...in your view how these measures affect business logistics management and performance in the country. Introduction Transport policy deals with the development of a set of constructs and propositions that are established to achieve particular objectives relating to social, economic and environmental development, and the functioning and performance of the transport system. Policy has to be dynamic and evolutionary. The Relevance of Transport policies arise because of the extreme importance of transport in virtually every aspect of economic, social and political activities of nation states. The Logistics Performance Index ranked Zimbabwe at position 103 out of 155 economies, an indication on how difficult it is to move goods by roads in the country. Transport Sector Environment in Zimbabwe The transport sector environment is made up of public and private institutions and organisations. These are supported by legislation, which is implemented and policed by various institutions and individual operators of motor and non-motor transport. Legislation provides the methodology and procedure to handling and managing transport challenges and opportunities. The Institutions and organisations indicate and chart the substantive agenda for resolution in terms of transport subject areas of concern to the society Legislation Legislation involves the exerting of statutory control over transport in the broader...
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...I. Introduction According to S. R. Harvey (2004), Public Finance is the branch of economics that studies the taxing and spending activities of government. Public finance refers to government activities including taxing, spending, and budgeting. Government controls the public activities to ensure stabilization of economic. In order to maintain the economic stabilization in the country, there must be budget. Means that budget is important for the government to allocate the expenditure of the country. Budget can be defined as an estimation of income and expenditure for a set period of time. Furthermore, budget is a microeconomic concept that shows the tradeoff made when one good is exchanged for another. . According to Ekstein (1973), budget can been define as detail statement of income and expenditure that have been made or expected to be made. There are several function of a budget which is as a policy tool and instrument. Means that, budget is a tangible of a policy decision whereby budget is a means of establishing policy that been accomplished through the budget’s allocation of government resource. Besides that other function of budget is as a management tool whereby almost all government activities are funded through the budget and since the budget is a continuous process it is an effective tool for the public official because it provides an effective management device at every stage of government activity. Means that, any of the activity planned by government will be reflected...
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...THE AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES – WHAT ARE THEY AND WHERE ARE THEY GOING? Ian W Shepherd and Fiona A Calvert National Road Transport Commission PO Box 13105 Law Courts MELBOURNE VIC 8010 “Motoring in Australia is daily taking on more of a national aspect by shedding its earlier parochial garb. Yet there are few fields in which legislative and regulatory inconsistency have freer play than in the Australian motoring world. At the moment a motorist passing from one State into another has to unlearn much of what he has learned in his own State and to learn a lot that is strange to him. This produces irritation – or worse - in the motor owner and motor driver, and tends to unnecessary costs of traffic administration (which the motorist usually has to pay for). It also adds to traffic dangers through ignorance or unfamiliarity with local conditions or practices on the part of drivers. Therefore, anything that can be done to lay down a national basis for motor traffic control must be of much practical value. Commonsense suggests that there should be uniformity instead of variety, and that the growing volume of interstate traffic requires a national instead of a local viewpoint in things common to traffic in all of the States. Were all motor vehicles kept within their own State boundaries, little disadvantage would arise from the present welter of confusing motor legislation, but when a system becomes national, a system (or lack of system) of arbitrarily...
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...Chapter 1 Introduction A roundabout is a type of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is slowed and flows almost continuously in one direction around a central island to several exits onto the various intersecting roads. The Oakes field Roundabout got its name from Sir Harry Oakes who was a Canadian; one of the rich guys that owned the whole area. The Oakes field Roundabout was chosen because it is the busiest roundabout in Nassau, and it leads into a lot of business areas and has 7 schools in that area, commercial banks and also restaurants. The geography coursework was about the study of traffic movement at the Oakesfield roundabout, in Nassau, New Providence which is located near to the College of the Bahamas. The study was done to fulfil coursework requirement for the BGCSE examination in geography. This study was carried out on Friday 20th 2011. Advantages of a roundabout * Reduces frequency and severity of crashes * Can slow excessive traffic speeds while still improving traffic flow * Reduces Traffic Delays * It is a lot easier to make a U-turn Disadvantages of a roundabout * Accidents may temporarily increase due to improper driver education. * During emergencies, signalized intersections can pre-empt control. * As lines develop, drivers accept smaller gaps which may increase crashes. * Possible higher construction cost. The nature of the traffic using the Oakesfield roundabout varies in intensity from one...
