...million vehicles to move around the city. We also expect more. Causes of traffic congestion inside the cities Saudi Arabia is a modern Country, but it also has a modern and serious problem. Every day in the morning and evening, the roads and streets are so crowded with cars, taxis, buses and trucks. In this part will mention the causes of traffic congestion in Saudi Arabia’s major cities. In the next lines, we will speak about the several reasons for traffic problems in Saudi Arabia’s major cities. Firstly, there are many private cars in the streets because of the lack of public transportation such as buses, trains, trams, metro, etc (Putra, J). Secondly, current public transportation like buses is not well-organized. For example, bus drivers can stop anywhere they like carelessly without paying attention to the other cars on the road (Putra,j). In addition,...
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...CHAPTER 14 Human Capitalism Parachuting cats into Borneo — Stopping the waste of people — Curitiba’s web of solutions — Faster travel without freeways — Subways on the surface — Simple, fast, fun, and cheap — When garbage isn’t garbage — No hunger pangs — A place for living — A symbol of the possible W H AT D E S T I N AT I O N D O E S O U R S O C I E T Y W A N T T O R E A C H , A N D H O W W I L L I T get there? Lessons in what not to do can often be found in cities, where most officials, overwhelmed by a flood of problems, try to cope by naming and solving them one at a time. If they are faced with congestion, their answer is to widen streets and build bypasses and parking garages. Crime? Lock up the offenders. Smog? Regulate emissions. Illiteracy? Toughen standards. Litter? Raise fines. Homelessness? Build shelters, and if that seems to fail, jail the loiterers. Insufficient budget to fund all these competing priorities? Raise taxes or impose sacrificial austerity, to taste. Disaffected voters? Blame political enemies. Sometimes single-problem, single-solution approaches do work, but often, as previously described, optimizing one element in isolation pessimizes the entire system. Hidden connections that have not been recognized and turned to advantage will eventually tend to create disadvantage. Consider what happened in Borneo in the s. Many Dayak villagers had malaria, and the World Health Organization had a solution that was simple and direct. Spraying DDT seemed...
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...Good Advice Is Rarer Than Rubies Summary: This story is about a lady named Rehana. She is going to get permission to England and is waiting outside the British Embassy. Outside she meets a man named Muhammad Ali, he is a poor bus driver. The bus driver wants to give Rehana some advice for only a small cost, but Rehana have no money. Muhammad didn’t give up, and because she was so beautiful he gave her the advice for free. He told her that going into the Embassy was her biggest mistake. When he started to answer her question she understood that he was helping her. He went through the presentation that she was going to have in the embassy. When she was done he told her that it would cost more than a big smile and her truth in some questions. They would ask all kinds of questions and if she answered wrong at any of the questions she was finished, she would lose her dignity if she went inside. But Muhammad really surprised her when he told her that he had some contacts and could get Rehana a false passport. Rehana got very unsure about what she was going to do, since it was in fact illegal. As determined as she was, she walked away and went into the line where all the women stood waiting to go into the embassy. When she got out in the street again, Muhammad Ali was there waiting for her. She grabbed him in the arm and when they sat on the front bumper she told him about her life. She was going to England to meet the man her parents chose for her when she was a little...
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...month before that a mass text message was sent to everybody in school that you had a STD and you got it from a boy you met a party. Your peers refuse to sit next to you in class, at lunch or on the bus, classmates call you all types of names. There are always offensive notes posted to your locker every morning. Now you are defending yourself in the school yard because another student picks a fight with you and accusing you of flirting with you boyfriend and other children are jumping in and throwing punches. After the fight is broken up, you run home. You go in your room and lock your door. You take a look in the mirror to examine the cuts and bruises on your face. Now you feel worthless, you just want the torturing to stop. You sit at the end of your bed and think of a solution to end this growing problem. You go in your bathroom cabinet and find some pain killers. You take a handful of the pills and swallowed them. You back in your and write a letter to you parents telling that you are sorry they found you dead in your bed. Also in the letter you explain why you decided to end your life. You start to feel the pills take affect and you fall to the floor and everything goes black... Bullying is growing problem in the United States. Bullying can happen at the playground, school, the bus and other public places. As parents or caregivers we need to...
