Istanbul, world’s 4th most crowded city, has enormous traffic issues with an excessive amount of passengers travelling between the Asia and the Europe sides of the city every day (“Istanbul”). Before the project; citizens were disgruntled by the crowd in the two bridges between Asia and Europe, the time lost in the traffic and the troubled trip between sides. The government then planned an enormous project in detail and the idea of undersea rail travel in Istanbul became real in 2013 with the Marmaray Project (“Marmaray"). The innovative solution of the government aimed to create a new easy way to cross sides without ruining the fascinating view of the strait. Some citizens are now delighted with the project while others are worried about the rail line’s safety, but the designers and engineers assert that the latest technology is used to make the Marmaray line a safe and trustable rail line (F. Toprak). Like every project, this project also has some problems but the overall benefits of the rail line is so much more than its problems. Even though undersea travel looks dangerous; the Marmaray Project actually provides a fast, safe and comfortable trip while crossing sides.
Istanbul, as told, is an extremely crowded city with over 14 million citizens living in just 5,343 square kilometers (“Istanbul”). Around 11.5 million passengers travel all around Istanbul every day (“İstanbul`da Toplu Taşıma”). The fact that the city is divided into two different sides by the Marmara Sea makes the traffic even worse. The 1.4 km long undersea tunnel is now operating in order to reduce the amount of traffic at the two Bosphorus bridges along with the underground tunnel. The total length of the rail line will be 76.3 km with 40 stations, but n...
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...with 36%. 88% of the participants think that Marmaray usage will increase which shows that the citizens are getting use to the idea of undersea travelling.
Despite of newness and trust issues, the new undersea rail line offers a high-speed, technologic, well-planned, convenient and eco-friendly journey to all 14 million citizens of Istanbul including pregnant women, elders and disabled people. Even though 30% of the surveyed people think the line is unsafe, the other 70% thinks that it is beneficial and comfortable. 21st century’s project will doubtlessly keep on easing the lives of employees, children, disabled people and many others all around Istanbul. The Marmaray line not only serves as a mean of transport but it also makes it easier to live in a crowded city by changing the way you are living, changing your habits and using beneficial and fast transporting.
High-speed railway (HRL) systems have been used primarily over in such countries as Japan since 1964 and France since 1984. Recently the United States has generated interest in the high-speed railway as well. The proposed system would stretch from Miami through Orlando and end in the St. Petersburg/Tampa area. With bullet trains operating at top speeds of 220 miles an hour, the express travel time from downtown Miami to Orlando would take approximately 2.5 hours. Intercity travelers (trips between metropolitan regions) along with longer-distance commuters would enjoy the benefits of a system designed to connect with existing rail, air, and highway systems.
The rail systems put into place in Chicago have always been a major factor in freight transportation. The city provides a centralized hub for the railways throughout the country. After a long run the system is bound to find flaws as old technologies are passed by new ones. The existing railroad structures have in time taken a toll over the years of service. “The railroad system of Chicago has been around for a long time now. After many years it has gone past time time of despair. With the new project it is hoping to bring the popularity back to where it once was” (Chicago Transit Renovation to Improve Service). This update needed will guide Chicagos railroad system into the future. The city also has to take a look on how it is going to keep up with the constant increase of railcars on their tracks. With the new technologies of the future Chicago can only make their infrastructure better. The aim is to stay on time with the railcars to diminish the amount of overcrowding presented in the old rail systems in Chicago.
Frequently claims are made that mass transit can provide various solutions for the economy, the environment, and the energy crisis, in addition to improving the overall quality of life (2). Mass transit provides the following solutions to various economic problems. Firstly, as a result of the recession we now face, unemployment is substantially higher t...
Since the steam and reek flow to the streets via the vents, the city gets extra toxic waste that thrusts not only the passengers’ health care, but also the pedestrians on the sidewalk, people inside the cars, and everyone who uses the air conditioner (AC) inside the buildings will defiantly be affected negatively. Also, the risk of flooding, earthquakes, and other natural disasters. The underground system had a threat of sinking in flood water. Past applications are a must in the design these days to avoid the same mistakes and errors, but new solutions are required to be applied. Evan though the new fresh ideas about designing subway are available almost everywhere at the present time, some issues and minor problems always appear.
