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Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest
You are in your car, blazing down the road. A historical marker
appears. You want to stop but you can't. What did it say? Here at
last is the solution to your problem. This book presents the actual
inscriptions of Califorina's 1,013 offical markers.
Big Data and Mobility as a Service explores MaaS platforms that can
be adaptable to the ever-evolving mobility environment. It looks at
multi-mode urban crowd data to assess urban mobility
characteristics, their shared transportation potential, and their
performance conditions and constraints. The book analyzes the roles
of multimodality, travel behavior, urban mobility dynamics and
participation. Combined with insights on using big data to analyze
market and policy decisions, this book is an essential tool for
urban transportation management researchers and practitioners.
Why don't trains run on time? Why are fares so expensive? Why are
there so many strikes? Few would disagree that Britain's railways
are broken, and have been for a long time. This insightful new book
calls for a radical rethink of how we view the railways, and
explains the problems we face and how to fix them. Haines-Doran
argues that the railways should be seen as a social good and an
indispensable feature of the national economy. With passengers and
railway workers holding governments to account, we could then move
past the incessant debates on whether our railways are an
unavoidably loss-making business failure. An alternative vision is
both possible and affordable, enabling the railways to play an
instrumental role in decreasing social inequalities, strengthening
the economy and supporting a transition to a sustainable future.
This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development
Goal 9, Industry, innovation and infrastructure -- .
Environmentalists want industrialized nations to reduce the
emission of greenhouse gases that warm the atmosphere. For more
than twenty years, however, their pleas have been mostly ignored.
Naval architects and ship designers can play a critical role in
reducing greenhouse gases by designing effi cient ships that are
safe and environment friendly. New innovations would enhance fuel
effi ciency and encourage other industries to adopt new ways of
thinking. Ship designers are already working to develop a ship that
is safe, effi cient and ecologically friendly. Discover why these
efforts are so important, and also learn the following: Ways a
realistic and practical carbon dioxide index for ships can be
established How much pollution commercial ships cause How safety
concerns and other variables affect ship design What new designs
could mean for the environment There is a great deal of uncertainty
about why climates are changing, but this does not mean theories
revolving around global warming are wrong. Discover new approaches
to solve the problem, and take steps to understand the stakes
involved with Global Climate Change and the Shipping Industry.
In little over a hundred years America went from a country that
lacked a national road system to become a world leader in all forms
of fast transportation. It was from 1807 to 1909 that the
foundations of cheap fast travel forever changed us as a people and
a nation. It all started with a steamboat trip up the Hudson which
brought about a mechanical transportation revolution that came
ashore and finally took to the air. Our story is about
transportation starting with the steamboat, the development of New
York's Finger Lakes, and how this helped bring about the modern
business world we take for granted. It took only a century for the
magical formula of fast transportation speeding up local
development and business growth to transform our nation and the
world we live in. The reader should always keep in mind the endless
cycle of speed, development and business that keeps the ball
rolling as time and distance continue to shrink in this ever
changing world. Speed changed our lives to the point that we needed
to escape it as the Excursionist Age of lakeside resorts, fine
wines and dance halls came to life for the working weary and high
rollers of the land. New York's Finger Lakes were the crown jewels
of this age, having fine wineries and some of the best railroads
and steamboats in the land. Out of all of this energy emerged the
"Wizard of Hammondsport," Glenn H. Curtiss He would go on to become
the fastest man on earth and in the air Because of these events we
no longer think in terms of distance, but instead in the time it
takes to get there. We now think in sound bits, eat on the run, as
our children live fast pace lives. Here is the story of how this
came to be.
Every Haynes manual is written specifically for the
do-it-yourselfer from "hands-on" experience based on a vehicle
teardown using commonly available tools. Step-by-step procedures
are linked to hundreds of easy-to-follow photos and illustrations.
The manual includes a troubleshooting section to help identify
specific problems, valuable short cuts to make the job easier and
eliminate the need for special tools and an easy-to-use index.
