Wheels Life Science Library Hard Cover 1975 200 Pages Indexed. Railroads Autos
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RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Wheels Life Science Library Hard Cover 1975 200 pages indexed. Railroads Autos Wheels Life Science Library Hard Cover 1975 200 pages indexed. This Rolling world, the arrival of steam Pages 30-51; The thunder of the fast express the way to run a railroad page 52-75, From flivver to fastback - autos, arteries of civilization, hurdling natures obstacles bridge building, the dilemmas of downtown, the automated wheel - tomor...rows vehicles. Picture essays. THIS BOOK is more than a history of the wheel. It is also a perceptive account of the interrelationship between transportation and the economic and social activities of the human race.From the primitive carts of antiquity to the complex vehicles and transport systems of today, the authors trace the evolution of land travel. Over the centuries, new technologies have extended the range of what man could do on and with the wheel, that basic and simple device. Improved families of vehicles and new sources of motive power have been combined with a variety of traveled ways-roads, rails, bridges and subways-to complete the elements necessary to systems of transportation. These attempts to reduce the "friction of space" succeeded in increasing speed and lowering the effort and cost of movement for man and his goods. At times, new conditions of travel have opened vast opportunities for man to embrace new ways of living and of making a living.Today, while enjoying the fastest and most comprehensive transportation facilities the world has ever seen, we encounter new challenges and limitations. Some critical segments of these systems are inefficient, overburdened, obsolescent. To supersede them, transportation planners and designers are thinking not only in terms of many new kinds of "hardware" (the roadways, vehicles and the like) but also are working on the "software" (the data processing, analytical methods and operational control schemes) by which the separate hardware elements may be made to serve as effective composite systems.We are finding that restrictions on the availability of energy and the need to protect the environment require a fresh approach to transportation planning. We are coming to the view that, especially in our great urban regions, the structuring of the region must go hand in hand with the provision of the means of movement, and transportation must consist of a coordinated mix of modes and services suited to the kind of society it is to serve.
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