The Urban Environment: Traffic congestion in cities is a problem throughout the world. Evaluate the effectiveness of one official initiative undertaken to tackle this issue. Today traffic congestion has become one of the major issues that exert an influence on towns and cities in economically developed countries. Chen and Hai (2012‚para1) explains that congestion takes place when the road space is overfilled by car users and speed of the traffic lessens‚ moreover‚ it is regarded
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TURKISH TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS As the number of vehicles on the roads increases‚ so does the danger. Although there is modern safety equipment‚ cars are still mainly responsible for the total number of traffic accidents. This is very common in Turkey‚ which has the second highest RTA (road traffic accident) rate in the world. There are several reasons for traffic accidents in Turkey such as the attitude of Turkish drivers‚ the poor conditions of the roads‚ and the number of old cars in traffic. The
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INTRODUCTION: Traffic consists of pedestrians‚ street cars‚ ridden animals‚ bicycles and other motor vehicles. The enhancement of technology and the start of urbanization have transformed the standard living of individuals in travelling and moving goods and commodities from one place to another. These changes brought difficulty and problem of travelling due to the unavoidable traffic congestions especially at rush hours. However‚ traffic problems are part of daily life of motorists these days
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What is Traffic jam? A traffic jam is a long line of vehicles that cannot move forward because there is too much traffic‚ or because the road is blocked by something. The major factor behind traffic Jam in Bangladesh: There are many reasons behind traffic jam in Bangladesh. Among them some major factors are as follows: ➢ Undisciplined traffic signal in the road. ➢ Indiscipline among the road user. ➢ Might is right‚ everybody are free to park their vehicle on Road. ➢ No knowledge
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2. System design. A) Timing circuits. B) Sequential circuits. c) Combinational circuits. 3. Bill of materials. 4. Hardware design. 5. References. 6. Appendices. 1. Introduction: This report is about the traffic light system through use of the digital logic design. The objective of this assignment is as follows: • To design and construct a prototype for digital logic circuit applications. • To apply and integrate the digital logic circuit principles taught
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When you first step foot in the capital city‚ Dhaka of Bangladesh‚ the first thing you will notice is the intense traffic jam. Dhaka is facing one of the major problems that is already being faced by other big cities in the world‚ more vehicle than the amount of the roads. Therefore‚ as a result‚ traffic jams are increasing day by day and it is becoming one of the most intolerable factors of the country. Since Bangladesh is a small country‚ the capital city is considered as one of the biggest
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Small road capacity is the main cause of the traffic jam. When a volume of traffic or modal split generates demand for space greater than the available road capacity‚ traffic congestion occurs. So‚ too many vehicles‚ too old or narrow roads‚ and any other immature road infrastructure will lead to traffic jam. For example‚ in Sao Paulo City‚ Brazil‚ almost 1000 new cars are bought every day‚ while the capacity of public transport is quite limited: subway has only 38 miles of lines‚ and many roads
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Solar Powered Traffic Light Solar traffic lights are signaling devices powered by solar panels positioned at road intersections‚ pedestrian crossings and other locations to control the flows of traffic. They assign the right of way to road users by the use of lights in standard colors (red - amber/yellow - green)‚ using a universal color code (and a precise sequence to enable comprehension by those who are color blind). Most of the solar traffic lights have battery back-up for functioning during
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History of Air Traffic Control Founded in 1987‚ the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) represents more than 15‚000 aviation safety professionals throughout the United States‚ Puerto Rico‚ Guam and other U.S. territories. All share a common goal: protecting the safety of the flying public. These individuals are air traffic controllers‚ engineers‚ architects‚ nurses‚ health care professionals and financial and accounting professionals. In 1981‚ air traffic controllers lost
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Cause of heavy traffic Introduction: Picture this: You get up and go to work at 8 in the morning. When you get to I-285‚ I-85‚ or 141‚ you hit the rush hour traffic. You look into the cars around you; you can see people eating his Mc Chicken. Or someone¡¯s talking on his cell phone. You can even see some ladies putting her make-up on. Besides looking at all these funny people‚ have you ever wonder why there is so much traffic? We normally go at least 60 miles per hour on a highway. There
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