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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TRAFFIC SAFETY FACTS Research Note DOT HS 811 379 1 September 2010 Distracted Driving 2009 Highlights In 2009‚ 5‚474 people were killed on U.S. roadways and an estimated additional 448‚000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes that were reported to have involved distracted driving (FARS and GES). Of those people killed in distracted-driving-related crashes‚ 995 involved reports of a cell phone as a distraction (18% of fatalities in distraction-related crashes). Of those injured
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Subject: A proposal to elevate awareness of people with disabilities getting off with a light sentence in court I write this proposal in order to raise awareness as well as to put forward a solution to the matter ‘Autistic taxman jailed for fraud’. The autistic taxman Philip Solimon Tadros has defrauded the Tax Office with the amount of $2.4 million in GST funds. Several people opposed that Tadros’ ability to reason was clouded owing to his disability and that jail would ‘traumatise’ Tadros. As
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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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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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Traffic control I am reminded of that fat Russian lady‚ who was walking just in the middle of the road‚ as she considered that people were free‚ after a long slavery of the Czars‚ and could‚ therefore‚ move about as they liked. She was explained that if pedestrians were free to occupy the middle portions of the roads‚ so were the motorists‚ to drive the way they pleased. Then one could imagine the confusion‚ that would be created‚ and the chaos and accidents that would follow. The fat lady
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Executive summary: The case study is about a business proposal which is a computer shop including the following: 1. 50 units of computer set 2. With waiting area for customer 3. Have a small food stall inside the shop (merienda foods) 4. One comfort room 5. Main server or counter 6. Mini Bar for food and beverages 7. With an estimated cost of 2 million pesos The said proposal having an area of 80 meter square (10m x 8m) have occupied a large space
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China’s Massive Traffic Jam Could Last For Weeks China has just been declared the world’s second biggest economy‚ and now it has a monster traffic jam to match. Triggered by road construction‚ the jam began 10 days ago and was 100 kilometers (60 miles) long at one point. Reaching almost to the outskirts of Beijing‚ traffic still creeps along in fits and starts‚ and the crisis could last for another three weeks‚ authorities say. In the worst-hit stretches of the road in northern China‚ drivers
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I was notified by Sgt. Kelley‚ of a traffic homicide investigation on Boyette Road at the intersection of Balm Riverview Road. I responded to the crash scene and arrived at approximately 1954 hours. Upon my arrival at the scene‚ I met with Detective Parsons # 226877 who forensically mapped the scene and took digital photographs of the crash scene. I also met with Deputy Reinsch # 4588‚ who completed the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Report (86564587) and Deputy Brennan
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