Scott Hamilton, Addison Schonland 2013 Newsletters (Paperback)
Ernest Arvai, Scott Hamilton, Addison Schonland
R764 Discovery Miles 7 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

AirInsight's 2013 Newsletter Compendium

U.S. Freight Transportation - Elements, Role & Recommendations for Improvement (Hardcover): Alaina Hutson U.S. Freight Transportation - Elements, Role & Recommendations for Improvement (Hardcover)
Alaina Hutson
R3,270 Discovery Miles 32 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Transportation is important. It is about people and how they live their lives, how they get to work, how they get their children to school, how they buy food, clothes, and other necessities, and how families visit one another around the country. It is also about business. Transportation is critical to how the supply chain functions, how raw materials get to factories, how goods get to market, how food gets from farmers to kitchen tables, and how energy products move from areas of production to areas of consumption. An efficient national transportation network allows business to lower transportation costs, which lowers production costs and enhances productivity and profits. It allows American business to be competitive in the global marketplace and for the Nation's economy to prosper and grow. One need only look at the Interstate Highway System to see how that investment in the transportation network has benefited the nation and encouraged tremendous economic growth over the past two generations. This book discusses findings and recommendations made by the Special Panel on 21st century freight transportation, as well as federal freight policies.

U.S. Transit, Transportation and Infrastructure - Considerations and Developments. Volume 5 (Hardcover): Jordan G. Clark, Ian... U.S. Transit, Transportation and Infrastructure - Considerations and Developments. Volume 5 (Hardcover)
Jordan G. Clark, Ian R. Rodriguez
R3,274 Discovery Miles 32 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Policymakers at all levels of government are debating a wide range of options for addressing the nation's faltering economic conditions. One option that is once again receiving attention is accelerated investments in the nation's public infrastructure - that is, highways, mass transit, airports, water supply and wastewater, and other facilities - in order to create jobs while also promoting long-term economic growth. This book examines policy issues associated with using infrastructure as a mechanism to benefit economic recovery. Discussed are federal traffic safety programs; the reasons why fuel-efficient vehicles are not sold domestically; infrastructure banks and debt finance; highway bridge conditions; emergency relief for disaster damaged roads and transit systems; harbor maintenance finance and funding; characteristics of Puerto Rico's Maritime trade and potential side effects of modifying the Jones Act.

Freight Mobility and Connectivity in China and U.S. Trade Issues (Hardcover): Lillian Emmett Freight Mobility and Connectivity in China and U.S. Trade Issues (Hardcover)
Lillian Emmett
R3,275 Discovery Miles 32 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Trade growth between the United States and China has increased U.S. interest in how the Chinese transportation system handles exports. The Federal Highway Administration, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and National Cooperative Highway Research Program sponsored a scanning study to identify how China provides intermodal access to its ports and uses investment strategies to foster freight mobility and intermodal connectivity. The scan team learned that China's national, provincial, and metropolitan transportation policy is closely coordinated with the country's economic policy and social harmony goals. The transportation system is expanding rapidly to meet global intermodal freight demands and promote expansion into underdeveloped regions of the country. This book discusses the freight mobility and intermodal connectivity in China as well as provides an overview of U.S.-China commercial relations, including major trade disputes.

The Rim to Rim Road - Will Hamblen and the Crossing of Texas' Palo Duro Canyon (Paperback): E Hamblen The Rim to Rim Road - Will Hamblen and the Crossing of Texas' Palo Duro Canyon (Paperback)
E Hamblen; Introduction by Vicki Hamblen
R480 Discovery Miles 4 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Review of developments in transport in Asia and the Pacific 2013 - transport as a key to sustainable development and regional... Review of developments in transport in Asia and the Pacific 2013 - transport as a key to sustainable development and regional integration (Paperback)
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
R1,569 R1,366 Discovery Miles 13 660 Save R203 (13%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This review is biennially produced by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). It describes the environment within which the transport sector is developing and the principal challenges that this environment poses to governments, the transport industry and society at large. The publication also focuses on tracing the significant development of roads, railways, shipping, ports, inland waterways and air transport industries and infrastructure in the region. In addition, it considers the changing delivery mechanisms across all transport sectors and discusses urban transport issues. Finally, the review examines the process of globalization, trade agreements related to transport, regionalism, collocation of production transport facilities, as well as intermodal transport systems.

