Commuter rail

The expected outcome of this experiment is a not only slight change in the travel time of commuters, but also a significantly lower amount of congestion in the city all together. Due to continuous growth of the Uber Company, the yearly expansion has initiated a substantial growth in the amount of traffic on the roads. According to Alex Matthiessen…

four US Interstate Highways, four US Highways, and twelve Illinois Highways. Four different Metra commuter rail lines (Metra Electric Main Line, Southwest Service, Rock Island District and Heritage Corridor) connect the parts of the county with the Chicago Loop. Naturally, Will County attracts businesses to the area because of its strategic location, available and affordable land, tremendous highway, rail, water, and air transportation accessibility and services; Hence, Will County growth in…

There is a great idea about living in New York City that attracts millions of people each year. This is the reason we have so many people that live in our great city. But there are still millions of people that work in our amazing city. The Long Island Rail Road, commonly referred to by acronym, LIRR is the ultimate thread that provides great transportation from the suburban Island to the urban Manhattan. A travel on the LIRR takes anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours to get to the city, but is…

adequate condition with a median value of $483,600 (US Census, 2013). The median household income is $83,300, with a 70% homeownership rate. Within this ethnically diverse community, the target population for this assessment are pedestrians and commuters of the Kapolei…

Infrastructure is a constantly evolving part of everyone’s lives. Most infrastructures possess a high-cost, but are vital to a country’s economic prosperity. A major and most commonly identifiable infrastructure segment is vehicular transportation. The growing dependency of transportation throughout the 20th century has altered how cities are planned. Many vehicular modes of transportation include road ways, underground subways, bridges, highways, etc. Toronto, Ontario is a busy city of 2.6…

1. Product Impact 1.1 Background In 2003, the Queensland Government set to developing a smart and electronic way to ticket commuter who use public transport such as trains, buses and ferries. They awarded a contract to Cubic Corporation of $134 million dollars to design this electronic ticketing system. The Queensland Government wanted Cubic Corporation, who is an American corporation providing military equipment and automated ticketing system within America, to build and operate an electronic…

The community of Hermitage is located in eastern Davidson County, just minutes away from downtown Nashville. The neighborhood is named for its most famous home, The Hermitage. Once the home of Andrew Jackson, today the historical section of eastern Nashville is home to a dynamic and growing community. Despite its inclusion as part of Metropolitan Nashville, the Hermitage maintains a separate identity as its own residential and commercial suburban area. The community of Hermitage is located…

that are involved within the construction or expansion projects initiated by Railway authorities such as Network Rail and London Underground. Developments within the IPR law are spreading at an accelerating pace within different parts of the world. Thus, this research is significant in explaining the importance of IPR especially in the present world and the effects the IPR have on rail supply and services or products (Friebel, et al.,…

In 1943, the city of Tokyo merged with the "Metropolitan Prefecture" of Tokyo. Since then, the Tokyo metropolitan government served as both the prefecture government for Tokyo, as well as administering the Special wards of Tokyo, for what had previously been Tokyo City. World War II wrought widespread destruction of most of the city due to the persistent Allied air raids on Japan and the use of incendiary bombs. The bombing of Tokyo in 1944 and 1945 is estimated to have killed between 75,000 and…

integrated Ireland and Europe. EU Transport Commissioner Bulc stressed in January that ‘rail is now in an appropriate position to underpin jobs and growth, not least by strengthening the EU's internal market … It is crucial we grow the market share rail has in transport overall.’ To strengthen the EU’s single transport area strategy, it is vital that the Dublin to Rosslare railway line is upgraded. Rosslare Europort is rail connected, with passenger train services linking the east coast with…