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    In bustling cities like New York City, public transportation is vital for the communities to thrive. In recent events, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has issues a statement stating that L train will be closed for 18 months starting in 2019. The main reason for the shut down has been to repair stations in Brooklyn damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. In an article written by Fitzsimmons for the New York Times has stated, “L train, one of New York City’s most crowded subway lines, creating

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    Following the attacks on 9/11, there was an immense focus on the transparent vulnerabilities towards mass transit security. Public transportation systems face significant challenges in making their systems secure. Specifically, the high volumes of passengers of some systems allows them to be attractive targets for terrorist groups and/or organizations (Forest & Howard, 2013). The three main transit systems are rail, sea, and air. These systems are difficult to protect due to open infrastructure,

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    working on this project. I have been really interested in public transportation for a while and this was a way to somewhat prove much of what I said about public transportation. I knew that public transportation aided the environment, economy, and social workings of society but I never before learned to what extent public transportation affected society and learned why. I have always loved infrastructure such as the olympics, public transportation, and manned spacecraft. I believe I like these types

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    Transportation is like steroids! Steroids can help your muscle to develop faster but it can seriously damage your health. Likewise, transportation can help human civilization to grow but at the same time, it can cause great damage to our natural environment. Although different forms of transportation have made lives easier by letting people travel from place to place in ease, it also has detrimental effects on the local environment. For instance, it can cause major pollution on all water, land and

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    For centuries people dreamed of the transportation of the future. Would there be flying cars? How could humans reach their desired destination in half the time it normally takes them? With unique transportation comes many irreversible risks many are not willing to take. Currently, a man by the name of Elon Musk has started pushing for the transportation of the future, the Hyperloop. The Hyperloop resembles a futuristic train and Musk claims that it could reach speeds of 800 miles per hour, meaning

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    Basic Mode of Transport

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    of the business and the type of products or services it buys and sells. This guide will help you decide on the most appropriate transportation for your business needs and assess the tax implications and costs to your business. It also tells you what licenses, insurance and training you or your staff will need to operate business vehicles. ROLE OF TRANSPORT: Transportation is the physical thread connecting the firms geographical dispersed area. It helps in transfer of materials from suppliers to the

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    Many people in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Waterloo region know that public transportation is a key part in Southern Ontario. This is a key attribute for a company like Amazon when expanding because it can mean better transportation of their products. Reviewing this article by The Star https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/2015/12/10/while-gta-crawls-ahead-waterloo-region-leads-way-on-light-rail.html, lead me to believe that if the cities plan pans out, there can be a "saving 500

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    mode of land transport which can cater the transportation of project cargo and over dimension cargo. Rail mode is also the mode of transport which has the highest speed and the longest

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    Aviation provides the sole worldwide transportation network that makes it essential for international business and tourism. It plays a significant role in facilitating economic growth, notably in developing countries. Flying transports close to two billion travelers per annum and four-hundredth of interregional fares of merchandise (by worth), four-hundredth of international tourists currently travel by air. The air transportation industry generates a total of twenty nine million jobs globally (through

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    Impact of Panama Canal on trucking: The logistics and distribution is moving forwards in the Dallas because of its transportation, as per experts opinion Dallas places a key role in logistics and distribution due to the expansion of the Panama Canal. D/FW metroplex has a huge trucking transportation to many of the major cities with cheapest cost and overnight delivery. It act as a center point to two major cities which are developed in logistics and making more business of it are New York, Los Angles

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