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Publisher
PublicAffairs
Language
English
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America was made by the railroads. The opening of the Baltimore & Ohio line — the first American railroad — in the 1830s sparked a national revolution in the way that people lived thanks to the speed and convenience of train travel. Promoted by visionaries and built through heroic effort, the American railroad network was bigger in every sense than Europe's, and facilitated everything from long-distance travel to commuting and transporting goods...
Author
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xx, 341 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"During the Civil War, neither the Union nor the Confederate army could have operated without effective transportation systems. Moving men, supplies, and equipment required coordination on a massive scale, and Earl J. Hess's Civil War Logistics offers the first comprehensive analysis of this vital process. Utilizing an enormous array of reports, dispatches, and personal accounts by quartermasters involved in transporting war materials, Hess reveals...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
©2005
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxi, 215 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
An inside look at leadership practices that enabled the world's leading shipping company to outthink and outperform its competitionUsing firsthand accounts from top leaders at FedEx, FedEx Delivers explains how the company became an international powerhouse and one of the most trusted global brands by using leadership practices that tapped into the creativity and commitment of its employees.
Publisher
CRC Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"City Logistics: Mapping The Future examines the key concepts of city logistics along with the associated implementation issues, methodologies, and policy measures. Chronicling the growth of city logistics as a discipline and how planning and policy have improved practice over the last ten years, it details the technologies, policies, and plans that can reduce traffic congestion, environmental impact, and the cost of logistics activities in urban...
Publisher
Apple Academic Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (297 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"This new book takes a nuanced look at building a sustainable transportation infrastructure and provides an overview of the harmful effect of various modes of transportation on the environment. The environmental impact of transportation is significant. Transportation is a major user of energy, it burns most of the world's petroleum, and is the fastest-growing contributor to carbon dioxide emissions. Although environmental regulations in many countries...
33) A longer fall
Author
Series
Gunnie Rose novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Lizbeth Rose is hired onto a new crew for a seemingly easy protection job, transporting a crate into Dixie, just about the last part of the former United States of America she wants to visit. But what seemed like a straight-forward job turns into a massacre as the crate is stolen. Up against a wall in Dixie, where social norms have stepped back into the last century, Lizbeth has to go undercover with an old friend to retrieve the crate as what's...
34) Late for school!
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Language
English
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When Mr. Bungles the teacher oversleeps, he goes to great lengths, trying every form of transportation he can find to get to school on time.
Author
Publisher
Academic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (375 pages)
Language
English
Description
Increasing pressure on global reserves of petroleum at a time of growing demand for personal transport indeveloping countries, together with concerns over atmospheric pollution and carbon dioxide emissions, areleading to a requirement for more sustainable forms of road transport. Major improvements in the efficiencyof all types of road vehicles are called for, along with the use of fuels derived from alternative sources, orentirely new fuels. Towards...
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