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Motor Fleet Safety and Security Management (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Daniel E Della-Giustina Motor Fleet Safety and Security Management (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Daniel E Della-Giustina
R6,751 Discovery Miles 67 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the almost ten years since the publication of the first edition of Motor Fleet Safety and Security Management, the availability of new methods of transportation has made travel faster, and consequently, safety and security have become more important and more complex. Businesses must now become proactive in their own security and planning for emergencies. This second edition of a bestselling resource provides a complete understanding of how to develop and manage a comprehensive motor fleet safety and instructional program. It presents the underlying concepts, basic techniques, and principles of motor fleet safety and security management. New, Revised, and Expanded Topics in the Second Edition: Elements of a fleet safety program Accident prevention Consideration for small-fleet driver selection, training, instruction, and supervision Vehicle inspection How to organize accident data Job safety analysis (JSA) meetings for commercial drivers Fleet transportation publicity School bus safety Shipping and storage of hazardous materials Security in transportation Model of a motor fleet transportation program designed to assist in the implementation of a program To achieve optimum safety, everyone involved in the transportation system should be adequately trained, supervised, and monitored. Proper data and incident reports must be maintained to identify trends and problem areas. Keeping the trademark style that made the previous edition so popular, the author addresses the critical steps for successful driver selection, training, instruction, and supervision. He provides you with the foundation you need to combat common problems and manage your motor fleet transportation system.

Taken For A Ride - Grounding Neoliberalism, Precarious Labour, and Public Transport in an African Metropolis (Paperback):... Taken For A Ride - Grounding Neoliberalism, Precarious Labour, and Public Transport in an African Metropolis (Paperback)
Matteo Rizzo
R1,073 Discovery Miles 10 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How does public transport work in an African city under neoliberalism? Who owns what in it? Who has the power to influence its shape and changes in it over time? What does it mean to be a precarious and informal worker in the private minibuses that provide public transport in Dar es Salaam? These are the main questions that inform this in-depth case study of Dar es Salaam's public transport system over more than forty years. The growth of cities and informal economies are two central manifestations of globalization in the developing world. Taken for a Ride addresses both, drawing on long-term fieldwork in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and charting its public transport system's journey from public to private provision. This new addition to the Critical Frontiers of Theory, Research and Practice in International Development Studies series investigates this shift alongside the increasing deregulation of the sector and the resulting chaotic modality of public transport. It reviews state attempts to regain control over public transport and documents how informal wage relations prevailed in the sector. The changing political attitude of workers towards employers and the state is investigated: from an initial incapacity to respond to exploitation, to the political organisation and unionisation which won workers concessions on labour rights. A longitudinal study of workers throws light on patterns of occupational mobility in the sector. The book ends with an analysis of the political and economic interests that shaped the introduction of Bus Rapid Transit in Dar es Salaam, and local resistance to it. Taken for a Ride is an interdisciplinary political economy of public transport, exposing the limitations of market fundamentalist and postcolonial appraoches to the study of economic informality, the urban experience in developing countries, and their failure to locate the agency of the urban poor within their economic and political structures. It is both a contribution to and a call for the contextualised study of neoliberalism.

The Economics of Cars (Hardcover): Fabio Cassia, Matteo Ferrazzi The Economics of Cars (Hardcover)
Fabio Cassia, Matteo Ferrazzi
R2,666 Discovery Miles 26 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The automotive sector represents more than a simple industry. It embodies the economic and technological power of nations, the lifestyle and consumption patterns of societies, the dynamics of urban and territorial development, and acts as a national barometer of economic success and failure. This book explains how the car industry works and analyses the challenges both for the sector and for the economies that rely on the industry for jobs, growth and innovation. It explores an industry that has been under severe pressure in industrialized countries for many years - factories have closed, jobs have gone and brands and manufacturers have disappeared - yet world production has never been higher, reaching new peaks annually. The authors investigate how western and Japanese manufacturers still dominate the market, despite the challenge posed by Korean, Chinese and Indian competitors. They examine how changing environmental policies and consumer preferences are moving the industry towards electric vehicles; how usage patterns are evolving, favouring car-sharing; and how advances in electronics and digitalization are set to further reshape the sector with autonomous and self-driving vehicles. The book offers readers a short, non-technical guide to the workings of a fast-moving industry that remains of huge importance to both national and global economies.

