advantages of living in big cities better transport facilities:Shanghai has an extensive public transport system‚ largely based on buses‚ trolley buses‚ taxis‚ and a rapidly expanding metro system. There are 12 metro lines and 303 stations‚with an operating route length of 468 kilometres (291 mi)‚ making the system the second longest in the world. On 16 October 2013‚ with the extension of Line 11 into Kunshan‚ Jiangsu province‚ Shanghai Metro became the first rapid transit system in China to connect
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Assessment Task 1 a) The named organization that is being discussed in this case study is FirstGroup PLC which is a transport company based in the UK. It generates revenues of approximately 5 billion pounds every year and employs staff of over 137‚000 over the UK and North America. The estimated amount of passengers that this company transports is about 2.5 billion per annum. That was a brief overview of the organization that is being dealt in the case study. Moving onto PESTEL which is the brief
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2013 Group 6 Dian Widayanti Laras Putri Paramarta Reiner Agastya Santo Freddy Wulan Maulidiah [USER REQUIREMENTS] MRT E-TICKETING SYSTEM DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA CONTENTS PROJECT DRIVERS ........................................................................................................................................... 3 1. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT ....................................................................................
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exceeded the loose local standard (50µg/m³)‚ 3 times of WHO’s recommended standards (20µg/m³). The public appeals to the government to take actions to improve air quality. Electric vehicle (EV) is considered the best solution for the problem. It generates nearly zero emissions of pollutants. HK lacks heavy industry‚ and its main source of air pollution is vehicle emission. Among all the vehicles‚ public transportation including buses and taxis is the best start point: * According to statistics [UN
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PUBLIC BUS DISCOMFORTS A trip on the public city transit bus is often an uncomfortable excursion. For some‚ the transit bus system is our only means of transportation. Consequently‚ public bus passengers are exposed to various undesirable conditions. This paper will depict those uncomfortable situations experienced on the public bus. Public transportation‚ such as the city bus‚ produces several lewd smells. Even before the bus arrives to pick a passenger up‚ exhaust and pollution intoxicates the
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How has New Public management (NPM) affected the public services? To what extent has its impact been beneficial? The development of ‘new public management’ (hereafter NPM) over the past 20 years is one of the most striking international trends in public administration. It is important to mention that the rise of NPM is linked with other four megatrends in that period‚ namely: - Attempts to slow down government growth and spending (Dunsire and Hood 1989 cited in Hood 1991‚ p.3);
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7 CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS We often wish that there were more businessmen in government. That would be good for business and good for government. Yet the experience of those who are drafted into ministerial office from the business community is usually frustrating. The latest example is Digby Jones‚ former Director General of the Confederation of British Industry‚ which represents big business in the UK. In June 2007 he was appointed Minister of Trade by the
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The role of government in fostering intermodal transport innovation: Freight transportation systems are very important all over the world and are considered to be very significant to the world for regional and local economies (Konings & H. Nijkamp‚ 2008). The author has explained that using 1994 gross national product numbers freight transportation made 6.3 per cent of total expenditure (Knoning & H. Nijkamp‚ 2008). Freight transportation represents a percentage of total expenditures 38.52 per
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Principles of Public Administration 1.0 Introduction. This article discusses how have principles of public administration been applied to positively advance each of the following fields: education‚ transportation‚ health care‚ community development‚ law enforcement‚ and environmental policy. Also‚ the article hypothesizes what would become of the aforementioned services in the absence of a public administration system. The means by which public administration achieves its goals and the responsibilities
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governance‚ lack of regulatory framework and continuing rural-urban migration are all impending and dire. The need for good comprehensive plans‚ well integrated development guidelines and management is urgent and the opportunity it opens for work in the public domain is challenging and exciting. It is of concern that while pressures of growth in Indian urban centers are leading to fast paced developments that are changing the face of the cities at a rapid rate‚ the quality of the urban environment is
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