Commuter rail

Maribel Vicente History 1302 Railroad Strike of 1877 In the year 1877, the Baltimore & Ohio station in West Virginia, workers suffered a serious wage cut. Determined to fight the wage cut workers went on strike, and actions of the rebellious workers spread through other states. Historians Howard Zinn, Brian P. Luskey, and Nick Salvatore, analyzed why the strike was an important time period. During this time period, it was known as the gilded age were only the strong survive and the weak…

EVALUATION After having my Music Teacher Susie suggest recording an album for my Music Individual Study, I modified the idea to an EP in order to fit time constraints and increase the quality of the songs. R2 This goal was of particular interest to me as I am interested in the recording process and want to do it later in life. I wrote, recorded and produced an EP consisting of five tracks with a cover and booklet. I journaled this process in order to display my progress and development and…

potential increase in the number of commuters activity makes a stop here viable. With people disembarking from cruiseliners at White Bay Cruise Terminal to other locations, a stop here is a necessary in terms of quick transport to needed destinations. The introduction of the proposed ferry service extension will address existing congestion to bus services and help take pressure of them as they are heading out of balmain and across Anzac bridge towards the city. Light Rail Network Extension…

The project includes 225 condominium apartments, 167 street-fronting townhouses and 18 live-work townhouses. Port Credit Village is within easy walking distance of the Port Credit GO Station (commuter rail) and market area of the historic Port Credit community. The redevelopment for Port Credit Village has increased mobility as it linked the East and West Villages of Port Credit through a main street, also creating an open public space along the…

Seat Rails: These are located inside of the seat and are metal rails used to adjust the Saddle • Seat Post: This is used to change the height of the Saddle can be…

number of unlinked passenger trips (in unlinked passenger trips a new is trip is counted each time a rider boards on a transit) and 28th in passenger miles (APTA, 2015). The UTA runs fixed route buses, express buses, ski buses, light rail, street car and commuter rail in this region. And it provides transit services for 74% of the state’s total population (UTA Sustainability Report, 2013)…

al., 2010). Of those endeavours, Tesco’s ‘HomePlus’ was a virtual shopping mall for commuters waiting for their train (see image). The technology allowed people to scan in their items with their smartphone and have the produce delivered when they arrived home. This reduced the mental load on individuals who were coming back from work (Osborn, 2012). Yahoo (2011) also created the ‘Bus stop Derby’ for commuters. The interactive bus stop allowed passengers to play games competitively against…

Transportation as change throughout history from walking, riding donkeys, horses, camels to stagecoaches, boats, trains, automobiles, and airplanes. Each form of transportation as allowed people to move from city to city or country to country and allowed citizens to commute to their jobs, visit families, friends, and entertainments (movie theatre, concerts). In every city, transportation is shaped to suit their citizens and city needs. For instance, Toronto is the largest city in Canada and…

the network causes hardship for those affected. First, US Freight Railroads, are part of the Freight Rail network, they are privately owned and operated, and are a $60-billion-dollar year industry with 140,000 miles of track utilized by 565 companies. These rail systems transport good and commodities for wholesale, retail, and industrial sectors and Americans highly depend on the rail system. Rail systems in America have been divided into 3 classes. Class I who have annual revenues over…

transportation they can identify. Students that commute to school from Boston have simple options concerning travel to and from school, including driving in the traffic-congested Interstate highways, and riding a train on the hour-long Lowell Line, a commuter rail system that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority operates. However, few students that…