Traffic Data Collection and its Standardization (Paperback, 2010): Jaume Barcelo, Masao Kuwahara Traffic Data Collection and its Standardization (Paperback, 2010)
Jaume Barcelo, Masao Kuwahara
R2,630 Discovery Miles 26 300 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book contains twelve selected papers presented at the International Workshop on Traffic Data Collection and its Standardization held on September 8-9th 2008 in Barcelona. Organized and chaired by Barcelo and Kuwahara, the workshop was intended to examine the purposes and quality of data and how it is collected and used in traffic analysis, with the overall intent of improving and standardizing the practice.

Traffic data is the cornerstone to everything from the most classical traffic control analysis to the most advanced real-time control and management implementing modern Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) applications. These applications are primarily based on the availability of traffic data supplied by a Data Collection System which, equipped with more or less sophisticated technologies, provides measurements on the fundamental traffic variables, ideally with the required level of temporal aggregation, and perhaps, when the technology allows it, additional measurements on other variables of interest, depending on the type of application in which they will be used. The applications are in turn supported by models, and in fact the primary use of the data is to provide the input to traffic models whose quality depends on the quality, consistency, robustness, completion and other characteristics of the data.

The main papers presented at the workshop dealt with

  • which kind of data are available and under what conditions,
  • what kind of data are needed for
    • online applications
    • model calibration/validation
    • safety analysis
  • data source reliability
  • how standardization can accelerate developments in the field, and how traffic data can be accessed more easily

The papers presented, from which the final twelve were chosen:

  1. Calibrating the Fundamental Diagram in Congestion: Methods Based on Observations at Consecutive Loop-Detectors
  2. Nicolas Chiabaut, Ludovic Leclercq, Tiphaine Bretin, Christine Buisson

    Universite de Lyon, INRETS / ENTPE, LICIT,

  3. A cost-effective Method for the Detection of Queue Lengths at Traffic Lights

Thorsten Neumann

German Aerospace Center, Institute of Transportation Systems

3. Fusing Road Travel Time Data

F. Soriguera CENIT Center for Innovation in Transport, Technical

University of Catalonia (UPC)

D. Abeijon, CENIT Center for Innovation in Transport, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC),

F. Robuste, School of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Catalonia

  1. Floating Car Data Based Analysis of Urban Travel Times for the Provision of Traffic Quality
  2. Jan Fabian Ehmke, Stephan Meisel, Dirk Christian Mattfeld, Universitat Braunschweig, Carl-Friedrich Gauss Department, Business Information Systems, Decision Support Group

  3. Extended Floating Car Data in cooperative traffic management
  4. Thomas Scheider, Martin Bohm, AustriaTech,

  5. Long-term Investigations of Quality and Reliability of the Video Image Detection System m3
  6. Ralf Reulke, Beate Meffert, Bjorn Piltz

    Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin,

    Sascha Bauer, Daniel Hein, Marc Hohloch, Karsten Kozempel

    German Aerospace Center, Institute for Transportation Systems,

  7. Data Mining For Traffic Flow Analysis: Visualization Approach
  8. Takahiko KUSAKABE, Takamasa IRYO, Yasuo ASAKURA

    Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University

  9. Microscopic data collection method for analyzing driving behavior at traffic signals
  10. Francesco Viti, Serge P. Hoogendoorn, Henk J. van Zuylen

    Delft University of Technology

    Isabel R. Wilmink, Bart van Arem

    TNO, business unit Mobility & Logistics,

  11. Data Collection for Measuring Performance of an Integrated Transportation System
  12. Wei-Bin Zhang, Alex Skabardonis, Meng Li, Jingquan Li, Kun Zhou, Liping Zhang

    California PATH Program, University of California at Berkeley,

  13. Data Requirements for Experimental and Operational Validations of Real-time Traffic Simulation Tools
  14. Christine BUISSON, Aurelien DURET

    Universite de Lyon, ENTPE-INRETS, Laboratoire d Ingenierie Circulation Transports LICIT.

