Archive for January, 2009

Straddle carrier

Straddle Carriers at work at the Port of Melbourne, Australia

Straddle Carrier in Limassol port.

Straddle Carriers or SK as known at Northport, Malaysia.

Straddle-carrier
A Straddle Carrier is a non road going vehicle for use in port and yards used for stacking and moving ISO standard containers. Straddles pick and carry containers while straddling their load and connecting [...]

Short-line railroad

Short Line is also one of the four railroads in the popular board game Monopoly, probably named after the Shore Fast Line, an interurban streetcar line.
“shortline” redirects here. For the bus, see ShortLine bus.

The GP16 is typical of Short lines like the Buckingham Branch Railroad.
A short line is an independent railroad company that operates over [...]

River cruise

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A River cruise is a voyage along inland waterways, often stopping at multiple ports along the way. Since cities and towns often grew up around rivers, river cruise ships frequently dock [...]

Baggage allowance

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On the commercial transportation, mostly with airlines, the [...]

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Closure by stealth

Closure by stealth is a term most frequently used in the UK and Ireland to refer to the deliberate downgrading of a service by the management or owners with the intention of driving away users or customers. The aim is to make the service uneconomical, and thereby justify its closure or withdrawal.
The classic examples of [...]

Tour operator

A tour operator typically combines tour and travel components to create a holiday. The most common example of a tour operator’s product would be a flight on a charter airline plus a transfer from the airport to a hotel and the services of a local representative, all for one price. Niche tour operators may specialise [...]

Template:Delaware Valley transit

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Mass transit in the Delaware Valley
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SEPTA: Philadelphia • Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties
Reading: Berks Area Reading Transit Authority
New Jersey Transit: Camden, Gloucester, and Salem County suburban service • Camden, Gloucester, and Salem County local service • Long-distance local routes from Philadelphia
DART First State: New Castle County

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Operating speed

The operating speed of a road is the speed at which motor vehicles generally operate on that road.
The precise definition of “operating speed”, however, is open to debate. Some sources, such as the AASHTO, have changed their definitions recently to match the common use of the word. In 1994, the AASHTO Green Book and defined [...]

MMTS, Hyderabad

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Multi-Modal Transport System

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Locale
Hyderabad, India.
Transit type
Commuter rail
Number of lines
3
Number of stations
36
Operation
Began operation
August 9, 2003
Operator(s)
South Central Railway
Technical
System length
43 kilometers (27 mi)
Track gauge
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) (broad gauge)
MMTS or Multi-Modal Transport System is a commuter rail system in Hyderabad, India. It was built on an [...]

Soil cement

Soil cement is a construction material , a mix of pulverized natural soil with small amount of portland cement and water, usually processed in a tumble, compacted to high density. Hard, semi-rigid durable material is formed by hydration of the cement particles.
Soil cement is frequently used as a construction material for pipe bedding, slope protection, [...]

Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula

The difference in weight concentration between short and long wheelbase trucks. The shorter truck is damaging the bridge because all of its weight is concentrated in a smaller area.
The Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula is a mathematical formula used by truck drivers and United States Department of Transportation (DOT) officials to determine the appropriate maximum [...]

Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal

Coordinates: 51°45′49.33″N 0°25′26.33″W / 51.7637028, -0.4239806 The Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal (HOSL – Hertfordshire Oil Storage Ltd), generally known as the Buncefield oil depot, is an oil depot located on the edge of Hemel Hempstead (grid reference TL087084) to the north of London in the United Kingdom.
The depot was picketed during the UK fuel protests [...]

Pedestrian safety through vehicle design

Almost two-thirds of the 1.2 million people killed in road traffic crashes worldwide are pedestrians . Despite the magnitude of the problem, most attempts at reducing pedestrian deaths have focused solely on education and traffic regulation. However, in recent years crash engineers have begun to use design principles that have proved successful in protecting car [...]

Road traffic control

Traffic Control bollards separating the road from the worksite. Note the chevron signs indicating worksite exit points.
For the road traffic science, see various articles under Road traffic management.
Road traffic control involves directing vehicular and pedestrian traffic around a construction zone, accident or other road disruption, thus ensuring the safety of emergency response teams, construction workers [...]

Namma Metro

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It may contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change dramatically as the construction and/or completion of the infrastructure approaches, and more information becomes available.

Namma Metro

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Locale
Bangalore,  India
Transit type
Mass Rapid Transit
Number of lines
2 (Phase I)
Number of stations
40 (Phase I)
Daily [...]

Kochi metro

The Kochi Metro Rail is a proposed mass transit system for the South Indian city of Kochi. It was one of the first proposed in India but was delayed for a variety of reasons. It is now planned to be commissioned by 2011. The alignment was created by the DMRC and is planned to be [...]

Comparison of European traffic signs

Despite an apparent uniformity and standardization, European traffic signs presents relevant differences between countries. However most European countries refer to the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals — adopted in Europe by Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, [...]

Flight service station

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A Flight Service Station (FSS) is an air traffic facility that provides information and services to aircraft pilots before, during, and after flights, [...]

Henry Barnes (traffic engineer)

Henry A. Barnes (c.1907 – September 1968), was an American traffic engineer and commissioner who served in many cities, including Flint, Michigan, Denver, Colorado, Baltimore, Maryland, and New York City. Barnes was responsible for many innovations in applied traffic engineering, including the Green Wave of coordinated traffic signals, the application of actuated traffic signals (signals [...]