Federal Vehicle Fleets - Selected Analyses (Hardcover): Chloe Milazzo Federal Vehicle Fleets - Selected Analyses (Hardcover)
Chloe Milazzo
R3,196 Discovery Miles 31 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Federal agencies (excluding the U.S. Postal Service) spend about $3 billion annually to acquire, operate, and maintain about 450,000 civilian and non-tactical military vehicles. Agencies may lease or buy vehicles from GSA, which also issues requirements and guidance on fleet management. In recent years, Congress and the President have raised concerns about the size and cost of federal agencies' fleets. In 2011, the President directed agencies to determine their optimal fleet inventories and set targets for achieving these inventories by 2015 with the goal of a more cost-effective fleet. This book discusses the notion of adopting leading practices and how they could improve management of federal vehicle fleets; overall increase in number of vehicle masts that some agencies decreased their fleets; and strategies needed to address aging delivery fleet.

Transit Asset Management - Guidance & Analysis (Hardcover): Michelle Calvillo Transit Asset Management - Guidance & Analysis (Hardcover)
Michelle Calvillo
R6,350 R5,692 Discovery Miles 56 920 Save R658 (10%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

For some time, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the U.S. transit industry having been working to improve the understanding and practice of transit asset management. There is considerable evidence that this is a critical area of focus. Improving transit asset management is now a national policy. To advance transit asset management, this book provides a transit-specific asset management framework for managing assets individually and as a portfolio of assets that comprise an integrated system. The book provides flexible, yet targeted guidance to advance the practice and implementation of transit asset management. This book also examines the extent to which selected transit agencies follow leading asset management practices to prioritise capital investments, and challenges in using these practices, the extent to which these agencies measure the effects of capital investments, and FTA initiatives to support transit agencies' use of leading practices.

National Mediation Board - An Examination of the Rail & Airline Labor Relations Agency (Paperback): Claude A Bonham National Mediation Board - An Examination of the Rail & Airline Labor Relations Agency (Paperback)
Claude A Bonham
R1,445 Discovery Miles 14 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A small federal agency, NMB facilitates labour relations in two key transportation sectors -- railroads and airlines -- through mediation and arbitration of labour disputes and overseeing union elections. Established under the Railway Labor Act, NMB's primary responsibility is to prevent work stoppages in these critical industries. This book discusses the national mediation board's strengthening plan and control to better facilitate rail and air labour relations.

Top 25 Airports KPIs of 2011-2012 (Paperback): Smartkpis Com Top 25 Airports KPIs of 2011-2012 (Paperback)
Smartkpis Com; Edited by Aurel Brudan; The Kpi Institute
R1,123 Discovery Miles 11 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The "Top 25 Airports KPIs of 2011-2012" report provides insights into the state of airports performance measurement today by listing and analyzing the most visited KPIs for this functional area on smartKPIs.com in 2011. In addition to KPI names, it contains a detailed description of each KPI, in the standard smartKPIs.com KPI documentation format, that includes fields such as: definition, purpose, calculation, limitation, overall notes and additional resources. While dominated by KPIs reflecting cost performance and material handling, other popular KPIs come from categories such as transportation, time performance, delivery quality and warehousing. This product is part of the "Top KPIs of 2011-2012" series of reports and a result of the research program conducted by the analysts of smartKPIs.com in the area of integrated performance management and measurement. SmartKPIs.com hosts the largest catalogue of thoroughly documented KPI examples, representing an excellent platform for research and dissemination of insights on KPIs and related topics. The hundreds of thousands of visits to smartKPIs.com and the thousands of KPIs visited, bookmarked and rated by members of this online community in 2011 provided a rich data set, which combined with further analysis from the editorial team, formed the basis of these research reports.

Top 25 Airlines KPIs of 2011-2012 (Paperback): Smartkpis Com Top 25 Airlines KPIs of 2011-2012 (Paperback)
Smartkpis Com; Edited by Aurel Brudan; The Kpi Institute
R1,123 Discovery Miles 11 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The "Top 25 Airlines KPIs of 2011-2012" report provides insights into the state of airlines performance measurement today by listing and analyzing the most visited KPIs for this industry on smartKPIs.com in 2011. In addition to KPI names, it contains a detailed description of each KPI, in the standard smartKPIs.com KPI documentation format, that includes fields such as: definition, purpose, calculation, limitation, overall notes and additional resources. This product is part of the "Top KPIs of 2011-2012" series of reports and a result of the research program conducted by the analysts of smartKPIs.com in the area of integrated performance management and measurement. SmartKPIs.com hosts the largest catalogue of thoroughly documented KPI examples, representing an excellent platform for research and dissemination of insights on KPIs and related topics. The hundreds of thousands of visits to smartKPIs.com and the thousands of KPIs visited, bookmarked and rated by members of this online community in 2011 provided a rich data set, which combined with further analysis from the editorial team, formed the basis of these research reports.