  15. Parameterization of distribution using survey data: The influence of spatial factors on commuting trips in The Netherlands
  16. Tom Thomas, Bas Tutert

    University of Twente, The Netherlands

  17. Using floating car data for traffic state estimation in signalized urban networks
  18. Henk van Zuylen, Yusen Chen, Fangfang Zheng

    Delft University of Technology

  19. Exploring floating car data as a-priori information to dynamic origin destination matrix estimation
  20. Yusen Chen, Henk van Zuylen, Runa Asmundsdottir

    Delft University of Technology

  21. Data Collection, Use and Provision at the Transport Data Centre, New South Wales, Australia
  22. Peter Hidas

    Manager, Transport Model Application Transport Data Centre, NSW Ministry of Transport

  23. Hysteresis in the fundamental diagram: impact of measurement methods
  24. Jorge A. Laval

    School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute 4 of Technology

  25. Notes on traffic data, traffic applications and traffic models
  26. Jaume Barcelo, Dept. of Statistics and Operations Research,

    Technical University of Catalonia

  27. Standardising Traffic Data Managed by a Road Authority
  28. Stuart Ballingall, Manager Road Information Services, VicRoads

  29. International Traffic Data Base

Mark Miska, Masao Kuwahara, University of Tokyo"

Two Billion Cars - Driving Toward Sustainability (Paperback): Daniel Sperling, Deborah Gordon Two Billion Cars - Driving Toward Sustainability (Paperback)
Daniel Sperling, Deborah Gordon
R499 Discovery Miles 4 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Today there are over a billion vehicles in the world, and within twenty years, the number will double, largely a consequence of China's and India's explosive growth. Given that greenhouse gases are already creating havoc with our climate and that violent conflict in unstable oil-rich nations is on the rise, will matters only get worse? Or are there hopeful signs that effective, realistic solutions can be found?
Blending a concise history of cars and their impact on the world, leading transportation experts Daniel Sperling and Deborah Gordon explain how we arrived at this state, and what we can do about it. Sperling and Gordon assign blame squarely where it belongs-on the auto-industry, short-sighted government policies, and consumers. They explore such solutions as getting beyond the gas-guzzler monoculture, re-inventing cars, searching for low-carbon fuels, and more. Promising advances in both transportation technology and fuel efficiency together with shifts in traveler behavior, they suggest, offer us a way out of our predicament.
The authors conclude that the two places that have the most troublesome emissions problems--California and China--are the most likely to become world leaders on these issues. Arnold Schwarzenegger's enlightened embrace of eco-friendly fuel policies, which he discusses in the foreword, and China's forthright recognition that it needs far-reaching environmental and energy policies, suggest that if they can tackle the issue effectively and honestly, then there really is reason for hope. Updated with a new afterword that sheds light on the profound changes in the global economy in the last year, Two Billion Cars makes the case for why and how we need to transform transportation now more than ever.

"Authoritatively prescriptive."
--Tom Vanderbilt, Wilson Quarterly
"Provocative and pleasurable, far-seeing and refreshing, fact-based and yet a page-turner, global in scope but rooted in real places. The authors make a convincing case that smart consumers driving smart electric-drive cars can find the critical path to a safer planet."
--Robert Socolow, Princeton University
"In this insightful and persuasive book, Sperling and Gordon highlight one of the biggest environmental challenges of this century: two billion cars. They rightly contend that we cannot avert the worst of global warming without making our cars cleaner and petroleum-free. Luckily the authors also offer a roadmap for navigating this problem that is both visionary and achievable."
--Frances Beinecke, President, Natural Resources Defense Council

Transportation Safety in an Age of Deregulation (Hardcover, New): Leon N. Moses, Ian Savage Transportation Safety in an Age of Deregulation (Hardcover, New)
Leon N. Moses, Ian Savage
R1,435 Discovery Miles 14 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Recent legislation deregulating the airline and trucking industries has enhanced competition and reduced real transportation prices by putting pressure on firms to operate more efficiently. Yet, with the entry of many new small airlines and trucking firms facing the financial pressures of competition, many legislators fear that public safety will be reduced due to compromises in maintenance, equipment replacement, recruitment and training. This volume examines the theoretical and empirical issues involved in the debate on the relationship between safety and economic performance in the airline and trucking industries. Contributors discuss such factors as the role of government as provider of safety oversight personnel and airport and road space quality, and conclude that the government has not acted quickly enough to provide the additional safety resources to meet the changed needs of the two industries, though the evidence does not support the notion that deregulation has compromised safety.

