CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Globally it’s estimated that 1.2million people die and between 20 and 50million others are injured and disabled annually through road accidents (WHO 2005).This constitutes to about 2.1% of all the deaths reported globally. Despite the fact that Africa has low level of motivation, it still accounts for higher percentage of global death with Sub Sahara Africa reporting between 82000 and 200000 deaths per year from road accident. In Kenya, public
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their superior, Lieutenant "Mac" McMahon. Later, Jack sees a city bus explode. The bomber contacts him, explaining that a similar bomb is rigged on another bus, and will get activated if it goes over 50 miles per hour (80 km/h) and blow up when the speed drops below 50. The bomber demands a larger ransom and says he will set off the bomb if passengers are offloaded. Jack races through traffic and manages to board the moving bus. However, it is already going over 50: the bomb is armed. Jack explains
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Research about NYC Bus System According to Andrew Grossman, one of the factors contributing to the decline in the NYC bus ridership is traffic congestion. Many buses do not travel at optimal speeds, especially during rush hours. As a result, people do not use buses to avoid getting to work or appointments late. The design of NYC bus system has also contributed to the decline in bus ridership. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has eliminated several bus routes running along subway lines
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take a buses or subways. You also do not mind to find a place for parking. In addition, using public transportation would be better for the environment and people’s health as well. A private car can only fit five passengers but on the other side, a bus or subway can fit about fifty people. So more people use public transportation can reduce pollution because there are less car driving on the road, there are fewer fumes and also less traffic jam. As we know carbon dioxide that released from the cars
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public transport. For example, it is possible to provide those people who use public transport with the 20% discount when they need to buy something. Also, it is possible to implement special cards that will be some kinds of an opportunity to change bus to train for free. As a final point, let’s take a look at one more thing we can provide people with in order to encourage them to use public transport. It would be advisable to make the public transportation prices lower. Let’s suppose that you pay
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problems, the city has been experiencing severe traffic-problem which is a common phenomenon in our daily life. Dhaka city situation is more alarming mainly due to vehicular movement and traffic jam. There are different types of vehicular namely, car, bus, jeep, truck, minibus, microbus, auto-rickshaw, tempo, mini-truck, motorcycles and innumerable numbers of rickshaws. There are many reasons behind traffic jam in Bangladesh. Among them some major factors are as follows: • Undisciplined traffic
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Economic Benefits of Transportation Improvements Shamonica Jordan Arkansas Highway Transportation Essay March 11, 2013 Economic Benefits of Transportation Improvements Today, the development of public transportation is extremely prospective in terms of the community development. The development of public transportation can improve the community environment, its socioeconomic development. Goodyear (2010) states the following public transportation has a great potentially, when
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Mapua Institute of Technology Muralla St. Intramuros, Manila School of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management Applying Transportation Systems On San Pedro City, Laguna In Partial Requirements for SVM161 Submitted By: Andrada, Michael Sherwin Sillo, Jerome Submitted To: Prof. Elisier Fantillo Introduction History San Pedro became a town on January 18, 1725, when King Charles II of Spain decreed that the town formerly known as "Tabuko" be a separate
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Evaluate the Responsibilities at Different Levels of Government Central government is in charge at a national level, it is positioned in London where the houses of parliament and the House of Lords have many different types of responsibilities. One of their responsibilities is to protect the whole country at a national level. The good thing about this responsibility is that it will make our country a safer place to live in by creating new laws and policies which will help protect the people either
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definitely say yes. Issues Importance of Energy Cost Road King Trucks, Inc. is a truck manufacturing company. The new CEO Michael Livingston arranged a meeting with the firm’s top managers and engineers considering introducing a large, public transit bus into its current product line. As the oil prices keep going high and have no sign of decreasing. Mr. Livingston thought it would lead people more likely to use public transportation. The price of gas has gone up for the 30th day in a row, and with
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