Intelligent transportation system

INTRODUCTION Transportation refers to the movement of goods and people from one place to another. In the United States, ships were one of the earliest forms of transportation that had a significant effect on trading. As the country became more industrialized however, fewer products were carried on ships because other modes of transportation grew in popularity. Today, most commercial goods are carried throughout the United States in freight trains, semi-trucks, and cargo planes. Despite…

Driving is an activity that is common. Some areas have heavier congestion than others. Externalities are associated with various areas in the economy including congested roads. The answer to this question will focus on externalities associated with additional individual's driving on a congested road. This question will also give some ideas on how tolls may help alleviate this externality, where tolls are not helpful, and how they may be set. Externalities in the field of economics are either…

3.3 Straddle UMS: Basic Characteristics of Urban Rail System Good decisions about transportation investments and policies require accurate information on characteristics of Urban Rail system alternatives, including the following: • Spacing between Stations • Speed • Capacity and Body Outline • Degree of Separation from Road Traffic • Operating System • Rolling Stock • Maximum Curvature 3.3.1 Spacing between Stations Urban rail has a very close station spacing (about 50-500 m apart). It is…

Less Than Truckload (LTL) freight shipping is available when you need to ship more than is appropriate for package services but less than a full truckload. This is typically used by companies, not individuals, to save money on shipping costs. Costs are influenced by a number of factors. Here are some of the most relevant factors; Weight Generally speaking, the higher the weight, the lower the cost per 100 pound increment. However, there are cutoff points that can sometimes make it more cost…

In reviewing the current delivery process, I immediately noticed that Spartan seems to have the same ship methods for every customer. While it may be easier for the transportation department to have a single shipping process, it is not necessarily the best move for our business. Spartan is shipping both local and rural orders via highway transport. Given the number of customers who often ask us to ship to multiple locations and the sheer number of orders in a given month, that equates to a lot…

independence is one of the biggest political issues in the USA. About two-thirds of the nation’s oil consumption are imported, and essentially, almost all the fuel use for transportation purposes (Guille & Gross, 2009). This strong energy dependence of foreign sources and the rising environmental and social awareness motivate many new transportation technologies. All those technologies aim to produce vehicles with more fuel-efficient or using…

Methods of transportation have changed from the first decade of the twentieth century to the first decade of the twenty first century. Although transportation has changed and developed over human history, and humans have traveled using various mediums, only the two aforementioned decades and three transportation methods will be taken into account here: railway, automobile, and aeronautic transportation. These three means of transportation are important because they have had an outstanding…

Mega Bus have quit a few advantages for a company that recently entered into the market. Mega bus has learnt from past mistakes of other companies that have been operating in the US transport industry. A feasibility study carried out reveled possible sources of these failures. For any business entering a new market, it is easy to avoid doing things that other companies have done to land them into problems. For example, Mega bus has been able to analyze the events that led to companies like…

shipping ships perform transportation task in order to maximize profit, this can be compared to a taxi system. In liner shipping, ships follow a set itinerary and schedule, almost like a bus system. The focus on this paper is more on liner shipping, and addresses where the shortfalls are in this mode of operation,…

An escalator is a power-driven, continuous moving stairway designed to transport passengers up and down short vertical distances. Escalators are used around the world to move pedestrian traffic in places where elevators would be impractical. For example, at discharge times from offices, railways underground stations, airport terminals, theatres, shopping malls and departmental stores. The escalator's primary attribute is its ability to move large numbers of people at once from one area to…