Traffic Engineering Handbook 7e (Hardcover, 7th Edition): Ite Traffic Engineering Handbook 7e (Hardcover, 7th Edition)
Ite
R3,792 Discovery Miles 37 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Get a complete look into modern traffic engineering solutions Traffic Engineering Handbook, Seventh Edition is a newly revised text that builds upon the reputation as the go-to source of essential traffic engineering solutions that this book has maintained for the past 70 years. The updated content reflects changes in key industry standards, and shines a spotlight on the needs of all users, the design of context-sensitive roadways, and the development of more sustainable transportation solutions. Additionally, this resource features a new organizational structure that promotes a more functionally-driven, multimodal approach to planning, designing, and implementing transportation solutions. A branch of civil engineering, traffic engineering concerns the safe and efficient movement of people and goods along roadways. Traffic flow, road geometry, sidewalks, crosswalks, cycle facilities, shared lane markings, traffic signs, traffic lights, and more all of these elements must be considered when designing public and private sector transportation solutions. * Explore the fundamental concepts of traffic engineering as they relate to operation, design, and management * Access updated content that reflects changes in key industry-leading resources, such as the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), AASSHTO Policy on Geometric Design, Highway Safety Manual (HSM), and Americans with Disabilities Act * Understand the current state of the traffic engineering field * Leverage revised information that homes in on the key topics most relevant to traffic engineering in today's world, such as context-sensitive roadways and sustainable transportation solutions Traffic Engineering Handbook, Seventh Edition is an essential text for public and private sector transportation practitioners, transportation decision makers, public officials, and even upper-level undergraduate and graduate students who are studying transportation engineering.

The Road to Zero Emissions - The Future of Trucks, Transport and Automotive Industry Supply Chains (Paperback): Dennis Evans,... The Road to Zero Emissions - The Future of Trucks, Transport and Automotive Industry Supply Chains (Paperback)
Dennis Evans, D.E.S. Evans, Alistair Williamson
R1,835 Discovery Miles 18 350 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The transport industry has an important role to play in addressing climate change and the environmental challenges facing governments, businesses and individuals. Achieving net zero emissions by 2050 will require this sector, which is a large contributor of emissions, to innovate, adapt and drive positive change. New technologies including batteries and alternative fuels will all be significant, as will developing different approaches and outlooks. The Road to Zero Emissions is the comprehensive guide for those in the transport industry to understanding what can and is being done to tackle climate change. Through examining established companies and new entrants in the automotive space, readers are provided with examples of the importance of infrastructure, business innovation and financing for the future. In addition to this, the role of governments in establishing policies, such as zero-emission zones, is also discussed. Progressing towards zero emissions requires immediate change and this book will start you on the journey.

The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit - Over 100 Tools for Transport, Warehousing and Inventory Management (Paperback, 3rd... The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit - Over 100 Tools for Transport, Warehousing and Inventory Management (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)
Gwynne Richards, Susan Grinsted
R1,510 Discovery Miles 15 100 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit provides practical tools for warehouse, inventory and transport managers and students to help them tackle the challenges of logistics and supply chain management. It is full of practical ideas and information to optimise the management of logistics and supply chain processes. The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit offers solutions and plans spanning across a variety of sub-disciplines such as warehousing, logistics, supply chain management, inventory and outsourcing. Each toolkit addresses key principles within its area of discipline, providing the reader with a precision approach to be used in complex and sensitive circumstances. The toolkit presents a number of major management tools such as Fortna's Product Flow Smart Design, SMART, DMAIC and Gantt charts. General management, performance management and problem-solving tools have also been included to provide a broader, transferable scope of tools for the reader.

