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Series
Thinkcities volume 3
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
"Congested city streets are noisy and thick with cars and trucks, while pedestrians and cyclists are squeezed to the dangerous edges--but does it have to be this way? Imagine a city where we aren't stuck in cars, where clean air makes it easier to breathe, and where transit is easy to access--and on time. Imagine a city where streets are for people! This fun, accessible and ultimately hopeful book explores sustainable transportation around the globe,...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
vii, 372 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Transportation dominates our daily existence, yet the grand ballet in which we move ourselves and our stuff is full of grinding commutes, a violent death every fifteen minutes, and crumbling infrastructure. The car culture built modern America-- but it faces a revolution that will disrupt lives and global trade, transforming our commutes, our vehicles, our cities, our jobs, and every aspect of culture, commerce, and the environment. Humes explores...
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From John McPhee comes the fascinating story of an often overlooked, yet vitally important part of America. This first-hand account of the transportation sector features evocative portraits of the men and women who deliver our consumer and industrial goods. McPhee begins his adventure riding with Don Ainsworth, owner and operator of an 18-wheeler hauling nearly 30 tons of highly toxic chemicals from North Carolina to Washington. He continues his journey...
8) On the move
Pub. Date
©2008
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
Description
"Introduction to modes of transportation using simple text, question and answer format, illustrations and photos. Features include puzzles and games, fun facts, a resource list, and an index"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
127 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Description
This book explores the roads taken - and some note taken - as Washington's transportation system has evolved. But this book has another aim as well: to help the reader evaluate the alternative routes facing Washington as it navigates the next century. Changing conditions and new technologies will pose unique challenges and lead into unchartered territory but don't be surprised if much of the terrain and many of the choices seem familiar.
10) Potential energy
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Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 23 cm
Description
To save his ship, interstellar smuggler Haz takes a prisoner transport assignment from the Coalition. But when he finds out what awaits his captive, he balks. Somewhere under the space grime, Haz has a sliver of principle. Too bad it's probably going to get him killed.
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"America's dependency on the automobile began with the 1908 introduction of Henry Ford's car-for-everyone, the Model T. The "battle for right-of-way" in the 1920s saw the demise of streetcars and transformed America's streets from a multiuse resource for socializing, commerce, and public mobility into exclusive arteries for private automobiles. The subsequent destruction of urban transit systems and post WWII suburbanization of America enabled by...
15) A Longer Fall
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Series
Gunnie Rose novels volume 2
Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris returns with "a gripping, twisty-turny, thrill ride of a read (Karin Slaughter) in which Lizbeth is hired onto a new crew, transporting a crate into Dixie, the self-exiled southeast territory of the former United States. What the crate contains is something so powerful, that forces from across three territories want to possess it.
In this second thrilling installment of the Gunnie...
In this second thrilling installment of the Gunnie...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
272 pages : color illustrations, maps (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Description
"Why is it that the mass transit systems of American cities are, by and large, inadequate? It's a common question and one that has generated substantial scholarship. But Jake Berman's The Lost Subways of North America offers a new way to consider it: a visual-and fun-journey through the past, present, and possible future of urban transit. Featuring Berman's own colorful maps of old, often forgotten streetcar lines, lost ideas for never-built transit,...
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Below you can see a few specific areas of RVing I cover:
✅ The costs of full-time RVing,
✅ What we do for health insurance while traveling,
✅ The best RVing clubs and memberships,
✅ How to downsize to an RV from a house,
✅ Sample routes and destinations,
✅ Basic vehicle maintenance,
✅ Legal and government considerations,
✅ Tons of details and requirements covering every aspect of the RV lifestyle that most people don't think of until...
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