World Academy of Science‚ Engineering and Technology 28 2007 Public Transport Reform in Indonesia‚ A Case Study in the City of Yogyakarta Ahmad Munawar a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. an overall lack of capacity‚ lack of quality and choice‚ severe traffic congestion‚ usurpation of bus stops by hawkers‚ racketeering‚ insufficient funds to renew and repair vehicles‚ fragmentation of the bus sector‚ complexity and inflexibility of the current regulatory framework and ineffective legal and administrative
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its accidents‚ and allowed settlements to import whatever they needed via the rail. Stretching from Nebraska to California‚ was a huge railroad that was used to transport goods to and from Native American battleground‚ and allowed for quick shipment of cattle and grain to eastern urban markets. By 1900‚ over 2.2 million foreign settlers came to the trans-Mississippi West‚ in hopes of getting land and employment. The rails attracted businessmen‚ by giving them transportation to increase their wealth
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Due to the continuous efforts towards trade liberalization‚ there has been a substantial increase for transport and logistics‚ and thus an increase in the supply of service from custom brokers. Custom brokers have been traditionally playing an important role as an intermediary between trade and Customs administration. The procedures performed evolved from mere cargo transportation to the provision of complete logistics solution‚ which
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Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment Centre for Transport Studies Masters’ Thesis THE ROLE OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT IN IMPROVING PUBLIC TRANSPORT LEVELS OF SERVICE‚ PARTICULARLY FOR THE URBAN POOR USERS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT A case of Cape Town‚ South Africa Due Date: May 2011 Prepared by: Lorita Maunganidze (MNGLOR002) Cape Town South Africa Prepared for: Professor Romano Del Mistro Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment Transport Studies Programme University of Cape Town South Africa
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cattle were driven from ranches all over the south to major cities‚ and then shipped nation wide by rail. The cattle were driven hundreds of miles away for central markets‚ in which they would be loaded on to a train. While this allowed for the shipment of cattle‚ it was an extremely stressful environment for the cattle‚ and many died in transit. Also‚ these trains did not allow for the transport
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EXPAND ALL CHARTS! Analysis: Question 4 tests for the satisfactory level of the respondents with respect to four elements. Namely train frequency‚ crowdedness of trains and stations‚ quality of the MRT staff service and cleanliness of the trains and stations. The results would be used to evaluate the current performance of SMRT’s performance and show areas where improvement is needed. From the total of 31 respondents of the survey‚ 100% responded to Question 4 and gave ratings to each element
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Trains gets £46m bailout from government. Available: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18893265. Last accessed 1st February 2014.) BBC BBC News. (2013). East Midlands rail upgrade boosts top speed to 125 mph. Available: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-25301981. Last accessed 8 January 2014. BBC News. (2013). Rail fares are to rise by average of 2.8%. Available: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25491361. Last accessed 8 January 2014. Belinda Dewsnap‚ David Jobber‚ (2009) "An
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freight and passenger traffic by improving asset utilization and efficiency of operations. The time has come when massive investments are required for expanding the rail infrastructure and give the Railways its due share in the country ’s infrastructure development. The debate on the transport sector in India has not focused adequately on the rail sector despite its many economic and environmental advantages. It is high time that Railways ’ role as a major infrastructure service provider is reinforced.
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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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under the Ministry of Railways‚ and is tasked with operating the rail network in India. The Ministry is headed by a cabinet rank Railways Minister‚ while the Department is managed by the Railway Board. Indian Railways is not a private corporate body; however‚ as of recently‚ IR has adopted a corporate management style. Indian Railways has a total state monopoly on India ’s rail transport. It is one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world‚ transporting seventeen million passengers and
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