Road Passenger Transport Management - Planning and Coordinating Passenger Transport Operations (Paperback): Tony Francis, David... Road Passenger Transport Management - Planning and Coordinating Passenger Transport Operations (Paperback)
Tony Francis, David Hurdle
R1,721 Discovery Miles 17 210 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Road passenger transport management is an important role, involving the planning and coordinating of passenger transport operations, including routes and schedules. Managers ensure that passengers reach their destinations safely, on time and in the most cost-effective way. Road Passenger Transport Management covers all the essential tasks a transport manager is expected to master. Road Passenger Transport Management provides tips and tools for working with customers, planning routes and scheduling delivery times, as well as managing a team of supervisors, administration staff and drivers. The authors include guidelines for coordinating staff training and arranging vehicle maintenance, MOTs and tax payments, as well as organizing vehicle replacements and managing contracts and developing new business. This is a contributed book, with expertise shared from well-known academics and practitioners who have spent many years in the passenger transport field. The tools and case studies in this vital new guide will enable readers to learn new skills or build on existing expertise. Online supporting resources include sample performance reports and target assessment forms.

Driving Lessons - Exploring Systems That Make Traffic Safer (Paperback): J.Peter Rothe Driving Lessons - Exploring Systems That Make Traffic Safer (Paperback)
J.Peter Rothe
R782 Discovery Miles 7 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Despite our best efforts, traffic injuries and fatalities continue to increase. Traditional solutions do not seem to fix the problem; perhaps we need to approach these problems in a new way. This collection attempts to expand thinking about traffic safety across a range of disciplines and seeks to open up the discussion.

National Express - The Journey of an Iconic Brand (Paperback): Peter Robinson, Harry Cameron National Express - The Journey of an Iconic Brand (Paperback)
Peter Robinson, Harry Cameron
R455 R413 Discovery Miles 4 130 Save R42 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

First appearing in 1972, National Express coaches have become a familiar site on the UK's roads, and are very much a part of popular culture, celebrated in songs and on television. With many former National Express vehicles finding their way to preservation, this book explores the history of this very British brand and celebrates the history and heritage of a British institution. The book covers the operations of the business, the evolution of the National Express brand and the development of the fleet up to the latest Caetano Levante, a vehicle designed to meet the operator's very specific requirements for accessibility. Featuring driver stories and passenger memories, together with detailed images, photographs and designs, this book celebrates 50 years of coaching history.

Parking Regulation and Management - The Emerging Tool for a Sustainable City (Hardcover): Daniel Albalate, Albert Gragera Parking Regulation and Management - The Emerging Tool for a Sustainable City (Hardcover)
Daniel Albalate, Albert Gragera
R3,681 R1,280 Discovery Miles 12 800 Save R2,401 (65%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Containing some of the most recent and original studies on parking regulation and management from different disciplines, this book offers rigorous analysis from top researchers with a clear intention to deliver policy implications and provide information to the public. The book is organized according to a variety of key topics. Among others, it covers the interaction of parking with other modes of transportation and its demand, its pricing and external effects, the role of information and digitalization, and the effects of regulation and its enforcement. Also, it includes the views of practitioners, who discuss present parking in cities and the future of its management. Written primarily for scholars interested in transportation, mobility, planning and urban affairs, this book is also directly relevant to practitioners and policymakers in government with responsibilities in mobility. Additionally, the book will be of interest to the private sector as it offers a practical link between rigorous academic analyses and the needs of practitioners.