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...claims a sizeable proportion of total current spending – hardly surprising as it is the country's biggest employer with over one million people working within the organisation! Capital Spending Capital spending includes infrastructure spending such as new motorways and roads, hospitals, schools and prisons. How does government spending affect businesses? The level of government spending has many direct and indirect effects on all businesses. For firms selling goods and services to individual consumers and to other firms: Increased government spending may mean higher taxes Higher taxes reduce the ability of customers to purchase goods and services, which is likely to reduce consumer spending Consequently increased government spending is often at the expense of private sector spending and is therefore potentially harmful to some firms On the other hand, many businesses rely on government spending for their revenues and profits. For businesses that supply services to the public sector, demand is directly linked to how much government is spending. Good examples include: Construction firms that build and repair the road network Publishers who supply schools and colleges IT systems consultants who develop computer systems for public sector...
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...Surprisingly, for the next five miles or so there were soldiers, but the number of soldiers decreased as we went deeper into Mexico. The residents warned our group to be very careful because shoot-outs were common between gangs and police officers. We were also cautioned to not purchase anything from the sellers on the streets, because they would gather around us, and try to take advantage of us. In addition, there were people constantly coming up to our bus to beg for money, or something to eat. It was so depressing. Some people would wash our windows or rims while we stood in traffic, hoping we would give them a peso or two. Moreover, the roads were terrible. While being close to the US border the roads were pretty decent, but as we kept driving, I began to realize we were driving on bumps and potholes. Eventually, the cement roads...
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...Evaluation of the Topic ‘Causes of Road Fatalities’ Roadway accidents or fatalities, is a globally increasing problem. This problem consumes the lives of persons, mainly males, daily in the most violent of ways. We see in many cases the government of various countries, where this monstrous problem is more prevalent, establish institutions that in turn develop strategies and implementations to tackle and take down this mighty colossus, thereby injecting millions of dollars into these programmes to ensure that every effort is taken to do this. In this Expository piece, we look at that the ‘Causes of Road Fatalities’. But what exactly are we talking about when we say the ‘Causes of Road Fatalities’? To properly investigate the ‘Causes of Road Fatalities’ we need to fully or completely understand what this means. The ‘causes’ of anything speaks about its direct root, where it originates, what allows it to occur or what induces it. Road Fatalities only exist upon the creation of a road accident. Therefore in order to be successful in this investigation, the topic ‘Road Accidents’ is needed to be evaluated and not necessarily Road Fatalities. ‘Road Accidents’ can be defined as, a roadway mishap that in most cases leads to damage of property, injury or death to person(s). Bringing the two together, we can therefore conclude that this expository-piece’s sole purpose is to look into the specific or direct reasons that induce or create an unpredictable occurrences...
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...a city in working order, and infrastructure is the keystone of concerns and problems that people in these departments face. In the city infrastructure is broken down into two categories, hard infrastructure, the physical manifestation of services such as transportation, energy, information, and sanitation. Things like roads, power lines, and sewers fall into this category. The other is “soft” infrastructure, things such as law, accounting/ finance. and business capabilities fall into this. Hard infrastructure is what really drives a city, and allows it to grow and...
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...Is it possible to develop driverless vehicles based on GPS technology only? Driverless vehicles; science fiction or reality? Well vehicles are coming with more and more intelligence and computation powers nowadays then they were 10 years ago. Today vehicles are coming equipped with much more intelligent driver assistance system like auto parking, lane warning, intelligent cruise control, emergency braking, Anti Braking System etc. But could this intelligence evolve drastically and vehicles could drive themselves continuously? Well Google, Apple and other major Auto producers like Mercedes are working on autonomous car. Google already started testing self driving car and have driven thousands of miles. But can we make driverless vehicles with GPS...
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...government planners who may have little grasp of the underpinning economics. The objective of this case study is to describe the development of a Local Government Transport Masterplan (LGTMP). 1. AN APPROACH TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT PLANNING In most developing countries, decentralization has meant that local governments are increasingly made fully responsible for the provision of local services, including health, education, as well as local roads. Concurrently, national or state road planning processes are often "top-down" and technically sophisticated, as well as ignoring the potential for local governments and communities to participate. The involvement of local governments, however, has been shown to be a critical element to the success of the RTI planning process. In practice, however, most local governments still rely heavily on central government engineers and economist, or externally funded consultants, to assist them in road planning process or to set local priorities for them. Engaging local governments in the process of road planning, requires a balancing of the technical requirements of the planning process with local objectives and capacities. An appropriate RTI planning method...
