This book is a glossary of shipping terms that have been carefully selected from the myriad of terms one can encounter in the shipping business. Th...

From the first Bumper V-2 launch in1950 to the Atlas V vehicles of today, over 55 years of Cape Canaveral history is captured in this exhaustive co...

One of the first women to fly, the fashionable Harriet Quimby (1875–1912) came of age in the fading years of a gilded era, determined to have more ...

The sixth edition follows faithfully in the tradition of its honored predecessors, which, for more than forty years, have provided exactly what is ...

Although the concept of a fully automated driving system as envisioned under the Automated Highway System program has yet to be realised, technolog...

Automobile transport causes damage to both humans and nature due to road accidents and air pollution by exhaust gases, as well as by expanding cons...

The book is about how the intelligent goods may collect, store, protect and communicate information related to the goods and its transport from A t...

This book presents new research on autonomous mobility capabilities and shows how technological advances can be anticipated in the coming two decad...

This monograph is focused on intercultural issues, particularly in the global auto industry. The foreign direct investments (FDI) reasons are the r...

Federal assistance to public transportation is provided primarily through the public transportation program administered by the Department of Trans...

This book is written for the mariner who wants to learn the concepts of piloting and navigation, and do more than merely follow a closely prescribe...

Book & CD-ROM. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) began in 1975 to evaluate the effectiveness of vehicle safety technol...

This alphabetically arranged reference work puts over 2,000 modern nautical topics and terms at your fingertips, with enough explanatory advice to ...

U. S. energy needs rest heavily on ship-based imports. Tankers bring 55 percent of the nation's crude oil supply, as well as liquefied gases and re...

This book is devoted to new advances in all branches of mathematics, game theory and applications, and pure and applied algebra and geometry includ...

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), per vehicle mile travelled in 2010, motorcyclists were about 30 times more...

A small federal agency, NMB facilitates labour relations in two key transportation sectors -- railroads and airlines -- through mediation and arbit...

Nga Waka o Nehera is the essential reference work to the traditions of Maori canoes that voyaged to New Zealand – including lists of the waka, name...

Increased oil and gas production presents challenges for transportation infrastructure because some of this increase is in areas with limited trans...

The United States' aviation transportation system is an important component of the U.S. economy and one of the safest and most efficient systems in...

Positive Train Control (PTC) is a communications and signalling system that has been identified by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ...

The subject of aircraft icing has a major impact on aviation safety. In this book, interdisciplinary topics related to aircraft icing are addressed...

The Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) rail-safety oversight framework relies on inspections to ensure railroads comply with federal safety re...

The Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA08) requires implementation of positive train control (PTC) on railroads which carry passengers or hav...