A Study Guide for the Operator Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) in Road Freight 2020 - A Complete Self-Study Course... A Study Guide for the Operator Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) in Road Freight 2020 - A Complete Self-Study Course for OCR and CILT Examinations (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)
Clive Pidgeon
R1,986 Discovery Miles 19 860 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A Study Guide for the Operator Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) in Road Freight 2020 is a vital study guide that offers the thorough preparation needed to pass the tough CPC exams in the UK. It covers the examination method used by the Oxford, Cambridge and RSA (OCR) and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT). This is the Level 3 standard qualification overseen by The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (OFQUAL) and the Welsh Assembly Government, which is required by any person wishing to operate vehicles over 3,500 kg, the maximum authorised mass for hire and reward, in the UK and internationally. A Study Guide for the Operator Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) in Road Freight 2020 has been extensively revised to include all the new legislation. It covers the eight study sections that the directive requires: civil law; commercial law; social law; fiscal law; business; financial; management of the undertaking access to the market; technical standards and technical aspects of the operation road safety. It features many case studies, examples, diagrams and graphics. New to this edition: updated sections on operator licencing, drivers' hours, tachographs, vehicle testing, vehicle tax, vehicle registration, civil law, international driving and documentation.

Gas Turbine Blade Cooling (Paperback): Chaitanya Ghodke Gas Turbine Blade Cooling (Paperback)
Chaitanya Ghodke
R2,098 Discovery Miles 20 980 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Gas turbines play an extremely important role in fulfilling a variety of power needs and are mainly used for power generation and propulsion applications. The performance and efficiency of gas turbine engines are to a large extent dependent on turbine rotor inlet temperatures: typically, the hotter the better. In gas turbines, the combustion temperature and the fuel efficiency are limited by the heat transfer properties of the turbine blades. However, in pushing the limits of hot gas temperatures while preventing the melting of blade components in high-pressure turbines, the use of effective cooling technologies is critical. Increasing the turbine inlet temperature also increases heat transferred to the turbine blade, and it is possible that the operating temperature could reach far above permissible metal temperature. In such cases, insufficient cooling of turbine blades results in excessive thermal stress on the blades causing premature blade failure. This may bring hazards to the engine’s safe operation. Gas Turbine Blade Cooling, edited by Dr. Chaitanya D. Ghodke, offers 10 handpicked SAE International’s technical papers, which identify key aspects of turbine blade cooling and help readers understand how this process can improve the performance of turbine hardware.

Spatial analysis of Liberia's transport connectivity and potential growth (Paperback): Atsushi Iimi, World Bank, Kulwinder... Spatial analysis of Liberia's transport connectivity and potential growth (Paperback)
Atsushi Iimi, World Bank, Kulwinder Rao
R1,047 Discovery Miles 10 470 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book analyzes Liberia's transport connectivity and identifies existing bottlenecks and possible growth potentials, using spatial techniques and data, including the first-ever georeferenced detailed road network data in Liberia.

Routes of Compromise - Building Roads and Shaping the Nation in Mexico, 1917-1952 (Hardcover): Michael K. Bess Routes of Compromise - Building Roads and Shaping the Nation in Mexico, 1917-1952 (Hardcover)
Michael K. Bess
R1,507 Discovery Miles 15 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In Routes of Compromise Michael K. Bess studies the social, economic, and political implications of road building and state formation in Mexico through a comparative analysis of Nuevo León and Veracruz from the 1920s to the 1950s. He examines how both foreign and domestic actors, working at local, national, and transnational levels, helped determine how Mexico would build and finance its roadways. While Veracruz offered a radical model for regional construction that empowered agrarian communities, national consensus would solidify around policies championed by Nuevo León’s political and commercial elites. Bess shows that no single political figure or central agency dominated the process of determining Mexico's road-building policies. Instead, provincial road-building efforts highlight the contingent nature of power and state formation in midcentury Mexico.  