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...The Road by Cormac McCarthy, is a novel that is about a captivating tale of survival in a world infested with crime, destruction, and misery. “Gripping, heart-rending story, which explores the depths of despair and savagery beside the heights of love, tenderness and self-sacrifice.”, as the New York Times has described it. Cormac McCarthy shows a dark and scary version of humanity that might come to be true in the future. The Road was published in 2006 and is a national bestseller. It is a novel set in a post-apocalyptic world that is extremely dreary and gray. McCarthy narrates the story of a father and his son in an unknown location after a horrible event has happened. They must attempt to survive in a world where suffering surrounds them. The father and son go into a nation that is overridden by cannibalism and murder. The goal they have is to survive. The Road is extremely repetitive novel. I started the novel with very high expectations and as I continued to read, I came to realization that I did not like it. This book had a decent idea but I did not enjoy the format in which it was written which really made my dislike for the book to develop. A sentence will start out really simple and McCarthy will...
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...According to JTF Caspian CONPLAN, GEORGIA is designated to facilitate JTF Caspian reception, staging, onward movement and integration (RSOI) and to provide theater sustainment operations utilizing its ports, airfields, highways and rail network. Since, AZERBAIJAN has approximately 57,700 km of roads of which 54,000 km is paved. AZERBAIJAN’s highest capacity road runs parallel to rail lines from the hub at BAKU (39TVE040720) west to YEVLAKH (39TPK820980) and onto T'BILISI (38TMM840170). The Surface Deployment and Distribution Command infrastructure capability assessment report reveals that GEORGIA’s highways and rail network are not well maintained and have deteriorated significantly over the last several years. Additionally, this assessment...
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...Poetry Analysis Essay for “Road Not Taken” By: Robert Frost Course # and Title: ENGL 102: Literature and Composition Semester of Enrollment: Spring 2012 Name: Timothy Bayless ID #: L22915807 Writing Style Used: MLA Timothy Bayless L22915807 ENGL-102 C04 Poetry Analysis Essay Outline I. Introduction A. Facts: Robert Frost thought a poem should start with delight but end in wisdom and has also won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry four times. B. Title and Author: “The Road Not Taken” By: Robert Frost C. Thesis: The poem displays the difficult decisions people make in order to progress in life and how one choice can alter the future for better or worse. II. Body A. Meaning and Message i. Surface Meaning: A person comes to a “y” in the road and has to decide which way to go. ii. Deeper Meaning: Internal debates are overwhelming when deciding what the right decision to make is. iii. Theme: The choices made in life can alter the future for better or worse. B. Tone i. The person speaking in the poem seems to have a certain level of maturity and it shows in the debate about which road to take. ii. The tone of the speaker is solemn in nature. iii. The reason the tone seems solemn is because the speaker is left with...
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...characteristics of a successful sports shop: • Examples of products/in store displays • Good lighting • Quality staff/customer service • Mirrors (floor) • Brand images • Seats for people to try on shoes etc. • Wide range of storage I have chosen 3 locations: • Reading (Bennertt Road) • Hong Kong • Los Angeles I have chosen Reading as one of my locations because it is a relatively small town and nearby. The pros are that it is close, there may not be many sports shops outside the Oracle Shopping Mall, and it is a small city/town and there are many motorways and roads which can be used to go to Reading. The cons are that there may be a few sports shops already and probably have more experience than mine and more people go there instead of mine My next location is Hong Kong, purely because it is a massive city/country and there are loads of people who travel there every year. The pros are that it is obviously very big and attracts a lot of people and will be very busy. Another pro is that there is lots of road and there is a airports nearby and is easily accessible. The cons are that there are without a doubt more sports shops in Hong Kong, and the people from Hong Kong won’t be able to understand the shop as it will be in English. The last location is Los Angeles. LA is very big and is a very sporty city as there are people running on the paths...
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...What is distracted driving? Distracted driving is driving in which the driver is focused on something other than the road. This type of driving is broken up into three categories- Visual, manual, and cognitive. Visual distractions are distractions that are seen, such as looking at a cell phone screen, or looking at another passenger. Manual distractions are distractions in which the driver is physically distracted, such as holding a hamburger, or even fighting with another passenger in the car. Finally, cognitive distractions are mental distractions, such as radios, another person’s voice, or even enjoying food! Basically, with more crosswalks and islands, drivers would be able to sense a difference, which would affect cognitive distractions positively, and see a difference which would affect visual distractions positively, causing the driver to be more careful...
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