Transportation Rates and Economic Development in Northern Ontario (Paperback): N. C. Bonsor Transportation Rates and Economic Development in Northern Ontario (Paperback)
N. C. Bonsor
R410 Discovery Miles 4 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Public Infrastructure Asset Management, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Waheed Uddin, W. Hudson, Ralph Haas Public Infrastructure Asset Management, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Waheed Uddin, W. Hudson, Ralph Haas
R2,736 Discovery Miles 27 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. The Latest Tools and Techniques for Managing Infrastructure AssetsFully updated throughout, this practical resource provides a proven, cost-effective infrastructureasset management framework that integrates planning, design, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and renovation. Public Infrastructure Asset Management,Second Edition, describes the most current methodologies for effectively managing roads, bridges, airports, utility services, water and waste facilities, parks, public buildings, and sports complexes. This comprehensive guide covers information management and decision support systems, including proprietary solutions and new technological developments such ascloud storage. The book discusses total quality management, economics, life-cycle analysis, and maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction programming. Up-to-date examples and real-world case studies illustrate the practical applications of the concepts presented in this thoroughly revised reference. This new edition features: Planning, needs assessment, and performance indicators Database management, data needs, and analysis Inventory, historical, and environmental data In-service monitoring and evaluation data Performance modeling and failure analysis Design for infrastructure service life Construction Maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction strategies, policies, and treatment alternatives Dealing with new or alternate concepts Prioritization, optimization, and work programs Integrated infrastructure asset management systems Visual IMS: an illustrative infrastructure management system and applications Available asset management system and commercial off-the-shelf providers Benefits of implementing an asset management system Sustainability, environmental stewardship, and asset management Future directions for infrastructure asset management

Permanent Emergency - Inside the TSA and the Fight for the Future of American Security (Paperback): Kip Hawley, Nathan Means Permanent Emergency - Inside the TSA and the Fight for the Future of American Security (Paperback)
Kip Hawley, Nathan Means
R471 R440 Discovery Miles 4 400 Save R31 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

We're all familiar with the TSA by now - from the daunting lines to the X-ray machines to the curious three ounce rule governing liquids. But many question whether this strange assortment of regulations, meant to protect the two million people a day travelling through US airports, actually works. In this riveting expose, former TSA administrator Kip Hawley unveils the agency's ongoing battle to outthink and outmaneuver terrorists, navigating bureaucratic limitations and public disdain to stay one step ahead of catastrophe. Citing foiled terrorist plots and near misses that have never been publicly revealed, Hawley suggests that the fundamental flaw in America's approach to national security is the belief that we can plan for every contingency. Instead, he argues, we must learn to manage reasonable levels of risk so we can focus our near-term energy on stopping truly catastrophic events while, in the long-term, engaging passengers to support a less rigid and more sustainable security strategy. This is a fascinating glimpse inside one of the country's most maligned agencies and the complex business of keeping Americans safe every day.

Greening Growth in Pakistan through Transport Sector Reforms - A Strategic Environmental, Poverty, and Social Assessment... Greening Growth in Pakistan through Transport Sector Reforms - A Strategic Environmental, Poverty, and Social Assessment (Paperback)
Ernesto Sanchez-Triana, Javaid Afzal, Dan Biller, Sohail Malik
R985 Discovery Miles 9 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Greening Growth in Pakistan through Transport Sector Reforms: A Strategic Environmental, Poverty, and Social Assessment identifies reforms that can help Pakistan manage its environmental priorities given transport s impacts on air quality, noise pollution, road safety, hazardous-materials transport, climate change, and urban sprawl. The policy options are contextualized in light of the government of Pakistan s 2011 Framework for Economic Growth and its strategic objectives. This analytical work examines the poverty, social, and environmental aspects associated with reforms that would increase the freight transport sector s productivity to meet the Framework s goals. It focuses on the following areas: Analyzing the policy and institutional adjustments required to address the environmental, social, and poverty aspects of increased transportation efficiency in Pakistan Identifying policy options for the government of Pakistan to better serve the population, to enhance social cohesion, and to foster equitable benefit sharing with low-income or other vulnerable groups Developing a broad participatory process to give a voice to stakeholders who could be affected by enhancements of freight transport productivity Making robust recommendations to strengthen governance and the institutional capacity of agencies to manage the environmental, social, and poverty consequences of freight transportation infrastructure The book also presents information on the economic and institutional analyses undergirding this report and details its methodology. Greening Growth in Pakistan through Transport Sector Reforms is intended for policy makers, civil society, the private sector, and academics who wish to participate in dialogues on Pakistan s trade and transport sectors priorities. It is hoped that this report will stimulate debate that steers these sectors and their participants in the direction of greening economic growth."

