All about the railroad: old coaches made new, ancient steam engines, historic hotels, stations and campsites along 64 miles of scenic track unlike ...

The ultimate objective for the book is to be a useful tool to increase awareness surrounding the importance of the use and the proper adjustment of...

While Congress has been interested in high speed rail (HSR) since the 1960s, the provision of $8 billion for intercity passenger rail projects in t...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) provides about $40 billion to the states annually to build and maintain highways and bridges through th...

Federal surface transportation programs are currently funded primarily through taxes on motor fuels that are deposited in the highway trust fund. A...

For a large number of countries, the task of Arctic exploration and implementation of year-round navigation along the Northern Sea Route, which has...

Federal spending on highways totaled $46 billion in 2014, roughly a quarter of total public spending on highways. About 95 percent of that amount w...

This second edition is a comprehensive, entertaining guide to mixing boating with business. Leaping ahead of the first edition, this guide keeps up...

Marine Cargo Operations clearly spells out the basic principles of cargo operations and acquaints merchant officers with the techniques of stowage ...

Since the Titanic disaster of 1912, the horrors of major maritime casualties have prompted international conventions and domestic legislation, but ...

The Maritime Transportation System (MTS) is integral to the efficient movement of the nation's freight. The MTS includes navigable waterways, ports...

Federal funding to build and maintain the nation's highways and bridges comes primarily from highway users through federal fuel taxes. These revenu...

The United States is a maritime nation. From its origin as 13 former colonies to its place as the pre-eminent world power today, our Nation's succe...

The central policy objective of a national infrastructure bank is to increase investment in infrastructure. Greater investment is desired because h...

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

The increase in domestic supplies of natural gas has raised new interest in expanding its use in the transportation sector. This book considers iss...

This book deals with new research in the fields of passenger and freight transportation modes: policy analysis, formulation and evaluation; plannin...

Aviation must be safe, efficient and sustainable both at home and abroad, so the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Air Traffic Organization (...

Urban sprawl and sparse living are pervasive in Australia. Despite high levels of car ownership, many Australians do not have access to a private c...

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

Pressure is building for greater passenger use of freight rail-road rights of way. Freight rail-road rights of way are owned by private, for-profit...

In 2010, auto manufacturers recalled more vehicles than any other year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), th...

A mileage-based road user charge would involve assessing owners of individual vehicles on a per-mile basis for the distance the vehicle is driven. ...

Recent foreign air disasters involving Boeing 737 Max airplanes have raised international concern about the safety of that aircraft and passenger a...

Speeding is defined as exceeding posted speed limits or driving too fast for conditions. This is a behaviour that some drivers engage in without re...

Until recently, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) had applied relatively uniform methods to screen airline passengers, focusing prim...

Shipwrecks litter the coasts and reefs of New Zealand. Disasters at sea are no longer the regular occurrence they were in the days when sea travel ...

To help manage airport congestion, airlines operating at four U.S. airports -- Washington's Reagan National and the three major New York City area ...

On 6 July 2012, President Barack Obama signed the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21; P.L. 112141). The act authorised spend...

The classic Business of Shipping (now in its ninth edition) remains North America’s most comprehensive industry-focused book that explains and anal...

Many Americans spend frustrating hours each year stuck in congested traffic, a situation that costs the country billions of dollars annually and in...

For some time, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the U.S. transit industry having been working to improve the understanding and practice...

Only 100 years ago the main means of transportation in Iran was by quadruped. Transportation & Technology in Iran, 1800-1940, by renowned Irani...

Millions of Americans are unable to provide their own transportation or have difficulty accessing public transportation. Such transportation-disadv...

This book is dedicated to research on transportation accidental injury and damage, including the pre-injury and immediate post-injury phases. It al...

This important book focuses on passenger and freight transportation modes: policy analysis, formulation and evaluation; planning; interaction with ...

Nearly 1 million people and $1.5 billion of trade entered the United States through 328 POEs on an average day in fiscal year 2013. CBP, within the...

Over one million Americans are employed in manufacturing motor vehicles, equipment and parts. But the industry has changed dramatically since the U...

Transportation is important. It is about people and how they live their lives, how they get to work, how they get their children to school, how the...

Ukrainian Railroad Ladies is a series of portraits of traffic controllers and safety officers at railroads of Ukraine. It is an exploration of why ...