3.2. Comfort in public transport In the process of decision-making‚ two questions systematically arise to the user of public transport. The first is a five-level question‚ which assesses the service availability (TCQSM‚ 2013). These levels are as follows: • Spatial availability at the origin and spatial availability at destination: if the service is too far from the origin or the destination of travel‚ the transit option will not be maintained. For instance‚ the average walking distance to a bus
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elements of Porter’s national competitive advantage theory. Suggested Answers: 1. Factor conditions Japan possesses relatively weak basic factors but good advanced factors‚ e.g. availability of high quality scientist and engineers; and advanced rail road and telecommunication infrastructure. 2. Demand conditions High degree of buyer sophistication Strong preference for new product and high demand for quality products and services 3. Related and supporting industries Clusters
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The late 19th Century was a revolutionizing period in American History evident by the Industrial Revolution and the Civil War. However‚ it was the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad which profoundly changed the United States. The discovery of gold‚ the acquisition of Mexican territories and the continued settlement of the West increased the need for a primary railway system connecting the East and the West Coasts. The Transcontinental Continental Railroad aided the settling of the west
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Question 1: The rising levels of congestion and air pollution found in most of the world cities is due to the rapidly increasing number of private cars in use. Do you think the use of public transport can encourage people to use their car less? Discuss possible ways to encourage public to use the public transport. Answer 1: Air pollution is one of the contribution factors to the increments of various disease to the country. One of the major contributor to the pollution is the uses of private cars
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This quarterly calculation‚ issued by the Association of American Railroads‚ an industry trade group‚ measures total industry shipment weight times the average length of haul. It is the best measure of rail freight movement. Standard & Poor’s estimates that ton-miles rose 2.2% in 2005. For 2004‚ US Class I railroad ton-miles increased 7.2% to 1.663 trillion ton-miles; for 2003‚ volume rose 2.9% to 1.551 trillion ton-miles. Originated tonnage. Originated
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First Transcontinental Railroad The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1‚907-mile railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast at San Francisco Bay with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs‚ Iowa. It was built by three private companies: the original Western Pacific Railroad Company‚ the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California‚ and the Union Pacific Railroad Company. The road established a mechanized
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dozen states‚ Nebraska‚ had substantially less than 1‚000 miles of railroad‚ and the group as a whole could claim approximately 23‚000 miles of rail line as the joined the Union. In mid 1865‚ the Great Plains and Mountain West had only 960 miles of line. In the next half-century this rail mileage was improved nearly a hundredfold to more than 90‚000 miles of rail across the continent.2 Undoubtedly‚ the railroad played a significant role in the last American West. The railroad did more than simply give
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The Steam Engine and the Civil War Question: How did the Steam Engine influence the Civil War and America in itself? Throughout the Civil War‚ there were many people and inventions that positively influenced The Civil War‚ but none other than the steam engine. The steam engine was one of the most influential inventions of the Civil War and America in itself. Before the Steam Engine trade was limited and the American economy was doing very poorly. The causes of this were the rules of trade and
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the impact of rail roads on the washington state Can you imagine living in a car for six months? If not then try to imagine how hard it would be to be living in a wagon thats always moving. Everyone having to pitch in by either collecting firewood‚ walking beside the wagon to make the load lighter for the horses‚ or taking care of seven or eight children‚ the exhuastion knocking you out every night. Then when you finally get to the land you travelled so far to get a piece of‚ there is more work
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The Railroad Boom The main reason for the transcontinental railroads to be built was to bring the east and west together. The building of these railroads caused huge economic growth throughout the United States. The railroad created opportunities for everyone across the US. “Railroads were the first big business‚ the first magnet for the great financial markets‚ and the first industry to develop a large-scale management bureaucracy. The railroads opened the western half of the nation to economic
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