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Between 2002 and 2006 six of London’s bus companies put into service 390 articulated bendy buses on twelve routes for transport in London. During what turned out to be a foreshortened nine years in service, the Mercedes-Benz Citaro G buses familiar on the continent and worldwide earned an unenviable reputation in London; according to who you read and who you believed, they caught fire at the drop of a hat, they maimed cyclists, they drained revenue...
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In Conversations on Equity and Inclusion in Public Transportation, we hear from twenty top public transportation officials from across America and Australia discussing practical steps on how they are improving their services and providing more equity and inclusion both in their agencies and the communities they serve.
The Covid pandemic provided transit agencies an opportunity to reflect on our core mission. Would our agencies and the government...
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This book looks at the wonderful variety of buses and coaches operated by British Electric Traction group fleets in the 1960s, featuring previously unpublished photographs from Jim Blake's extensive archives.
Not only did these fleets, which served most of England and Wales, have a splendid variety of British-built buses and coaches with chassis manufactured by the likes of AEC, Crossley, Daimler, Dennis, Guy and Leyland with bodywork by such firms...
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Over the course of a year, Tim Bennett made 1500 trips as an Uber driver. Here he compiles his experiences in hopes of providing others looking for a career in ridesharing with an honest and informative perspective. Driving for a ridesharing giant is not for everyone-and To Uber or Not To Uber will tell you all you need to know before you take the plunge!
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This book looks at an important turning point in the history of the bus industry in Britain. 1967 was the penultimate year to the end of an era, when private and semi-nationalized company's operated the bus networks in this country.
After 1967 the network was never the same again, with the formation of the National Bus Company in 1968. The NBC was a very bland organization compared to the colorful bus companies that had existed before nationalization,...
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There is much to know about being a bus driver. It takes about thirty-five days to train a new employee. But as Doug points out, some skills come through experience that takes years to develop. This book contains material needed to choose your style on how to pass by the fare box and how to maintain Zen when the bus is full. The Dao of things cannot be complete without the Dao of driving a bus. Id ride with Doug all the way to the Himalayas just to...
10) The London DMS
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Vilified as the great failure of all London Transport bus classes, the DMS family of Daimler Fleetline was more like an unlucky victim of straitened times. Desperate to match staff shortages with falling demand for its services during the late 1960s, London Transport was just one organization to see nationwide possibilities and savings in legislation that was about to permit double-deck one-man-operation and partially fund purpose-built vehicles....
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Cartagena en Movimiento recoge los principales resultados de investigación sobre la movilidad en la ciudad de Cartagena de Indias. Seabordan elementos como la demanda por transporte público, las preferencias de los usuarios, la partición modal, el estacionamiento, la accidentalidad y el uso de bicicleta. Esperamos que este volumen sea de utilidad para ilustrar algunos elementos centrales en la discusión sobre el desarrollo urbano y como insumo...
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December 2018 sees the opening of the new Elizabeth Line that will link Reading and Heathrow in the west with Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, stretching right across central London and clarifying how vital the arteries of the underground and overground rail network continue to be to so many millions of people. The London Underground has always been of great importance in the lives of Londoners, from when its stations and stairwells offered refuge...
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In this captivating narrative, we explored the mysterious journey of Egyptian mummies aboard the ill-fated RMS Titanic during its maiden voyage in 1912. The story unfolded through nine chapters, chronicling the enigmatic cargo's origins in London's antiquities trade, its secretive loading onto the ship, and the eerie events that transpired during the Titanic's voyage. The narrative delved into the legend of an ancient curse, the tragic collision with...
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Better transport is essential to Myanmar's development. After decades of underinvestment, Myanmar's transport infrastructure lags behind other regional countries. Sixty percent of trunk highways and most of the railways need maintenance or rehabilitation. River infrastructure does not exist, while 20 million people lack basic road access. Can the transport sector deliver upon the master plan's objectives? What is needed to improve the quality of the...
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Propelled towards the end of the 1990s by accessibility imperative requiring low floor buses both, in London and the rest of Britain, Dennis developed a tri axle Trident double decker for Hong Kong and then adapted the design as a two-axle version for Britain.
Orders came thick and fast between 1999, when the first Tridents for London entered service with Stagecoach and 2006, when the Enviro 400, a combination of its unified body builders, replaced...
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In 1979, fresh from its general election victory, the Conservative government began formulating plans to deregulate bus services and privatise the companies operating them in England, Scotland and Wales. London was not to be excluded, so from the outset, London Buses was broken up into several areas and from 1985, a tendering system was introduced which permitted other operators to bid for the routes. Opposition from the Labour group at the Greater...
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Looking back over the past 75 years, there is no doubt that public transportation has played a major role in the development and maturing of Toronto and its metropolitan area. Indeed , despite the fiscal challenges facing it, the TTC today remains a transit agency with an enviable reputation. The TTC Story:The First Seventy-five Years, by Mike Filey, features over one hundred magnificent black and white images selected to illustrate the principal...
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Would you like to start your business and finally be in control of how much you earn? Here comes the secret to making good profits and becoming successful at your own trucking company business. If you have been considering starting your own trucking company but do not know the exact way to start or the basic requirements needed, then this book is for you.
Many people conceive ideas of starting a business but chicken out at the point of execution,...
19) Dublin
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In the second volume in the Lost Tramways series to feature Ireland, the history of the trams that served Dublin and its environs are recalled, Although dominated by the system of Dublin itself, there were no fewer than three other tramways that served the area-the Dublin & Blessington, the Dublin & Lucan and the GNR(I)-owned Hill of Howth-that all had a fascinating history, with the Hill of Howth ultimately becoming the last first-generation tramway...
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"What a variety are pictured here! Double deck 'balloon' cars, single deckers including open topped cars and various illuminated cars, a specialty of the town." -York Model Engineers newsletter
In the early 1930s the tramcar in Blackpool was at a crossroads, the system needed investment in both new track and new trams while there was a serious threat that the "town" routes might be converted to bus operation.
The appointment of Walter Luff as the...
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