Essays on Commuters

Overview of the Industry

Over the last five years, the Singapore taxi industry has seen tremendous changes, most of which have resulted from the development of private app-taxi companies. The introduction of the taxi bookings apps in 2013 was marked by an explosive growth of the demand for the app based taxi services from the main global players that is Uber and Grab car. Over the years, this has continued to affect the traditional taxi operators; according to research, the advent of the taxi app companies has reduced the regular taxi earnings by 20 % (Lee, 2015). This has been the main concerns for ...

Effects Of Car Emissions To The Environment

Andrés, M., & Marı́a-José, G. (2004). Valuation of social and health effects of transport-related air pollution in Madrid (Spain). Science of the Total Environment, Vol.334, pp.427-434. The article valuation of social and health effects of air pollution caused by cars in Spain discusses the social impact of these pollutants, and how they affect the environment. According to the article, Madrid has many cars which make the city suffer from chronic congestion levels. The city also experiences periods of stable atmospheric conditions that makes the pollution levels exceed the quality standards of air for some pollutants. According to the ...

Research Method Assignment B

Introduction With the growing numbers of motor vehicle in every city, it is evident that people are getting more reliant on private vehicles when it comes to meeting their travelling needs. One of the cities or location that holds this situation is Kuwait, from which more and more people depend on their private vehicles as they claim that it is more reliable to drive or ride on their private cars than to take the city’s public transport. While the public transport in Kuwait aims to provide better service to their people, there are still many citizens who do ...

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Introduction

The question of whether the government or the private transport provides better public transport is still and ongoing debate. This question will be addressed in this discussion in which the factors indicating which of the two transport systems is better than the other will be determined. Although the private sector appears to offer the best possible transport service to the public, but in reality the government transport system is still the most efficient on every level. Examining the existing literatures encompassing the pros and cons of the private and government transport service will substantiate the ...

Urban growth and development can be attributed to all changes that engulf the particular urban setting (Jacobs 78). Moreover, the increase of an urban city should be planned for, lest social evils, as well as uncontrollable urban population and congestion, can ensue. Apparently, Toronto is an urban area that has grown rapidly over time, creating concerns about the future of urban planning, to cater for growing population, pollution, and urban traffic. Since the early 1970’s, Toronto has made the use of subways, buses and streetcars to ease congestion in the city, and also to provide an ambient environment ...

Environmental psychology focuses on the interaction between human beings and their surroundings. The study aims at finding out what makes individuals comfortable and how settings can be adjusted to enhance quality of life and reduce stress. We all react to our environmental surroundings knowingly or unwillingly (Gifford, 2007). Traffic congestion is an ecological stressor which hampers ones movement between two or more points. Studies have shown that constant exposure to traffic congestion has effects on the mood, task performance and physiology of automobile commuters. Reports of annoyance have been recorded in individuals who commute for long hours to ...

[Institution’s Name] Research Methods Online Discussions 3 Different methods of sampling are used to extract information from a set of population for finding an objective oriented result. Systematic sampling, stratified sampling, cluster sampling, purposive sampling and snowball sampling are a few examples of the renown sampling methods. The same have been explored in course books to investigate over large population with a set of target populace for measurement of interest of the researcher's case study. For the sake of example, Case – B, Grover's Corner Department of Transportation can be explored for the observation of the use of sampling methods ...

- In order to establish the basis of this interview the first question that I would like to ask is do you think air traffic should be privatized? - Do you think that politics is affecting the running of air traffic controller hence privatization being the solution to this problem? - What are some of the contentious issues that you think affect the controllers of air traffic? - Will privatization lead to the laying off of controllers and if so how is this going to affect the economy if it does? - Do you think ...

Individual Report – Marketing for a New Product.

The service “Share&Go” is an innovative solution that is offered by the taxi service company. It uses the existing fleet of the company as well as its drivers to provide a new car sharing service to its customers. Customers can access the service through a mobile application or directly through the website. The idea behind is to give people an opportunity to split the payment for taxi rides between several people, even if those people are not travelling as one group. Customers can request a taxi by indicating the pick-up point and the final destination, as well as the possible tolerance time. ...

