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 Transport is the movement of people and goods from one place to another. The term is derived from the Latin trans ("across") and portare ("to carry"). Industries which have the business of providing transport equipment, transport services or transport are important in most national economies, and are referred to as transport industries. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Infrastructure consists of the fixed installations necessary for transport, and may be roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals and pipelines or terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations and seaports. Vehicles traveling on the network include automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, people and aircraft. Operations deal with the way the vehicles are operated, and the procedures set for this purpose including the financing, legalities and policies.
The London congestion charge is a fee charged on most motor vehicles operating within the Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ) in central London between 07:00 and 18:00 (Monday-Friday only). The charge, which was introduced on 17 February 2003, remains one of the largest congestion charge zones in the world despite the cancellation of the Western Extension which operated between February 2007 and January 2011. The charge aims to reduce congestion, and to raise investment funds for London's transport system.
The standard charge is £10 for each day, for each non-exempt vehicle that travels within the zone with a penalty of between £60 and £187 levied for non-payment. Enforcement is primarily based on automatic number plate recognition (ANPR). Transport for London (TfL) is responsible for the charge which has been operated by IBM since 1 November 2009.
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A roundhouse is a building used by railroads for servicing locomotives. Roundhouses are large, circular or semicircular structures that were traditionally located surrounding or adjacent to turntables. The defining feature of the traditional roundhouse was the turntable, which facilitates access when the building is used for repair facilities or for storage of steam locomotives. Early steam locomotives normally travelled forwards only; although reverse operations capabilities were soon built into locomotive mechanisms, the controls were normally optimized for forward travel, and the locomotives often could not operate as well in reverse. Some passenger cars, such as observation cars, were also designed as late as the 1960s for operations in a particular direction. A turntable allowed a locomotive or other rolling stock to be turned around for the return journey.
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The Guardian
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:31:44 -0700
The duty of TfL to secure "best value" for fare payers and taxpayers includes, it tells me, "maximising financial returns from property disposals" - and TfL, in its primary function as a transport body, certainly needs all the cash it can get. But the ...
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The National
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:07:09 -0700
DUBAI // School buses must be ready to transport all pupils if the emirate wants to achieve true integration of disabled children, the Ministry of Social Affairs says. Setting aside special transport to meet the needs of those with disabilities is ...
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Daily News & Analysis
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:56:45 -0700
Senior depot manager Swargate Vijay Divate said, “More than 120 state transport buses were delayed for than 3 hours as buses were stuck in traffic jams near Sion and Chembur.” High tension wire collapse on rail track. Trains coming from Mumbai ran late ...
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The Local.se
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:57:37 -0700
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/48574/20130618/. A public transport strike appears likely to kick off on Wednesday night after unions and state-transport heads failed to agree on workers' pay and conditions after three days of discussions. Train driver ...
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European Parliament (press release)
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:34:50 -0700
User rules for new "smart" digital tachographs for trucks and buses were approved by the Transport and Tourism Committee on Tuesday. These devices will use satellite tracking technology to make it easier to check and enforce driving and rest times ...
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Economic Times
Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:49:32 -0700
"We will look for exemption to keep our transport finance business out of the bank as is the case with some large banks," said GS Sundarajan, group director, Shriram Group. "From the clarification, we understand that we can keep our transport finance ...
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Economic Times
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:05:26 -0700
NEW DELHI: The first C 17 Globemaster III transport aircraft landed at the Hindan airbase near here today, giving a major boost to the strategic airlift capabilities of the IAF. The first of the 10 Boeing C 17, ordered from the US, touched down at ...
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CNN
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:39:45 -0700
True, the EU has reduced its transport infrastructure budget through 2020, while groups like the American Society of Engineers have stated that too little is being put aside to fund the big projects of tomorrow -- but it's not all doom and gloom. In ...
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