Complete coverage for your Suzuki DL650 V-Strom and SFV650 Gladius
covering production years 2004 thru 2019: Routine Maintenance
Tune-up procedures Engine, clutch and transmission repair Cooling
system Fuel and exhaust Ignition and electrical systems Brakes,
wheels and tires Steering, suspension and final drive Frame and
bodywork Color Wiring diagrams With a Haynes manual, you can do it
yourself...from simple maintenance to basic repairs. Whether you're
a beginner or a pro, you can save big with Haynes! Step-by-step
procedures Easy-to-follow photos Comprehensive routine maintenance
and fault diagnosis sections Detailed wiring diagrams Color spark
plug diagnosis Models covered include Suzuki DL650 V-Strom 645cc,
(2004 - 2019), Suzuki DL650XT V-Strom 645cc, (2015 - 2019), and
Suzuki SFV650 Gladius 645cc, (2009 - 2016)
The study of transport is the study of movements, of displacements
of individuals and things in both space and time. The objective of
this book is to provide the basic concepts and tools for the
economic analysis of transport systems, with emphasis on the
behaviour of users and operators. Distinctive features will be
introduced and treated as the natural consequence of processes that
deal with displacements in space-time. Emphasis will be given to
the operation of transportation systems, i.e. to the actual form of
combining vehicles, terminals and rights-of-way in order to produce
certain level of flows of different things in different directions.
Thus, ours will be a short run oriented view, dealing with the
adequate usage of resources for given levels of investment. 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.
The Jaguar XK was launched to great acclaim in 1996 as the
successor to the XJS. Jaguar's XK sports models were produced from
1996 to 2014 in two distinct forms: the original steel-bodied XK,
and, in 2005, the advanced technology aluminium-bodied New XK.
Highly significant for Jaguar, these cars reintroduced the world to
Jaguar sports car motoring and, in doing so, echoed the success of
previous icons, such as the E-type. The original edition of this
book covered just the X-100 (original series) XKs from 1996 through
to 2005. This edition, now in paperback, brings the story up to
date with the X-150 alloy-bodied cars, from 2006 through to the end
of production in 2014. A significantly enlarged work, packed with
information and over 130 additional full-colour pictures, this
fascinating book is essential reading for all XK owners,
prospective owners and enthusiasts - the perfect XK 'handbook.'
From Le Mans champions to James Bond's favourite ride to today's
supercars, Aston Martin DB celebrates 70 years of Britain's
greatest sports cars with this superb collection of over 250
stunning, and often rarely seen images from the Aston Martin
Heritage Trust archive. From the very first DB1 to the iconic DBs
of the 1960s to the very latest DB11, this stylish, lavishly
illustrated book is a fitting celebration of one of the world's
most enduring sports cars. The fast, beautiful sports cars that
Aston Martin built under David Brown's ownership won the Le Mans
24-hour race and the World Sports Car Championship, and provided
James Bond with his most famous transport: the ejector-seat
equipped DB5 that won acclaim in Goldfinger. Though the DB era
ended when Brown sold the company in 1972, its influence continued
to be felt - James Bond's most recent car was the specially-made
DB10, and Aston Martin has just launched its most complete car
ever, the DB11 - and the initials 'DB' mean as much to Aston Martin
now as ever. The perfect gift for fans of fast and beautiful cars!
Chapters include: 1 Birth of a Legend 2 Crisis and Renewal 3
Designs on Victory 4 The Englishman's Ferrari 5 End of an Era 6 The
DB Legacy
British Buses and Coaches in the 1960s, is an overview of the bus
and coach scene during a decade of great social and economic change
in Britain's history. This volume looks at the interesting and
varied number of bus and coach operators that still existed, before
and just after the formation of the National Bus Company in 1968.
Jim Blake has compiled an interesting collection of material from
his extensive collection of negatives taken during that time, which
give a flavour of how things were at that time of great change.
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