Taken For A Ride - Grounding Neoliberalism, Precarious Labour, and Public Transport in an African Metropolis (Hardcover):... Taken For A Ride - Grounding Neoliberalism, Precarious Labour, and Public Transport in an African Metropolis (Hardcover)
Matteo Rizzo
R2,432 Discovery Miles 24 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How does public transport work in an African city under neoliberalism? Who owns what in it? Who has the power to influence its shape and changes in it over time? What does it mean to be a precarious and informal worker in the private minibuses that provide public transport in Dar es Salaam? These are the main questions that inform this in-depth case study of Dar es Salaam's public transport system over more than forty years. The growth of cities and informal economies are two central manifestations of globalization in the developing world. Taken for a Ride addresses both, drawing on long-term fieldwork in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and charting its public transport system's journey from public to private provision. This new addition to the Critical Frontiers of Theory, Research and Practice in International Development Studies series investigates this shift alongside the increasing deregulation of the sector and the resulting chaotic modality of public transport. It reviews state attempts to regain control over public transport and documents how informal wage relations prevailed in the sector. The changing political attitude of workers towards employers and the state is investigated: from an initial incapacity to respond to exploitation, to the political organisation and unionisation which won workers concessions on labour rights. A longitudinal study of workers throws light on patterns of occupational mobility in the sector, and the political and economic interests that shaped the introduction of Bus Rapid Transit in Dar es Salaam, and local resistance to it are analysed. Taken for a Ride reveals the political economy of public transport, exposing the limitations of market fundamentalist and post-colonial scholarship on economic informality, the urban experience in developing countries, and the failure to locate the agency of the urban poor within their economic and political structures. It is both a contribution and a call for the contextualised study of 'actually existing neoliberalism'.

The Drover's Daughter (Paperback): Patsy Kemp The Drover's Daughter (Paperback)
Patsy Kemp
R444 Discovery Miles 4 440 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Drovers hold an iconic place in the Australian national identity, owing to the courage and perseverance needed to transport cattle and sheep hundreds of kilometres through rural and outback areas. But what of the women and children who travelled with them? In this memoir, Patsy Kemp shares the highs and lows of growing up on the stock routes of New South Wales and Queensland in the 1950s and 1960s. While large families were common back then, it was unusual for a family of nine and a few workmen to live out of a small truck for months on end. She recounts the adventures she had during her ten years on the road, from riding a runaway sheep at the age of five to embarrassing tales of adolescence. Her story is full of warmth, honesty and humour, giving a unique voice to a neglected part of Australia's history.

Evaluation of Intelligent Road Transport Systems - Methods and results (Hardcover): Meng Lu Evaluation of Intelligent Road Transport Systems - Methods and results (Hardcover)
Meng Lu
R3,879 R3,494 Discovery Miles 34 940 Save R385 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) use information and communications technologies (ICT) to deliver transport improvements instead of extending physical infrastructure, thereby saving money and reducing environmental impact. This book provides an overview of ICT-based intelligent road transport systems with an emphasis on evaluation methods and recent evaluation results of ITS development and deployment. Topics covered include: ITS evaluation policy; frameworks and methods for ITS evaluation; ITS impact evaluation; the network perspective; field operational tests (FOTs); assessing transport measures using cost-benefit and multicriteria analysis; technical assessment of the performance of in-vehicle systems; opportunities and challenges in the era of new pervasive technology; evaluation of automated driving functions; user-related evaluation of ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) and automated driving; evaluation of traffic management; performance assessment of a wet weather pilot system; case studies from China; heavy vehicle overload control benefit and cost. With chapters from an international panel of leading experts, this book is essential reading for researchers and advanced students from academia, industry and government working in intelligent road transport systems.

Ghana on the Go - African Mobility in the Age of Motor Transportation (Paperback): Jennifer Hart Ghana on the Go - African Mobility in the Age of Motor Transportation (Paperback)
Jennifer Hart
R853 Discovery Miles 8 530 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

As early as the 1910s, African drivers in colonial Ghana understood the possibilities that using imported motor transport could further the social and economic agendas of a diverse array of local agents, including chiefs, farmers, traders, fishermen, and urban workers. Jennifer Hart's powerful narrative of auto-mobility shows how drivers built on old trade routes to increase the speed and scale of motorized travel. Hart reveals that new forms of labor migration, economic enterprise, cultural production, and social practice were defined by autonomy and mobility and thus shaped the practices and values that formed the foundations of Ghanaian society today. Focusing on the everyday lives of individuals who participated in this century of social, cultural, and technological change, Hart comes to a more sensitive understanding of the ways in which these individuals made new technology meaningful to their local communities and associated it with their future aspirations.

