Transport

We usually use the word transport when talking about vehicular transportation. However, the actual definition encompasses any transportation of people or goods by any means. Whether it be by train, automobile, road, rail, sea, coaches or airplanes, the transport of anything these days is big business.

Much of the world’s economy and business relies on transport to a great extent. The transportation of humans through the air as just one example. Flying is a huge business and there are many companies world wide offering ever “cheaper” flights to almost any destination in order to try and take customers from the other companies.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Transport”

• How will TfL restore Thames to east of Tube map?

  
  UK news: Dave Hill's London blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 135
  Youll remember the great Evaporated Thames hullabaloo , which Mayor Johnson neatly turned to his own advantage by demanding in the name of all that is British that the river be restored to the Tube map. This work is due to be completed next month. Diamond Geezer has been getting the measure of the task: Itll be ...
  2 hours ago

• “Moving Overseas”…(again!)

  
  Honey the Great Dane — Authority: 117
  Today my human took me to a very strange place… …there were many big buildings and huge, long car machines and lots & lots of giant boxes everywhere… It was near the place where the Big Flying Machines live, so it was very noisy and windy. . . . . . . After we parked our car machine, my ...
  5 hours ago

• Canadians Fight Over Allowing Pets On Airplanes

  
  PETSVENTURA PET RELOCATION SOLUTIONS — Authority: 120
  Dr. Thomas Kovesi, a pediatric respirologist at the Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa said today on Canadian TV "The airlines have to ask themselves which are more important: people or pets? And pets are important, but I think people are more important " PetsVentura will ...
  7 hours ago

• Virtual Co-Drivers Will Make Trucks Of The Future Safer

  
  Future Transportation — Authority: 131
  Trucks of the future could be equipped with an on-board digital co-driver to assist the human behind the wheel, or even take over if the driver loses control. The HAVEit project (short for Highly Automated Vehicles for Intelligent Transport) has 28 million euros (USD$40 million) at its disposal and is aiming to ...
  8 hours ago

• The Tony Fox "Proud American" and "Bonneville Boss" Rocket Truck

  
  Autoblog — Authority: 788
  Filed under: Concept Cars , Motorsports , Classics , Performance , Truck , Marketing/Advertising , Work , Specialty The Proud American and Bonneville Boss - Click above for high-res image gallery Before our favorite weekly Southern California car gathering this Saturday, we had been told by a ...
  9 hours ago

• ParknPaynRide

  
  New Zealand Conservative — Authority: 499
  I went down to the train station again the other day; I hadnt been there since I finished my course in June, but I was in the area and went to say hi one of the guards there I got to know a bit. I see now that the ParknRide parking which was previously free is now costing $2 a day and theyve had the parking meters ...
  10 hours ago

• This may not work for OHS but why not?

  
  Safety At Work Blog — Authority: 433
  On 9 November 2009 public submissions close on Australia’s model OHS Act but the move for harmonisation and, hopefully, a simplification for business and government continues in other areas.The Australian Transport Council (ATC) met on 6 November 2009 and agreed on many Council of Australian Governments (COAG) ...
  11 hours ago

• 08:50 - New road rules in Victoria affect locals and visitors alike: on phones, car seats and more ... (audio)

  
  Collectors — Authority: 808
  Antonietta Cavallo from Vic Roads is speaking to Glen Bartholomew
  11 hours ago

• Driving Sustainability by Eliminating Drivers

  
  Governance Focus — Authority: 148
  A new destination--urban sustainability--is changing the way we make the journey. I was startled a few weeks ago to hear the urban sustainability director of a large city bemoan the fact that the communitys schools require students to learn how to drive. The logic was simple: if fewer people know how to drive, there ...
  12 hours ago

• BMW RELEASE M3 GTS VIDEOS

  
  German Car Scene — Authority: 533
  BMW has released two new videos featuring its hardcore M3 GTS model.
  13 hours ago

• Striking Philly Transit Workers Demand More Viagra

  
  As You Like It — Authority: 106
  In what is described as "a bone of contention", the Philadelphia Daily News reports that striking subway union members are demanding that their monthly allotment of 10 erectile dysfunction pills be increased. Youve got to hand it to the Transport Workers Union Local 234--while millions of unemployed Americans cant ...
  13 hours ago

• British motorists are paying more tax on diesel than any other drivers in the European Union

  
  Les Bonner — Authority: 448
  Government figures show that British motorists pay at least 12p a litre more than in other European countries.  According to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, fuel duty and VAT account for 66% of the total retail price at the pumps. In some other EU countries, these taxes make up only 42% of the retail ...
  14 hours ago

• Two thirds of Scots don’t want new Forth Bridge

  
  Campaign for an English Parliament — Authority: 119
  STV, the Scottish ITV channel, is reporting that only a third of Scots want to build a new road bridge to replace the existing Forth Road Bridge. The cost of building a new bridge is estimated at between £3.25bn and £4.22bn, whilst the cost of repairing the existing bridge is estimated at about £122m.  The ...
  14 hours ago

• Rail route knocked out as all drivers refuse to work

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  All trains on a busy rail route were cancelled today due to a lack of drivers. The Great Northern Route, which runs from Hertfordshire and Kings Lynn into Kings Cross, was knocked out as drivers for First Capital Connect (FCC) refused to work. Unions are in pay talks with the company, but union leaders said workers ...
  14 hours ago

• Waiting for the tram

  
  TORU? DAILY PHOTO — Authority: 127
  On a bleak autumn day, these folk stand waiting for the tram to come. The tram line runs in the middle of the road. So when it comes, the traffic has to stop so the passengers can get on and off.
  15 hours ago

• Padlocked By The Earth: Cycle Sheds Go Underground

  
  Life within me — Authority: 136
  (Images via: JFE Engineering ) Cycling is a wonderfully practical, dazzlingly green answer to our urban transport problems (not to mention a fun, free way to keep us trim) – but a downside is parking. Maybe a parked bike doesn’t take up a lot of room, but in most cities you find every fence and every railing ...
  15 hours ago

• Padlocked By The Earth: Cycle Sheds Go Underground

  
  WebEcoist — Authority: 611
  (Images via: JFE Engineering ) Cycling is a wonderfully practical, dazzlingly green answer to our urban transport problems (not to mention a fun, free way to keep us trim) – but a downside is parking. Maybe a parked bike doesn’t take up a lot of room, but in most cities you find every fence and every railing ...
  15 hours ago

• [Polska] Przepisy prawa, projekty i założenia

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 176
  Projekt (z dnia 15.10.2009r.) ustawy o publicznym transporcie zbiorowym. Etap: projekt skierowany do rozpatrzenia przez stały komitet Rady Ministrów. http://bip.mi.gov.pl/pl/bip/projekty...ransp_zbiorowy Z uzasadnienia (wybrane): - "Projekt ustawy określa zasady organizacji rynków transportu publicznego, ...
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• C-17s for India?

  
  Defense Industry Daily — Authority: 558
  C-17 Globemaster III (click to view full) Defense News reports that India is negotiating to buy 10 C-17A Globemaster III heavy transports for its air force, and claims that a $1.7 billion deal is likely to be finalized “by early 2010.” The report adds that: “The C-17’s advantages include its easier ...
  16 hours ago

• Trams boss says budget going off track is “great success”

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 560
  By Michael MacLeod EDINBURGH’S tram scheme boss believes going £33million over budget would be “a great success.” Richard Jeffrey says the massive project is likely to cost £545million instead of the original £512million budget. But rather than going off the rails, he says he would be “pleased” ...
  16 hours ago

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