Terminal Town

Author: Joseph P. Schwieterman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780982315699
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Take an historical tour of Chicago's railroad stations, airports, bus depots and steamship wharves. Showcasing great icons of transportation, Schwieterman illustrates why the "Windy City" so richly deserves its reputation as America's premier travel hub.

The Modern Airport Terminal

Author: Brian Edwards
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1134537646
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 294

Book Description
This comprehensive guide to the planning and design of airport terminals and their facilities covers all types of airport terminal found around the world and highlights the environmental and technical issues that the designer has to address. Contemporary examples are critically reviewed through a series of case studies. This new edition covers the most recent examples of high quality, technically advanced designs from the Far East, Europe and North America. This book will be a source of inspiration and guiding principles for those who design, commission or manage airport buildings.

Port Cities in Asia and Europe

Author:
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135784795
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description

The Metropolitan Airport

Author: Nicholas Dagen Bloom
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812247418
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
In The Metropolitan Airport, Nicholas Dagen Bloom chronicles the untold story of JFK International's complicated and turbulent relationship with the New York City metropolitan region. It is an indispensable book for those who seek to understand the revolutionary impact of airports on the modern American city.

The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities

Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264205276
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
Ports and cities are historically strongly linked, but the link between port and city growth has become weaker. This book examines how ports can regain their role as drivers of urban economic growth and how negative port impacts can be mitigated.

Airport Engineering

Author: Norman J. Ashford
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118005473
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 770

Book Description
First published in 1979, Airport Engineering by Ashford and Wright, has become a classic textbook in the education of airport engineers and transportation planners. Over the past twenty years, construction of new airports in the US has waned as construction abroad boomed. This new edition of Airport Engineering will respond to this shift in the growth of airports globally, with a focus on the role of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), while still providing the best practices and tested fundamentals that have made the book successful for over 30 years.

Passenger Level of Service and Spatial Planning for Airport Terminals

Author:
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309213525
Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : en
Pages : 72

Book Description
ACRP report 55 examines passenger perception of level of service related to space allocation in specific areas within airport terminals. The report evaluates level-of-service standards applied in the terminal planning and design process while testing the continued validity of historic space allocation parameters that have been in use for more than 30 years.

Water Terminal and Transfer Facilities

Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 698

Book Description
"This guide offers students the practice they need to become familiar with the Logic Games section, while covering the best methodology to approaching this section. There are a total of 50 practice games, each accompanied by five to seven practice questions"--

Grand Central Terminal

Author: Anthony W. Robins
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN: 1613123876
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 1148

Book Description
Packed with extraordinary photos, illustrations, and historical facts, a celebration of the legendary Manhattan rail terminal’s first century. Opened in February 1913, Grand Central Terminal—one of the country's great architectural monuments—helped create Midtown Manhattan. Over the next century, it evolved into an unofficial town square for New York. Today, it sits astride Park Avenue at 42nd Street in all its original splendor, attracting visitors by the thousands. This book celebrates Grand Central’s Centennial by tracing the Terminal’s history and design, and showcasing 200 photographs of its wonders—from the well-trodden Main Concourse to its massive power station hidden ten stories below. The stunning photographs, some archival and some taken by Frank English, official photographer of Metro-North Railroad for more than twenty-five years, capture every corner of this astonishing complex.

Airport Curbside and Terminal Area Roadway Operations

Author:
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309155126
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 83

Book Description
TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 40: Airport Curbside and Terminal Area Roadway Operations includes guidance on a cohesive approach to analyzing traffic operations on airport curbside and terminal area roadways. The report examines operational performance measures for airport curbside and terminal area roadway operations and reviews methods of estimating those performance measures. The report includes a quick analysis tool for curbside operations and low-speed roadway weaving area, highlights techniques for estimating traffic volumes, and presents common ways of addressing operational problems. Appendix A, Glossary, to ACRP Report 40 is included in the printed report. Appendices B through G, are available online.