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Aviation Security: Countermeasures, Access Control, Air Cargo and Charter Operations

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D, Industrial Health and Safety, Aviation, Transportation
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has spent billions of dollars on aviation security programs. However, recent attacks involving aircraft and airports in other countries underscore the continued threat to aviation and the need for an effective aviation security program. Chapter 1 examines the extent to which TSA has (1) information on the effectiveness of selected…
The Law of Air, Road and Sea Transportation

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D, Economic Issues, Problems and Perspectives, Special Topics, Transportation
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International markets expand through better communication and transport technology. Transport networks are at the heart of the supply chain and are the foundation of any country’s economy. Transport is a foundation of the European integration procedure. The present framework of international carriage law is made up of a collection of conventions. The legal document establishing…
Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety: U.S. Trends and Initiatives and International Practices

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D, Industrial Health and Safety, Transportation
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Walking and biking are becoming increasingly popular modes of transportation: nearly a million more people reported walking or biking to work in 2013 than in 2005. While total traffic fatalities declined from 2004 through 2013 (the most recent year for which data are available), this was not matched by a similar decline in pedestrian and…
Traffic Accidents and Safety: New Research

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D, Motor Vehicles, Industrial Health and Safety, Transportation
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Traffic accidents (TAs) represent a significant public health issue and are associated with behavioral factors, vehicles safeties and conditions of the urban spaces. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, road crashes are one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. There are many studies showing that children…
Federal Aviation Forecasts: Examinations of Data, Trends, and Accuracy

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D, Aviation, Transportation
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Since its deregulation in 1978, the U.S. commercial air carrier industry has been characterized by boom-to-bust cycles. The volatility that was associated with these cycles was thought by many to be a structural feature of an industry that was capital intensive but cash poor. However the great re-cession of 2007-09 marked a fundamental change in…
Transportation Security Administration (TSA): Training, Wait Times and Assessments

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D, Special Topics, Transportation
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After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Congress passed and the President signed the Aviation and Transportation Security Act into law, with the primary goal of strengthening the security of the nation’s civil aviation system. The act established TSA as the agency with responsibility for securing all modes of transportation, including civil aviation. As…
Safety Standards of Automotive Electronic Systems: Issues and Assessments

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D, Motor Vehicles, Industrial Health and Safety, Transportation
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On July 6, 2012, the President signed into law a new two-year transportation reauthorization bill, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21.) This bill authorizes funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, transit programs, and for other purposes. This book responds to the MAP-21 requirement that the Secretary of Transportation to…
Automotive Cybersecurity: Issues and Vulnerabilities

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D, Automotive, Transportation
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Modern vehicles contain multiple interfaces—connections between the vehicle and external networks—that leave vehicle systems, including safety-critical systems, such as braking and steering, vulnerable to cyberattacks. Researchers have shown that these interfaces—if not properly secured—can be exploited through direct, physical access to a vehicle, as well as remotely through short-range and long-range wireless channels. This book…
Congestion Impacts of Freight Flows

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D, Railroad Operations, Industrial Health and Safety, Transportation
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About 93 trains a day on average crossed into the continental United States from Canada and Mexico in 2014, according to U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). Trains enter and leave the United States through 30 port of entries (POEs)—23 on the northern border and 7 on the southern border. Although…
Markets for Aircraft and Automotive Parts: Assessments and Selected Country Studies for Exporters

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D, Aviation, Automotive, Transportation
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U.S. aircraft parts figure prominently in U.S. competitiveness in global aerospace trade. In contrast to other aerospace sectors, job creation at small and medium enterprises can especially benefit from increased exports of aircraft parts. This book provides commentary on changing market dynamics. It helps inform U.S. suppliers of aerospace products of what the U.S. Department…
Road User Charges Based on Mileage: Considerations and Viability

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D, Motor Vehicles, Industrial Health and Safety, Transportation
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A mileage-based road user charge would involve assessing owners of individual vehicles on a per-mile basis for the distance the vehicle is driven. Currently, federal highway and public transportation programs are funded mainly by motor fuel tax receipts that flow into the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). The tax rates, set on a per-gallon basis, have…
NHTSA Oversight of Safety Defects and New Automotive Technologies: Challenges and Assessments

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D, Motor Vehicles, Industrial Health and Safety, Transportation
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce the economic costs due to traffic crashes. As such, NHTSA is responsible for overseeing vehicle safety, a task made more challenging by the increasingly complex electronics and software used in today’s vehicles. NHTSA’s oversight faces greater scrutiny after a…
Making Federal Highway Spending More Productive: Analyses, Approaches and Perspectives

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Federal spending on highways totaled $46 billion in 2014, roughly a quarter of total public spending on highways. About 95 percent of that amount was spent for the construction of highways or for their improvement, expansion, and major repair, and the remainder was spent for operation and maintenance. Recently, two factors have combined to highlight…
Diesel and Internal Combustion Engines: Overview, Performance and Applications

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D, Mechanical Engineering Theory and Applications, Automotive, Transportation, Machinery, Technology and Engineering
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Chapter One discusses the fully variable valve train as a possible solution to reduce emissions and improve internal combustion engines. Chapter Two presents the development results of the redesigned and indirectly controlled Full Variable Valve Train (FVVT) system that is the core of the authors’ research project. Chapter Three reports the effects of jatropha oil…
Aviation and Airport Security: Management, Improvement Strategies and Future Challenges

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D, Aviation, Transportation
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Chapter One summarizes research on the seismic performance of air traffic control (ATC) towers, discusses their shortcomings and puts forward recommendations for future studies. Chapter Two covers the construction of an airport for the capital of Germany that has an erratic history dating back to the early nineties. During the long planning period, the employment…
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS): Past, Present and Future Directions

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D, Automotive, Technology and Engineering
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Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS): Past, Present and Future Directions introduces the reader to the fundamentals of the ITS. It provides an overview of their evolution, starting from the earliest experiments on the route guidance systems in the 70s to their current deployment, and discusses the main challenges to face for their future development. (Imprint: Nova)
Road Traffic and Safety

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D, Safety and Risk in Society, Motor Vehicles, Industrial Health and Safety, Transportation
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Road space is shared by multiple vehicles (i.e. cars, taxis, buses, trucks, motorcycles, and mopeds), pedestrians, animals and many other categories of travelers. Easy availability of motor vehicles and advancements in their technology has made road travel easy; on the other hand, this has also resulted in a significant increase in the number of motor…
Transportation Infrastructure: Assessment, Management and Challenges

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D, Special Topics, Transportation
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The transport infrastructure generates benefits in efficiency and interchange of goods and people. The increase of accessibility induced by transport infrastructure in a region causes employment growth, which causes a more positive economic future for the affected area by the infrastructure. The purpose of this book is presented to the practitioners, researchers and students as…
E-Bills of Lading Contracts in Global Transportation

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D, Law and Society
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Transportation facilities are a necessary part of a country’s infrastructure. Efficient traveling and transportation of production and consumption goods are necessary requirements for competent trading within and across states. Transport networks are at the heart of the supply chain and are the foundation of any country’s economy by permitting goods to be distributed effectively and…