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Category : High speed ground transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
U.S. Passenger Rail Technologies
Author:
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Category : High speed ground transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : High speed ground transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
U.S. Passenger Rail Technologies
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428923845
Category : High speed ground transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428923845
Category : High speed ground transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Railway Security
Author: Richard R. Young
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351643061
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
This book provides an overview and assessment of the security risks, both manmade and natural, facing the railways and rail networks. Railroads face significant threats from disasters, but with situational awareness and coordinated effort these can often be substantially minimized. Transportation assets have always been vulnerable to natural disasters, but in the current environment these assets are also a preferred target of human-caused disruption, especially in the form of terrorism, as the events in many other parts of the world have underscored. Railways are not a homogeneous mode of transportation given their various roles in intercity and commuter passenger movement, as well as being a major portion of the freight ton-miles upon which the U.S. economy is highly dependent. Designed to provide advice for railway owners and first responders, this text discusses how to secure hazardous material transport and how to establish guidelines for rail freight operations and rail passenger operations. The book aims to develop an understanding of the unique operating characteristics of railways, the nature and the range of vulnerabilities, the present means for protecting the infrastructure, and the public policy initiatives that are prerequisite for developing a comprehensive appreciation of the magnitude of this issue. The book utilizes case studies of transport disasters to illustrate lessons learned and to provide critical insight into preventative measures. This book will be of great interest to students and practitioners of transportation, technology and engineering, and security management.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351643061
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
This book provides an overview and assessment of the security risks, both manmade and natural, facing the railways and rail networks. Railroads face significant threats from disasters, but with situational awareness and coordinated effort these can often be substantially minimized. Transportation assets have always been vulnerable to natural disasters, but in the current environment these assets are also a preferred target of human-caused disruption, especially in the form of terrorism, as the events in many other parts of the world have underscored. Railways are not a homogeneous mode of transportation given their various roles in intercity and commuter passenger movement, as well as being a major portion of the freight ton-miles upon which the U.S. economy is highly dependent. Designed to provide advice for railway owners and first responders, this text discusses how to secure hazardous material transport and how to establish guidelines for rail freight operations and rail passenger operations. The book aims to develop an understanding of the unique operating characteristics of railways, the nature and the range of vulnerabilities, the present means for protecting the infrastructure, and the public policy initiatives that are prerequisite for developing a comprehensive appreciation of the magnitude of this issue. The book utilizes case studies of transport disasters to illustrate lessons learned and to provide critical insight into preventative measures. This book will be of great interest to students and practitioners of transportation, technology and engineering, and security management.
Divided Highways
Author: Tom Lewis
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Relates the history of the conception and building of the Interstate Highway System and its affect on the American lifestyle.
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Relates the history of the conception and building of the Interstate Highway System and its affect on the American lifestyle.
Assessment Activities
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
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Category : Technological innovations
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
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Category : Technological innovations
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Future Transportation Technologies
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Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
List of Publications
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Catalog
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Annual Report to the Congress for ...
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
National Transportation Strategic Planning Study
Author: United States. Department of Transportation
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Provided is an overview of the Nation's transportation system which identifies future investments required to maintain and develop its infrastructure. The contents of this study were used in support of the National Transportation Policy Statement, issued by the Department of Transportation during March 1990. It is organized around a framework in which transportation is viewed as an integral part of our socioeconomic system. The future development of transportation will be influenced by the same factors affecting the rest of the system, namely, demographic changes, the future course of the economy, the energy supply, and preservation of the environment.
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Provided is an overview of the Nation's transportation system which identifies future investments required to maintain and develop its infrastructure. The contents of this study were used in support of the National Transportation Policy Statement, issued by the Department of Transportation during March 1990. It is organized around a framework in which transportation is viewed as an integral part of our socioeconomic system. The future development of transportation will be influenced by the same factors affecting the rest of the system, namely, demographic changes, the future course of the economy, the energy supply, and preservation of the environment.