The evolution of electric trams around the world: American promoters brought the tramway to Europe‚ Paris in 1853 and Birkenhead in England in 1860‚ followed by London in 1861 and Copenhagen in 1863. Steam trams were developed‚ but were not very suitable for urban use‚ although they ran on many suburban and rural light railways. The 1960s: The decade of the 1960s was a bad time for public transport in many parts of the world‚ with the growing belief by industry and transport planners that the
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The Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system serving Delhi‚ Gurgaon‚ Noida and Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region of India. The network consists of six lines with a total length of 189.63 kilometres (117.83 mi) with 142 stations of which 35 are underground. It has a combination of elevated‚ at-grade and underground lines and uses both broad gauge and standard gauge rolling stock. Four types of rolling stock are used: Mitsubishi-ROTEM Broad gauge‚ Bombardier MOVIA‚ Mitsubishi-ROTEM Standard gauge
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could just go back to those days when you were a child who only worried about a few things in life‚ when your imagination seems to have no limit‚ and your household and school rules are the only ones you mind and obey? While watching the movie “Transit”‚ that was what came up to me. As all the scenes roll‚ Joshua’s (the 4 year old son of Moises) childish ways never slipped from my attention. Yes‚ it is true that the possibility of him getting deported is a serious matter‚ but I wondered what is
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SAMSUNG LEARNING POINTS This is a great case dealing with the “big picture/helicopter vision”. It is an ideal case to get us started. Below are the main learning points. There may also be other things you learnt from the class‚ that are not listed here. Think about how you can take some of these learning points back to your own companies and context‚ and apply them. The case teaches us: - about moving from a production/selling orientation to a market orientation. This is really really
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The Choice Point case study. Choice Point Case 1. Itemize the nature of the information security breach at ChoicePoint and how this adversely affected the organization. Be sure to include and indicate both tangible and intangible losses in preparing your response. [table] Nature of the information security Effects Hacking – customer information was taken by the users who are not authorized Lawsuit and the customers are not happy Authentication failure The more secured new system of authentication
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Merchandising at the point of sale: differential effect of end of aisle and islands Part 1- Introduction/overview of the article (eg: country affected‚ year‚ sample size‚ the research expert of the author(s)‚ etc.) This article with title ‘ Merchandising at the point of sale: differential effect of end of aisle and islands’ written by Álvaro Garrido-Morgado‚ Óscar González-Benito which from University of Salamanca‚ Spain. This article was published by Elsevier España‚ S.L.U. on March 2015 and
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2005 New York City transit strike The 2005 New York City transit strike was a strike in New York City called by the Transport Workers Union Local 100 (TWU). Negotiations for a new contract with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) broke down over retirement‚ pension‚ and wage increases. The strike began at 3:00 a.m. EST on December 20‚ 2005. Most New York City Transit Authority personnel observed the strike‚ effectively halting all service on the subway and buses. Millions of commuters
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Related Readings The Philippine Light Rail Transit Authority was set up on 12 July 1980 by Executive Order No. 603 to build‚ operate and/or lease LRT framework in the Philippines. Its central goal is to make a completely coordinated mass rail transit network to ease Metro Manila’s serious traffic congestion. The Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1 is the first metro line of the Manila Light Rail Transit System. Presently‚ the line contains twenty stations and runs on 19.65km (12.21miles). Numerous
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New York City Transit Analysis Determinants of impasse MTA thought that they could strong arm the union as they had in the past. In 1999 and 2002 MTA threatened the union with fines and jail time if they did not negotiate. Therefore‚ union leaders accepted terms and contracts that they normally would not have if they had other options. But members of the union were tired of promises by management of better working conditions and wage increases that did not cover the cost of inflation
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By the turn of the 20th century mass transit had coalesced around electric power for street railways‚ subways‚ elevated railways and for interurban railways of around one-hundred miles or less. Animal and cable traction systems had already undergone mass conversions to electricity or been abandoned altogether where the financial investment was proving unworthy. Steam powered locomotives drove long distance railroads; by 1890 there was in excess of 130‚000 miles of mainline track in service. In the
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