Romance of the Rails

Romance of the Rails
Author: Randal O'Toole
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781944424947

American transportation has undergone many technological revolutions: from sailing ships to steam ships; from passenger trains and urban rail transit to airplanes and automobiles. Normally, the government has allowed and even encouraged these revolutions, but for some reason the federal government is spending billions of dollars trying to preserve and build obsolete rail transit and passenger train lines, including high-speed trains that cost more but are less than half as fast as flying. O'Toole asks why passenger trains have been singled out -- and whether this policy makes sense. -- adapted from jacket

The Romance of American Transportation

The Romance of American Transportation
Author: Franklin Mering Reck
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1962
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

"A fully revised edition of an old favorite, with hundreds of drawings and photographs, showing the development of our network of transportation from stagecoach, canal and river boat to railroad, automobile, and airplane"--Dust jacket.

Transport

Transport
Author: Phillip Peterson
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2016-09-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9781539063612

"Transport? Transport to where, Sir?" "Possibly straight to hell." Who will live? Who will die? An alien object is discovered off the coast of California; a sphere that transports people to other solar systems. Death-row inmate Russell Harris and nine other convicts are given the chance to save their own lives by agreeing to travel as test subjects on the transporter. But when the first volunteer dies a gruesome death, it becomes clear to Russell and his comrades that the venture is little more than a merciless death mission on which they will all perish. Their only chance of survival is to uncover the secret of the mysterious object, but that too seems hopeless - because no trace of the transporter's constructors can be found.

The Future of Transportation

The Future of Transportation
Author: Henry Grabar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2019-11-19
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781942884453

With the promise of delivery drones, personal helicopters and groceries delivered right to your refrigerator, one might think we are living in the best of transportation times. However, most city commuters would be quick to tell you otherwise. Of all the technological interventions continuously inserted into our daily travels, which ones will last? Is ride-sharing here to stay? In ten years will we all be taking autonomous vehicles to work? Will traffic as we know it cease to exist? While this volume makes no promises or predictions, it does take a step back from the hype of the new to explore more of the options from what might seem like yesterday?s solutions: busses, bikes and even trains. Perhaps remedies to our transportation woes are not all in the future but are hiding in plain and present site. 00'The Future of Transportation' is the third volume in the 'SOM Thinkers' series, conceived by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. 'SOM Thinkers' originated from a desire to start a public conversation about the built environment. Rather than frame the subject in the expected ?professional? language, the series poses today?s most pressing questions about design and architecture in a bold and accessible way.

An Illustrated Timeline of Transportation

An Illustrated Timeline of Transportation
Author: Kremena Spengler
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2012
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1404866612

Presents a timeline of human transportation throughout history, from early forms of land and water travel to the development of road and highway systems, the invention of the motor engine, and air and space flight.

Transport

Transport
Author: Joan Zahm
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-08-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9780578970981

Escape to a future new world through an inspiring story of love and perseverance. Mara, struggling with the loss of her memory, travels on an unknown transport to a new beginning. Together with Krey, the transport officer who falls in love with her, they face challenges in a difficult, harsh environment. Descriptive narrative captures their journey with trusted friends as they attempt to survive and build innovative communities. A sudden breakthrough of memories from Mara's former life provides startling insights into her past.

Transport Design

Transport Design
Author: Gregory Votolato
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2007-08-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1861894783

We are a world of travelers. Technologies have enabled us to connect with others around the world at incredible speed, and now both business and pleasure operate on a global scale. The process of getting from point A to point B is therefore of more interest than ever, and Gregory Votolato here charts the history of that journey in all its complexity and variety. From limousines to canoes to the Apollo spacecraft, Votolato chronicles the ever-evolving design of vehicles, nautical crafts, and other objects of transportation. Transport Design explores the relationship between mass transportation and the travel experience, probing such issues as design styles, economics, entertainment, and, most importantly, customized comfort. Elements such as nineteenth-century railway sleeping couches or the heated car seats of today, Votolato demonstrates, were among the pioneering technologies that set the precedent for personal home and office furnishings. Ultimately, Transport Design contends that today’s pressures of global commerce and environmental threats demand a radical reappraisal of how and why we travel. A compelling and readable study, Transport Design is a must-have for transport design scholars, transit buffs, and reluctant commuters alike.

Catalina by Sea

Catalina by Sea
Author: Jeannine L. Pedersen
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738531168

A fancy flight of lyrics specifies that Santa Catalina Island is "26 miles across the sea." But mapmakers put the distance at 19.7 miles from the closest island point, Doctor's Cove (near Arrow Point), to the closest mainland locale, Point Fermin at San Pedro. Today boats and helicopters operating out of the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Newport Beach, and Dana Point transport musing songwriters and everyone else to Catalina for the song's much-promised "romance, romance, romance, romance," as well as fishing, sightseeing, and gainful employment. But the history of getting to and from the island's ports of Avalon and Two Harbors has been an epic across centuries of business and pleasure, involving a collective flotilla of side-wheelers, yachts, lumber schooners, steamships, water taxis, converted military vessels, crew boats, and today's fast and convenient jet boats.