Nobody likes sitting in traffic. We try to find the best ways to avoid it so that we don’t become late to work, miss social events, or become stressed. Also, traffic congestion produces air pollution that negatively affects the environment as it creates serious breathing problems in young children and the elderly. Not to mention, […]
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In order to promote road safety with action on helmets, drink-driving, speeding, seat-belts and visibility World Health Organization (WHO) created series of five posters. This campaign targeted young people because 40% of all traffic deaths occur among people aged 0-25. This is a list of WHO posters on road safety and slogans used in this […]
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Caterogy: Infrastructure, Road
Stockholm (Sweden) is the sinonim for a road safety improvements. For years this scandinavian city is investing in road safety but also environmental protection. With new masterplan for Stockholmsporten, they are going in new investments. Danish architectural Bjarke Ingels Group just have won the Stockholmsporten master plan competition with design of one intersection. This intersection […]
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Caterogy: Infrastructure, Road
In 11 March 2011 Japan was hit by powerful earthquake, followed with tsunami and nuclear disaster. Many lives was lost in that tragedy. This earthquake destroyed many roads in Japan, but Japanese repaired destroyed very quickly, just a couple of days after earthquake.
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Russian economic power is in rising, mostly because of Russian energy dominance. But still, based on World Bank report, traffic accidents cost Russia €22,5 billion, with road death rate about 24.6 deaths per 100,000 population(14.7 in the US, 10 in France, 6 in Sweden). According to World Bank report, dominate factors contributing to road traffic is […]
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Caterogy: Infrastructure, Road
After a few decades, Belgrade, Serbia’s capital city, will have one more bridge over the Sava River. Gazela bridge, the most important Belgrade bridge was built in 1970 over river Sava, for daily traffic of 40 000 vehicles per day, as a part of European corridor X and main connection for Belgrade and New Belgrade […]
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“Stories move people and motivate them to take actions” Road traffic accidents are very huge problem. Opportunity to experience an accident in road traffic it is common for every man or woman, christian or muslims, white or black … Technology development and education of people could prevent a number of accidents, but still we must […]
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Caterogy: Logistics
What is logistics? “Logistics means having the right thing, at the right place, at the right time.” Here you can find a list of logistics definition: Logistics – (business definition) Logistics is defined as a business planning framework for the management of material, service, information and capital flows. It includes the increasingly complex information, communication and […]
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Caterogy: Air traffic, Aircrafts
New wing tip devices called “Sharklets” will be available on the A320 Family beginning in late 2012, adding more than 3.5 per cent savings in overall fuel consumption on long route sectors, while also improving takeoff performance and increasing payload by 500 kg. – allowing for additional range or more passengers to be carried. Looking […]
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Caterogy: Water traffic
A new material is tested to cut the weight of ships by 30 percent. For an average sized freight vessel with a capacity of 7000 m? this corresponds to a weight reduction of more than 1000 tons. Researchers from Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology in Chemnitz, Germany, have experimented with an aluminum […]
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