Rapid transit

The article by Bonner examines a hydrogen-powered, zero-emission train in Germany, currently underway (Bonner, 2017). While the focus of this paper centers on the United States Transportation Industry, it is critical to observe other nations breaking ground in this field of study. The United States trails behind other regions of the world in terms of a robust rail network as a popular commuter option, however, for freight applications, the knowledge gained in other countries around the globe provides

increase accessibility, it also reduces the emissions of greenhouse gases. Moreover, expanding the rail system is a “risk” since it’s coming out of the people’s pockets. With this expansion, taxpayers will pay double the “taxes already paid to Sound Transit for the previous expansions of light rail” (Celsi). This might be of a problem to certain people because they don’t want to pay more or they want their hard earned taxes to be spent on something else. Overall, the expansion of the light rail system

To what extent does the problem of urbanization can be met by sustainable development? For the past decades the trend of urbanization has rapidly increased, especially in developing countries. Urbanization may be defined as a process in which people from rural areas are migrating to the city. The sudden increase of the population in cities has brought significant problems to their inhabitants, the environment and resources. These problems are providing housing with basic facilities and public

Background Public transportation is serious need of a massive overhaul in this nation. We are in desperate need to catch up to the European standard of public transportation in this country. In Europe, citizens can travel across cities, bodies of water, and even counties with their state of the art public transportation system. Europeans are not nearly as reliant on cars and oil as the United States is because they have the much more practical option of taking the transportation provided

Mass Transit: The Future of American Travel In today's day and age, an increasing urgency must be put on the issue of transportation and its relation to society. Man owes it to himself to address the issue of transportation with practicality and, as one of the biggest polluters, ultimate discretion. One of the most practical and responsible forms of transportation available today is mass transit. However, a problem is present in American society in that mass transit is not as plentiful as

Wendy Ji, a resident at the Emerald City Condominiums in Taranto, Canada has filed a $30-million class-action lawsuit against the Toronto developer, Elad Canada, for failing to deliver what she claims they promised to. On Emerald City’s website they state the condominium would include “easy underground access to the Don Mills subway.” When Wendy first moved into the apartment she discover something shocking, the underground tunnel connecting the condominium to the subway did not exist. The condo

The security of rail transportation in the United States Rail Security falls into two categories, namely, passenger rail and freight rail. Passenger rail together with the mass transit is among the transportation subsector networks that provide numerous means of transportation from access points to end destinations connecting to other modes of transportation (Department of Homeland Security, 2007). While Freight railroads are key element of the nation’s transportation system that comprises of over

1 Executive Summary This project discusses the Metro rail services to be build in Kochi city. Rapid urbanization and intense commercial developments in the recent past have resulted in steep rise in travel demand, putting Kochi’s transport infrastructure to stress. With mega projects such as ‘SMART CITY, ‘INFO PARK’, ‘FASHION CITY’ and “Vellarpadam Container Terminal”, etc. on the anvil, travel demand is expected to shoot up, strengthening the need for augmenting the transport infrastructure in

through St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Minnetonka, and Eden Prairie. The total estimated cost for the project is $1.858 billion, costing the state of Minnesota a total of $30.3 million. The rest of the funding comes from various sources such as Counties Transit Improvement Board, Hennepin Country Regional Railroad Authority, Metropolitan Council, in-kind land transfers, and other local contributions. Construction is set to start in 2017 and end by 2021 if light rail is allowed to continue. This costly project

Transit represents a little less than one-half of one percent of the Virginia Beach city operating budget. If light rail is built, only in its third year of operation will light rail and the associated inflation drive that number up to just about one-half of one percent. Virginia Beach, a resort city, is a suburban community with many environmental assets. There are green areas to the south that require protection. As the city is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay these require