The first problem you need to address is with the delays of subway trains. I have seen many people who use the subway trains daily are worried about running late. I have been personally late for my exams and missed two of them. One of the lateness was because of the ‘E’ train. I was stuck for more than an hour and a half. Since the train stopped in between the tunnel, I could not exit and look for another mode of transportation. These delays arise because of lack of maintenance. The subway trains are not maintained by rectifying the minor errors immediately. Path trains, an alternative to subway trains, are well maintained. Their repair works are done regularly without any delays, and its architecture is up to date. The MTA delay the work
The Nile, is the longest river in the world, and is located in northeastern Africa. Its principal source is Lake Victoria, in east central Africa. The Nile flows north through Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea, with a total distance of 5584 km. From its remotest headstream in Burundi, the river is 6671 km long. The river basin covers an area of more than 3,349,000 sq km. Not only is the Nile considered a wonder by Herodotus, but by people all over the world, due to its impotance to the growth of a civilization.The first great African civilization developed in the northern Nile Valley in about 5000 BC.
London is the capital of the United Kingdom. It ranks as one of the world?s most historic cities, tracing its roots back nearly 2000 years. London has long been a great world port and trading center. The port of London consists of two huge docks and 43 miles of wharves along the Thames River. London also has a remarkable transportation system. Expressways, and underground and surface railways carry more than one million commuters between the outlying areas and central London each workday. More than 350,000 commuters travel by subway, about 400,000 take surface trains and more than 100,000 go by bus. About 100,000 people drive their cars to work. The London subway system (the ?tube?), is the largest subway system in the world. It includes over 100 miles of underground rail lines. London?s famous double decker busses are an excellent source of transportation within the central section of the city.
On completion, it was the world’s largest building floor area, with over 1, 713, 000 square meter. It owns the capacity of managing 43 million passengers per year. It is working since 14th October of 2008, opened in four phases for the purpose of avoiding collapse of baggage handling. It has the large area under the subway for taxis which is in direct connection with the Concourse B.
Hong Kong has developed a way of improving mobility and accessibility while reducing car dependence and deferring the need for further road and parking expansions. For the TRL to become more popular to the public, its performance in terms of waiting time, travel time, transfer time,etc. must satisfy the public needs. It must also be financially sustainable, with affordable fares and still maintain high quality. In Hong Kong, the transit system provides complete coverage to all of Hong Kong. The walking time, in Hong Kong, between the passenger’s starting point and the location of boarding are an estimated four minutes.
We all use vehicles for transportation. People usually go to their desired destination either by driving their own cars or traveling in public transportation. Actually, it might be tough to choose that which one is the best selection for people to travel. Many people choose one of them according to their comfort while traveling and both of them have advantages and disadvantages in different conditions. Public transportation and driving own car both shares differences and similarities in many aspects, such as facility, cost, and comfort as well as traffic jam and accident occurrence.
The High Speed Two is a high speed rail that is of very high profile within the UK right now. The project is to update the current rails as well as gaining better punctuality of service, less crowded trains and an increase of business travellers as well as a reduction in carbon emissions. The project is designed to update the rail network between London and the North West of England initially with the intention of expanding further north. The reason for this report is to evaluate three variation requests made to the High Speed Two project. The three requests are, first, a variation to the original route to take in more of Oxfordshire, second is to add a station in Madeley and third is a change of supplier. After completing the evaluation of the changes, the report is going to be presented to a Change Committee.
The research is able giving a chance to let us conduct a research in our university and addressing the issues might be involved. There are making our research can get the suggestion or opinion among UUM students towards the rail transportation. The factor that influenced the social behavior can be identified while conduct the research. We believe that the research we conducted can be explored more suggestion on solutions to improve the rail transport services and it will be mentioned in conclusion part.
The development of urban transportation has not changed with the cities; cities have changed with transportation. This chapter offers an insight into the Past and the future of Urban transportation and is split up into a number of different sections. It includes a timeline of the different forms of transport innovations, starting from the earliest stages of urban transport, dating back to the omnibus (the first type of urban transportation) and working in a chronological order until eventually reaching the automobile. However, these changes in Urban transport did not happen for no reason. Different factors within society meant urban transport needed to evolve; points will be made on why society needed this evolution. In contrast I will observe the problems urban transport has caused in society as a result of its rapid progression. Taking account of both arguments for the evolution of urban transport, I will look at where it will go in the future.
Traffic congestion, is one of the major problems faced in the capitals and major cities in most countries. As with the increase in the growth rate, comes the growing demand for the use of transportation. This works with the response to the needs of the community.