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...

"Reg Mitchell is a modest, decent man with a gift for designing fast aeroplanes. Two horrors seek him out – terminal illness, and Nazi Germany’s pr...

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...

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...

Since its founding in 1881, Canadian Pacific has made an indelible mark on the lives of Canadians. Most commonly associated with its iconic rail-wa...

In this book, the authors present current research on the types, design and safety issues of railways. Topics discussed include the acoustic charac...

One of the most significant developments in China's industrialisation is the growth of China's automotive industry, which is a catalyst for many ot...

The disparity between urban and rural motor vehicle fatalities in the U.S. is well documented in academic research and reports show discrepancy bet...

Rocket Science. Two words which are synonymous with complexity. Two words which for many people signify the zenith of human genius. A phrase which ...

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

General aviation (GA) is a catch-all category that includes about 54% of all civilian aviation activity within the United States and encompasses a ...

In 2015 No.3 Squadron Royal New Zealand Air Force celebrated 50 years of continuous helicopter operations since it reformed in 1965. Seek and Destr...

The monograph presents the main results of the author's sixty-year activity in science and engineering fields regarding the application of various ...

Chapters 1 and 2 explore the Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 accidents, the resulting international grounding of the Boeing 7...

This is a comprehensive, no holds barred look at the men and women who captain large commercial jet airliners. Who are they? How did they end up fl...

Proper tire inflation is important for several reasons. Underinflated tires experience a greater amount of sidewall flexion than properly inflated ...

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

The transport infrastructure generates benefits in efficiency and interchange of goods and people. The increase of accessibility induced by transpo...

This collection of articles deals with the benefits of different types of stem cells sources, use, manipulation, and aspects for the treatment of c...

The objective of this book is to examine the efficacy of the new restart rule promulgated as part of the Hours of Service of Drivers Final Rule. Un...

In March 2013, President Obama notified Congress that his Administration would seek a comprehensive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership ...

Chapter 1 examines the state of the U.S. flag Maritime Industry including the U.S. Merchant Marine. It includes testimony from the U.S. Coast Guar...

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...

Each 96 page, hard cover book in the series is 10 1/2" x 7 5/8" and contains color and black and white photos, drawings, charts, and catalog facsim...

New sources of crude oil from North Dakota, Texas, and western Canada have induced new routes for shipping crude oil to U.S. and Canadian refinerie...

A number of wireless technologies have been developed in recent years to meet the increasing needs of high-speed wireless communications in civil a...