According to Chandra et al., (2013) transits services provide the commuters with access to different places in the industry. This enables the commuters to engage in activities channeled to improve the economic development. A transit system is an example of a transport facility that can offer the public a platform to facilitate services. I feel it is important for the street network system to cater for new developments so as to enable ease of traffic. The government can consider adding new highway links to enable fast delivery of goods in case of the long distance travelers. The improvement of the highway ...

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Considered as one of the most convenient means of conveyance after a personal car, bus transportation is preferred by many people. They establish a routine of lining up before the bus arrival time and stopping at their desired destinations. The route can also be flexible depending on which bus they choose to board. However, some problems like overcrowding, faraway stops, and harassment are faced by users of bus transportation services, and their solutions are required. One of the problems that are faced by commuters using bus transport is that of overcrowding. Once the seats are full, the ...

The Article focuses on the 50 anniversary of the inauguration of the Japans shinkansen super-express trains. Before the 1964 Tokyo Olympic ceremony, Emperor Hirohito presided over the launch of the first; bullet’ train. The white and blue trained sneaked through Japan Capital at a speed of 120km/h onto Osaka at a record time. These models of trains were later to become not only the world fastest and most advanced mode of railway transport, but the most intense used main railway line. The blue and white bullet train became the symbol of Japan rise from ashes of Second World War. It changed ...

Abstract

The UAE has undergone a continuous economic development, which has seen the standards of living rise. With the rise in standards of living, individuals have managed to purchase cars and shift from public to their personal transport arrangements. The increase in car purchases has also taken place due to the affordability associated with fuel. The affordability has enabled individuals to save on acquiring their personal means of movement within the UAE. With the said rise in living standards and affordability of fuel, the consequent increase in private transport has led to the road traffic congestion in major towns within UAE. ...

Sara chose Case B – Grover’s Corner Department of Transportation, which tasked Larry, a research and program evaluation specialist, to come up with an assessment of customer satisfaction regarding the improvement the department did in terms of individual stations. Contrary to Sara’s answer (Simple Random Sample Design), I think that Larry used a non-probability sampling method with his use of a convenience sample and not a simple random sample design that utilizes a probability sample. This is because he made use of a readily available list of monthly pass users. In addition, by not going for the whole population of commuters, he left ...

In my everyday bus rides to school, I am subjected to different social environments. As I go to school every day, I estimate approximately thirty people to be on the bus on weekdays and a fewer number on weekends and on public holidays. This means that copresence is not really an issue and people prefer and maintain their personal space. School is in the city, I take the route by the suburbs through the city, and the final stop is the school where there is a bus terminal nearby. I leave for school at a quarter to seven since I am supposed ...

In the world we live in today we are constantly bombarded with news that we are destroying our world. Organisations are clamouring for people to go green and try to do their bit to save mother earth or so we don’t lose her forever. People are still divided on what to believe or even what little contribution they may be able to do to make a difference in their world. Many people feel like they are just one person and are therefore too small to make any kind of change. However I know that if everybody had that same ...

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Dear Dr. Salonen, I am a student at the University of Bridgeport, I am writing to you with some concerns, and suggestions about the campus are parking problems. As you are already aware, many UB students commute to campus from the surrounding area, and are required to bring a driver’s license to get a parking pass. Being able to commute to campus allows diverse students to attend the university, and obtaining a parking pass is not a problem for students who come from a distance in order to attend classes each day. ...

Article ReviewBicycle and Pedestrian Policy in the USA

Introduction This paper reviews and analyzes a published article that deals with bicycle and pedestrian public policy in the USA. The subject article was published in the New York Times on 4 July 2011 and was entitled: “The Bicycle Dividend”, by Nancy Folbre.

Article Summary:

Folbre opens the article with the statement that more Americans are either cycling or walking to and from work, partly because the infrastructure is being improved through public sector investment, which soon will provide safe cycle paths and lanes. See “Bicycle and Pedestrian”, updated Sept 2013, for further details). She notes that since 2006 federal spending ...

Introduction

Governments are tasked with a challenging responsibility of adopting informed and justifiable decisions when budgeting for the country’s resources. Investing in unproductive or unhelpful projects is not acceptable because this characterize misuse of public resources. Amtrak is one of the major projects in United States that has realized attention of policy makers. A group of policy makers has lobbied for the continued funding of this project while other argues that the company should lose its subsidiaries. Deciding whether the government should withdraw its support from Amtrak or continue funding the project is challenging because either of the options carry ...

