Essays on Transportation

There are many forms of transportation consisting of trains, public buses, and cars. What these vehicles have in common is that in order to function they need gasoline. Many refineries were down and this caused the oil supply to decrease therefore causing an increase in…

Fiji has a long history of it transportation sector from railway tracks to roads. The existence of transportation infrastructure dates back to the colonial period of Fiji. The Queens Road is the main arterial for tourists and vehicles. The route is approximately 197 kiliometers from…

Over the past century, rapid increases in manufacturing speed and growth in the complexity of warehouses have created a need for vehicles that transport materials from place to place. Typically, forklifts have handled this load. Late in the 20th century, Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) began…

Introduction Stress is a natural response of the body when confronted by a situation that is perceived as dangerous. In horses, transportation can cause stress due to the release of chemicals alerting the brain that there is an aspect wrong and they need to be…

Travelling is denoted as journeying of people from their origin to their destination. It could be done on foot, bicycle, busses, airplane and by other means of transportation. It could be done with or without carrying luggage and could be one way, rounded trip or…

Saturation flow rate is necessary to measure the maximum rate of flow in the traffic. it is used to design signalized intersection, in which it describes the number of passenger car units (pcu) in a heavy flow of traffic for a particular intersection lane due…

There are may ways that IoT could change transportation. One key one is the elimination or reduction of contracted long-haul truck drivers in addition to taxi drivers maybe bus drivers which could result in millions of lost jobs. Another worry is the ability to hack…

Bangkok and Paris are two of the most dreamed of cities around the world. Paris is thecapital city of France, while Bangkok is the capital city of Thailand. Bangkok attracts manytourists yearly, especially families on vacations. Similarly, Paris is the most popular city inFrance and…

In the article “Driverless Vehicles: A Vision for Singapore’s Transport” the Ministry of Transport (2018) suggests the benefits of implementing Autonomous Vehicle (AV) technology into the future of Singapore’s transport system. AV technology will bring about benefits such as a reduction in traffic and might…

The 1972 New York subway map created by Massimo Vignelli is seen as a masterpiece now but a disaster during the 1970s. Vignelli was certain in making a useful map by stressing visual clarity over geographical precisions but ended up creating hatred and confusion. In…