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    Bus service is the most common vision that comes to mind when one thinks about Urban Public transportation. The Bloomington- Normal area uses Connect Transit, which has multiple buses and routes throughout the area. Although the Connect Transit system is very helpful for most students, allowing us to go to the mall with friends, visit target for food and ‘needed’ items, or visiting the downtown, it can also prove to be extremely difficult and stressful for people who would have to rely everyday on

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    Innovation in Transport Industry Introduction After Singapore independence, Singapore’s bus service was provided by numerous small operators and was highly split with both service and safety standards were low. The aggressive competition by the private bus companies led to poor service, lack of incorporation and network economies eventually resulting in the immediate bankruptcy of many of these companies. The government moved in a team of civil servants, take over the fragmented companies and put

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    In the late 1920’s, school buses and larger industrial vehicles became a popular source of transportation that started from Ford dealership owner, A.L. Luce. Luce had plans to extend the school bus frame (from a Model T) to accompany more students per one bus. As school buses and city buses became more common throughout America’s cities for daily transportation, safety regulations and precautions were put in place. Safety features, including flashing caution lights, visors outside of the vehicle

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    Although the Hampton Roads area is one of the biggest tourist destinations on the east coast, it faces a problem of traffic congestion. Many residents spend hours stuck in traffic around the area everyday. There are many elements in the area that develop the inevitable traffic congestion that plague the Hampton Roads. The main reasons of traffic congestion are heavy military presence, bridges and tunnels, and poor methods of alternate transportation. The consequences of heavy traffic are delays in

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    Jobs are both created within the production and design of self-driving cars and jobs are lost where self-driving cars replace the need for other forms of transport. In the long run, self-driving cars will outweigh the negatives of that they cause on unemployment and the economy. Self-driving cars have already created many high skilled jobs both designing the hardware and the software that the cars are dependent

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    WTSP News, "AS essentially astonishing". For her to back on the bus which she knew was an unsafe situation, is only a stunning situation for her to place herself into, particularly since the blazes were there." The transport driver expressed that it was simply something she needed to do.Dominique Charles, a bus driver in Palm Beach County, is another driver considered "courageous" by many parents. He didn't freeze when his transport was struck by a van and veered off the street and stopped suspended

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    monitor pickup of school children to enhance the safety of children during the daily transportation to school. The system consists of two main units, a bus unit and a school unit. The bus unit system is used to detect when a child boards the bus. This information is communicated to the school unit that identifies which of the children did not board the bus and issues an alert message accordingly. The system has a developed PC-based database-driven application that facilities its management and provides

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    the bus at the point of arrival until confirming the presence of his guardian or his representative to receive him and inform the school in the absence of his presence in order to pave the way for returning him to school after handing over the rest of the students to their destinations. 5. Control any misconduct from students, ensure their safety during the journey and inform the School Transportation Coordinator of any incident. 6. Ensure that the entrances, exits and passages of the bus, including

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    have voiced a need for change in the city’s transit system. In this memo I will propose two alternatives, a public/private partnership and a reciprocal community transport system, that aim to improve the Wichita transit system. Background People see the current transit system as limited in scope. Both in terms of operating hours and bus route options. According to the Wichita Eagle, the current system “operates from 5:45 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 6:45 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Saturday”

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    Self-driving vehicles present multiple hazards, in many different areas, these risks will have to be mitigated for the self-driving industry to survive. Personal safety is going to be one of the major concerns when it comes time for the implementation of self-driving vehicles on our roadways. There are many different personal injuries that could occur in a self-driving vehicle, to include whiplash, concussions, and other injuries from car wrecks. In the article “Safety and Self-Driving cars” the

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