- Brief Outline Singapore as a former colony of Great Britain has struggled over the years to grow its economy and improve the quality of life of her people. One of the ways that Singapore has maintained its economy afloat is by maintaining bilateral ties with the country’s former colonizers. For any economy to flourish there has to be efficient infrastructure in place to allow the transport of goods and services across territories for trade purposes. As a developing nation Singapore has limited capital endowments. As a result of capital limitedness, Singapore continues to experiences various challenges with the transport ...

Introduction

With disregard to any particular opinions and point of views, the event surrounding Disney’s American theme park offers both interesting and compelling lessons business corporations, policy makers and citizen activist groups. This paper seeks to evaluate and examine the Disney America Theme Park controversy by identifying the predominant actors and stakeholders, listing the problems of each major individual stakeholder group and lastly to provide my objective opinions on how I, as a strategic thinker, would have handled the case for the good of the company and the surrounding environment .

Major Stakeholders

Proponents - Disney

Opponents

- Environmemtalists - Preservationists and ...

Technological advancements provide substantial life and global changes for humans. With the discovery and invention of various tools, energy sources, communication systems, medical equipment, electronic devices, architectural design techniques, and weaponry, among others, the lives of humans have drastically changed, improved, or worsened. The advancements have paved the way for humans to vary the way they conduct business and develop relationships with others. Innocent lives have been saved as advancements in medical science and technology continually evolve and provide answers to the medical needs of people, while some were also sacrificed with the creation of machines used for attacks ...

Transport management in Olympics plays a huge role in ensuring that bidding for countries interested in hosting the event. During the bidding process countries are required to come up with transport management plan that benefits the country athletes visiting and a fulfilling experience. the bidding process helps the Olympics board to evaluate a country’s facilities ensuring that outside visitor and spectators are enough for the population in that period of time. In many countries where the Olympics have been held the change and infusion of new technologies and expansion of different roads has been an opportunity to grow their economy. In ...

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Airport Management and Improving Efficiency

Airports are like gateways of the modern world. The aviation industry has contributed in bringing the world together and enabling globalization to be effective in a major way. It is through the airplanes that people could travel long distances between countries quickly and with improved safety. Airports are where the airplane reaches and the passengers get down to get going to each of their works- either business or pleasure.

With the extent to which the air travel has expanded, it has resulted in the airports to become large and have to handle huge volumes of ...

Anna Prior. September 5, 2012. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443991704577578860843781548.html?mod=WSJ_RetirementPlanning_RetirementPlanning_2

Social security

The purpose of Anna Prior’s article was to talk about how people can plan well with their investments so as to have adequate streams of income when they retire. A report says that approximately 44% of ‘generation x will not have enough to sustain them through retirement life. This is because of such factors as taxes and interest rates which are expected to go up, as well as many other uncertainties. Prior proposes that the following measures could help one live through retirement with enough income stream; setting aside a portfolio ...

Engineering

Boston, Massachusetts one of the oldest cities, is a busy community with high percentage of roads chocked with traffic. In order to relieve the traffic issues and to provide the residents with more parks and recreational facilities instead of roads, an ambitious project was undertaken known as the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T). The project basically encompassed on the vision of building an underground tunnel, miles below the surface, without disturbing the daily routine and holding up traffic for construction. In order to achieve this daunting task many changes had to be undertaken, which could ire the everyday commuter. The following ...

The practicality of solar power is a very important environmental issue for mankind; due to the dwindling natural resources of this planet, it is growing more and more feasible as an energy alternative. As a result, I found it an intriguing topic on which to base my synthesis paper. The section of Chapter 1 of Physics for Future Presidents called 'Sunlight and Solar Power" pertains directly to this subject; providing essential information for the basic facets of solar power, it permits a baseline knowledge for a greater understanding of the topic. With the help of other studies on its usefulness and practicality, these ...

Contactless payments such as the use of near field communication (NFL) have been developing over the last few years and have evolved into reliable and secure methods of payment which are gaining acceptance from both buyers and vendors. The contactless mode of payment uses a short range frequency identification chip (RFID) to transfer data embedded electronically in microchips attached to a mobile device such as a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant or a credit or a debit card. The major difference with the contact based mode of payment is that in the case of contactless payment, the user of the technology does not ...