Transport
Transport (commonly used in the U.K.), or transportation (used in the U.S.), is the easiest way of movement of humans, animals and goods from one location to another. In other words, the action of transport is defined as a particular movement of an organism or thing from a point A (a place in space) to a point B. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles and operations. Transport enables trade between people, which is essential for the development of civilizations. Transport infrastructure consists of the …
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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 November 2024 English
The Western welfare state model is beset with structural, financial, and moral crises. So-called scroungers, cheats, and disability fakers persistently occupy the centre of public policy discussions, even as official …
environment, national politics, family, and transport occur as incidental discussion items.36 Four people …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 14 November 2024 English
This study aims to highlight the key supply chain barriers in localizing electric vehicle (EV) battery cell manufacturing in India. It summarizes consultations with 12 companies working on battery cell …
promoting local value addition, and accelerating transport electrification and stationary storage deployment … global transition away from fossil fuels in the transport sector—and they are demonstrating growing momentum …
Fraser Institute · 13 November 2024 English
Since 2000, Quebec’s real per-capita GDP has grown at an annual average of 1.2 percent, while Ontario’s has grown at 0.7 percent—both below the Canadian average. Ontario and Quebec’s real …
one regional economy given the role of the Quebec City-to-Windsor axis as Canada’s main street, industrial heartland, transportation …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 12 November 2024 English
The political life of Dene leader Georges Erasmus — a radical Native rights crusader widely regarded as one of the most important Indigenous leaders of the past fifty years. For …
for redemption at Grimshaw Trucking or Byers Transport. The money would be split between Georges and …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English
Railway commuting is today a mundane and routine necessity, yet for the Victorians it was a novel experience. It opened up new possibilities of living at a remove from the …
locations for dock workers in 1891 156 5.1 London’s transport system, by passenger numbers, 1867–1911 165 … journeys per head of population by type of transport 10 1.1 Third-class passengers enduring a ‘horizontal … tram in Wimbledon in 1907. Source: London Transport Museum 164 5.3 Exterior of Maze Hill Station … Railway Museum 197 6.2 Overcrowding on public transport, Punch cartoon, 1920. Source: Punch Historical … commuting, to its maturity as a means of public transport in the4 Slow Train to Arcadia early twentieth …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English
The COVID-19 virus was responsible for the deaths of over thirty-five thousand Canadians in its first two years alone. Described as the biggest public health crisis of the century, it …
lost during the first year of covid-19, 2020 (Transport Canada 2020a, 2020b). While we may not like road …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 5 November 2024 English
“A tender, beautifully written essay collection that is about so much more than parenting a child with a disability.” — Erin Pepler, author of Send Me Into The Woods AloneA …
I transported her limp body to the soft cotton mattress of her crib, laid a blanket over her torso. …
Fraser Institute · 1 November 2024 English
Regardless of the outcome of the 2024 US presidential election, it is likely that protectionist pressures will intensify in that country, thereby further threatening Canada’s exports to its largest trading …
followed by wholesale and retail activities and transport and warehousing. 17 For provinces and territories …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 30 October 2024 English
This publication describes the protocols used in the IISD Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA) Analytical Service Laboratory for the measurement of chemical constituents in freshwater samples.
in polyethylene bottles and insulated during transport to prevent them from heating in the summer and … and scope This method outlines sample storage, transport, and data management for outsourced analyses. … safety concerns associated with the storage and transport of the outsourced analyses. 7.3 Sample conditions … °C for sample storage ‒ coolers for sample transport ‒ ice packs ‒ 25 mm GF/C glass fibre filters …
AUP: Athabasca University Press · 29 October 2024 English
This introductory human resource management (HRM) textbook provides students with an overview of the major domains of human resource management (the “how-to”) with a focus on the practical application of …
For example, employers that operate almost entirely using independent contractors in sectors such as transportation (e.g …