Turning the Right Corner - Ensuring Development through a Low-Carbon Transport Sector (Paperback, New): Andreas Kopp, Rachel I.... Turning the Right Corner - Ensuring Development through a Low-Carbon Transport Sector (Paperback, New)
Andreas Kopp, Rachel I. Block, Atsushi Limi
R691 Discovery Miles 6 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

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 costly future. Furthermore, it argues that this transition can be affordable if countries combine policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with broader sector reforms aimed at reducing local air pollution, road safety risks, and congestion. The report looks at relationships between mobility, low-carbon transport and development, drawing attention to the inertia in transport infrastructure. It complements the analysis by reviewing how climate change is likely to affect operations and infrastructure, cost-effective measures for minimizing negative effects, and policies and decision frameworks. It further highlights current and projected research findings and examples from developing countries. The report concludes that new technology is not enough, and that urgent action is needed before economies become locked into high-carbon growth. It discusses how to reconcile development with the need to curb emissions, looking at three sets of instruments and their limitations: new technologies and alternative fuels, supply-side measures, and demand-side policies. The report also looks at both available funding, such as carbon financing and international assistance, and at ways to generate new resources, considering that accounting for negative externalities dramatically alters the economics of transport investment. Turning the Right Corner: Ensuring Development Through a Low Carbon Transport Sector will be of interest to policy makers in developed and developing countries, as well as decision-makers and think-tanks, wishing to gain deeper understanding on the part played by the transport sector in mitigating climate change and achieving sustainable development.

U.S. Transit, Transportation & Infrastructure - Considerations & Developments -- Volume 3 (Hardcover): Jordan G. Clark, Ian R.... U.S. Transit, Transportation & Infrastructure - Considerations & Developments -- Volume 3 (Hardcover)
Jordan G. Clark, Ian R. Rodriguez
R3,374 Discovery Miles 33 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Policymakers at all levels of government are debating a wide range of options for addressing the nation's faltering economic conditions. One option that is once again receiving attention is accelerated investments in the nation's public infrastructure - that is, highways, mass transit, airports, water supply and wastewater, and other facilities - in order to create jobs while also promoting long-term economic growth. This book discusses policy issues associated with using infrastructure as a mechanism to benefit economic recovery. Discussed are the Federal-Aid Highway Program (FAHP); surface transportation funding and programs under MAP-21; federal-aid highway assistance for disaster-damaged roads and bridges; earthquake risk and U.S. highway infrastructure; information on materials and practices for improving highway pavement performance; federal freight policy; Positive Train Control (PTC); Essential Air Service (EAS); the changing tide of U.S.-international container trade; and containerships that carry inventory for U.S. retailers.

The Filth of Progress - Immigrants, Americans, and the Building of Canals and Railroads in the West (Paperback): Ryan Dearinger The Filth of Progress - Immigrants, Americans, and the Building of Canals and Railroads in the West (Paperback)
Ryan Dearinger
R754 R684 Discovery Miles 6 840 Save R70 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Filth of Progress explores the untold side of a well-known American story. For more than a century, accounts of progress in the West foregrounded the technological feats performed while canals and railroads were built and lionized the capitalists who financed the projects. This book salvages stories often omitted from the triumphant narrative of progress by focusing on the suffering and survival of the workers who were treated as outsiders. Ryan Dearinger examines the moving frontiers of canal and railroad construction workers in the tumultuous years of American expansion, from the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 to the joining of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads in 1869. He tells the story of the immigrants and Americans-the Irish, Chinese, Mormons, and native-born citizens-whose labor created the West's infrastructure and turned the nation's dreams of a continental empire into a reality. Dearinger reveals that canals and railroads were not static monuments to progress but moving spaces of conflict and contestation.

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