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Passenger transportation encompasses the movement of people from one place to another. This includes daily commutes to work, travel for school, shopping trips, and leisure activities. Various modes are available, such as private automobiles, carpools, buses, trains, ferries, and aircraft, with individuals often choosing based on factors like time value, comfort, and convenience.12

In urban areas, mass transit systems play a crucial role in providing mobility, reducing congestion, and supporting economic activity. These systems face challenges like suburban sprawl and rising costs, leading to innovations in technology and service delivery. Automation, including features like automatic pilots in aircraft and automated train operations in urban transit, aims to increase efficiency and safety. Historically, horse-drawn carriages evolved into various forms of public transportation, with many design elements influencing early automobiles.345

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airport
Passenger requirements
As passenger throughput at airports increases, the passenger terminal becomes a more important element of the airport, attaining a dominant status in the largest facilities. The passenger terminal may amount to less than 10 percent of the total investment in a small airport,…
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As passenger throughput at airports increases, the passenger terminal becomes a more important element of the airport, attaining a dominant status in the largest facilities. The passenger terminal may amount to less than 10 percent of the total investment in a small airport,…
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railroad
Passenger intermodals
To save motorists the negotiation of mountain passes, especially in winter, two Swiss railroads shuttle drive-on, drive-off trains for automobiles between terminals at the extremities of their transalpine tunnels. This practice has been elaborated for Channel Tunnel rail transport of private automobiles, buses,…
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To save motorists the negotiation of mountain passes, especially in winter, two Swiss railroads shuttle drive-on, drive-off trains for automobiles between terminals at the extremities of their transalpine tunnels. This practice has been elaborated for Channel Tunnel rail transport of private automobiles, buses,…
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railroad
Computers
…procedure can be applied to passenger cars. Systems have been developed that optimize economical use of locomotives by integrated analysis of traffic trends, the real-time location of locomotives, and the railroad’s route characteristics to generate the ideal assignment of each locomotive from day to day.
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…procedure can be applied to passenger cars. Systems have been developed that optimize economical use of locomotives by integrated analysis of traffic trends, the real-time location of locomotives, and the railroad’s route characteristics to generate the ideal assignment of each locomotive from day to day.
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ship
Passenger liners in the 20th century
The upper limits of speed possible with piston-engined ships had been reached, and failure in the machinery was likely to cause severe damage to the engine. In 1894 Charles A. Parsons designed the yacht Turbinia, using a
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The upper limits of speed possible with piston-engined ships had been reached, and failure in the machinery was likely to cause severe damage to the engine. In 1894 Charles A. Parsons designed the yacht Turbinia, using a
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traffic control
Traffic elements
Rail passenger transportation in the United States is principally conducted within urban areas and cities by urban mass transit systems. While these systems also have evolved from private to public ownership, they must contend with traffic congestion that is endemic to large urban areas. This problem…
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Rail passenger transportation in the United States is principally conducted within urban areas and cities by urban mass transit systems. While these systems also have evolved from private to public ownership, they must contend with traffic congestion that is endemic to large urban areas. This problem…
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transportation economics
Demand for passenger transportation
In the United States, so much transportation is conducted with private automobiles that passenger transport could almost be equated with automobile transport. The most common trip is the journey to work, a to-and-fro movement 5 days each week, 50 weeks per year. The…
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In the United States, so much transportation is conducted with private automobiles that passenger transport could almost be equated with automobile transport. The most common trip is the journey to work, a to-and-fro movement 5 days each week, 50 weeks per year. The…
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