Ghana on the Go - African Mobility in the Age of Motor Transportation (Hardcover): Jennifer Hart Ghana on the Go - African Mobility in the Age of Motor Transportation (Hardcover)
Jennifer Hart
R2,312 Discovery Miles 23 120 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

As early as the 1910s, African drivers in colonial Ghana understood the possibilities that using imported motor transport could further the social and economic agendas of a diverse array of local agents, including chiefs, farmers, traders, fishermen, and urban workers. Jennifer Hart's powerful narrative of auto-mobility shows how drivers built on old trade routes to increase the speed and scale of motorized travel. Hart reveals that new forms of labor migration, economic enterprise, cultural production, and social practice were defined by autonomy and mobility and thus shaped the practices and values that formed the foundations of Ghanaian society today. Focusing on the everyday lives of individuals who participated in this century of social, cultural, and technological change, Hart comes to a more sensitive understanding of the ways in which these individuals made new technology meaningful to their local communities and associated it with their future aspirations.

The Mobility Revolution - Zero Emissions, Zero Accidents, Zero Ownership (Paperback, UK ed.): Lukas Neckermann The Mobility Revolution - Zero Emissions, Zero Accidents, Zero Ownership (Paperback, UK ed.)
Lukas Neckermann
R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A must-read for anyone interested in the future of the automobile industry, our cities, and the way we live. This book coins the term 'Mobility Revolution' and is a summary of the 'three zeroes' that are defining the future for the automobile industry: Zero Emissions, Zero Accidents and Zero Ownership. Electric, autonomous and shared vehicles are beginning to transform the way we live, work, and move about in our increasingly urban environment. The impact goes well beyond the automotive industry and its suppliers. Public transport, utilities, construction, logistics, financial services companies and even your local cafe will need to think and operate differently. The magnitude of the change is as significant as Gottlieb Daimler and Henry Ford's transformation of our cities 130 years ago, when cars replaced horses. Lukas Neckermann describes a revolution that is coming much sooner than we think. Based on countless interviews, 'The Mobility Revolution' is highly current and thoroughly researched, whilst also fun to read. It is an eye-opener to a new world that awaits us.

No Accident - Eliminating Injury and Death on Canadian Roads (Paperback): Neil Arason No Accident - Eliminating Injury and Death on Canadian Roads (Paperback)
Neil Arason
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

It is possible to eliminate death and serious injury from Canada's roads. In other jurisdictions, the European Union, centres in the United States, and at least one automotive company aim to achieve comparable results as early as 2020. In Canada, though, citizens must turn their thinking on its head and make road safety a national priority.

Since the motor vehicle first went into mass production, the driver has taken most of the blame for its failures. In a world where each person's safety is dependent on a system in which millions of drivers must drive perfectly over billions of hours behind the wheel, failure on a massive scale has been the result. When we neglect the central role of the motor vehicle as a dangerous consumer product, the result is one of the largest human-made means for physically assaulting human beings. It is time for Canadians to embrace internationally recognized ways of thinking and enter an era in which the motor vehicle by-product of human carnage is relegated to history.

"No Accident" examines problems related to road safety and makes recommendations for the way forward. Topics include types of drivers; human-related driving errors related to fatigue, speed, alcohol, and distraction and roads; pedestrians, cyclists, and public transit; road engineering; motor vehicle regulation; auto safety design; and collision-avoidance technologies such as radar and camera-based sensors on vehicles that prevent crashes. This multi-disciplinary study demystifies the world of road safety and provides a road map for the next twenty years. Includes a foreword by Ralph Nader.

Growing the Automotive Supply Chain: the Road Forward (Paperback, New): Matthias Holweg, Yung Tran, Philip Davies Growing the Automotive Supply Chain: the Road Forward (Paperback, New)
Matthias Holweg, Yung Tran, Philip Davies
R783 Discovery Miles 7 830 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Growing the UK auto supply chain is seen as an issue of the highest priority by the Automotive Council. This 'sourcing roadmap' provides and overview of current and prospective patterns in the UK automotive industry. It serves and the empirical grounding for determining and prioritising activities by the Automotive Council to retain and build supply chain capabilities in the UK automotive industry.

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