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    Examples of transportations cars which burns a large amount of gasoline which is burned by the engines, trains (which are powered by fuel or charcoal) also has a big impact on the air. Air planes which consumes tons of fuel because the air planes has a high amount of octane that leads to burning a lot of fuels, air planes causes a lot of pollution because trips in air lines almost never stop. The final kind of transportation which causes air pollution are ships. Ships…

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    Before the Industrial Revolution, transportation was mainly conducted by foot, boats or horse drawn carriage. The last 200 years have brought a whirlwind of major improvements in transportation. The bicycle was invented in the 1800's, allowing an individual to travel short distances easily (amhistory.com). In the 1900's, Henry Ford made automobiles affordable, replacing the horse and buggy as a major source of transportation. Cars made transportation for both short and long distances…

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    Biking Essay

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    as an expensive hobby and as mass production took place the bike became a possible mode of transportation (Palermo). In today’s modern age we can see people riding their bikes to work, renting bikes to explore the city, or getting on their bikes to do some intense exercise. Even though a lot of time has passed since the invention of bikes, they only make up a small portion of the daily used transportation. Chicago is lacking behind compared…

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    occurrence in this revolution that made it possible to move heavier materials and goods longer and faster than the old ways of transportation. The steam engine was created and improved to make things like the steam train and the steamboat. Although you needed a labor force to create the actual railroad, this created even more jobs and once it was done it pushed transportation business forward. “Railroad Travel was fast” (Document 5) was said in that article. Also stating that “Going to San…

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    Post 9/11 Attacks

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    of the 9/11 attacks, Congress had passed the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATS) which federalized airport security. The Transportation Security Administration was created as a result of the ATS Act. The Transportation Security Administration started to create strict rules to make the airline security a better and safer system. After September 11th, 2001, these new threats meant there needed to be even more procedures added to protect our country from attacks. TSA started by making…

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    Self-Driving Cars

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    vehicles. Since there will possibly be a limited number of current vehicles, many lower-class can’t afford expensive vehicles, therefore, will exclude those certain individuals from other classes. Even though, autonomous cars will eliminate public transportation such as OC Transpo buses which will benefit the government, it can also be a disadvantage to several individuals because there…

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    Lifestyle In Colombia

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    at one place, is completely different from another. The main differences between lifestyle in Bogotá and in Germantown are transportation, nourishment and education. Transportation is a big deal. Transportation in Bogotá is a big mess. There are many different types of public transportation in Bogotá, ranging from taxis to buses. However, every single type of transportation is crowded and messy. For example, if you have to be at your job by 7 am, you’d have to wake up, at the latest, by 5. Then…

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    1099th TC or Transportation Company Medium Boat Company which surrounded the port of Cat Lai. Ruud would be relieved of service in 1971 as a result from a cut in the sciatic nerve and a severe eye injury. It is important to honor those who served as non combatant forces because they maintained the naval craft to launch countermeasures, transported…

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    the airplane was able to become a great success in the 1920s, and even gaining the rank of being one of the most important inventions of the 1920s (“Inventions: Airplane”). The invention was a big technological advance, and opened frontiers in transportation and warfare. The…

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    Case Study: NJ Transit

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    Department of public transportation from the act of 1979, its mission to provide safe, reliable, convenient service with a skilled team of employees, dedicated to Customers’ needs and committed to excellence. NJ Transit purchased the largest private bus company to operate, later added the rail road operations. In 1984, both department of the organizations merge with NJ Transit Mercer to establish a combined organization with the common objective to provide mass transportation. NJ Transit…

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