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...as an old topic of discussion which has followed them for many years and slowly ruins their marriage. Lucy is just like other children: She wants the best for her parents, and she will do anything to make them happy. One day Lucy finds out that her mother turns happy when she receives a bunch of flowers, so Lucy conceives the idea of collecting some wild flowers so she can earn money to give to her mother. Lucy describes every flower she picks in details, and the wild flowers underlines her innocence and unspoiled mind. Lucy finds a wooden peach box where she puts tins of water and collects different kinds of daisies. Afterwards, she divides them into ten bunches and begins to sell the flowers in the vicinity. It goes very well. She ends up with four shillings and sixpence, and Lucy cannot wait to show her mother. She dresses up nicely and picks up her mother at the bus stop, but her mother is not impressed with Lucy’s business. Lucy’s mother is too proud to accept help so she forces Lucy to return all of the...
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...What is the main reason for your absenteeism? a) Family problem b) Transportation c) Leave policy 8. What is the nature of your work? a) Hard b) Moderate c) Better d) None 9. Are you assigned with overtime in your work? a) Always b) Often c) Sometimes d) Never 10. How do you find the level of communication? a) Good b) Adequate c) Moderate d) Poor 11. What kind of transport facility is provided to you? a) Bus b) Van c) None 12. What kind of conflicts you are facing with your co-worker? a) Friendly b) Enemy c) Employee relation d) None of the above 13. How do you feel regarding the working environment? a) Good b) Fair c) Poor d) Very poor 14. What is your opinion regarding the pay scale? a) Highly satisfied b) Satisfied c) Neutral d) Dissatisfied e) Highly dissatisfied 15. What are all the motivating factors providing by the company? a) Incentives b) Training c) Recognition d) None 16. What is your opinion regarding the performance appraisal of the company? a) Very good b) Good c) Fair d) Poor e) Very poor 17. What is your opinion regarding the working condition? a) Very good b) Good c) Fair d) Poor e) Very poor 18. Whether organizational policy is affecting your personal policy? a) Yes b) No 19. What do you feel about the motivating factors in the...
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...Discuss the Advantages & Perils of using information from the internet The Internet (or World Wide Web) can be known as a kind of global meeting place where people from all parts of the world can come together. The internet service is available through your internet friendly device, i.e. computer, laptop, tablet or mobile phone, where just about everything under the sun is now at the fingertips of anyone who has access. Information in abundance! Of course with anything there are advantages & disadvantages on information usage. Advantages: 1. Access - The internet is a virtual treasure trove of information, any kind of information on any topic is available. The powerful search engines available on the internet can help you to find data on any subject that you need. 2. Convenience – because of the nature of accessing the internet you can have the information or means to acquire the information quickly, and just about anywhere. For example, in a meeting, at a bus stop (for a timetable), in your own home, etc. If you want to read a book these days you can download it rather than trekking down to the library or book store. 3. Cost effective – It can be cheaper to say read your downloaded book, catch a bus or drive to the local shops to buy a paper to read the news, pay for bank statements when you can now download them for free, free mail via email (no more postage stamps). 4. Nature – the information can target specific levels of study or business. Everything...
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...Assignment Title: Critical Evaluation of Customer Satisfaction of Transportation Services in Hong Kong Learning Outcomes Assessed Learning Outcomes Assessed Feedback relating learning outcomes and assessment criteria given to students: Areas for Commendation Areas for Improvement General Comment Assessors Signature Overall Mark : Subject to ratification by the assessment board Moderators Signature Students Signature: You must sign this declaring that it is all your own work and all sources of information have been referenced: TLH307 International Tourism & Hospitality Management - Urban Tourism TLH307 International Tourism & Hospitality Management Urban Tourism Critical Evaluation of Customer Satisfaction of Transportation Services in Hong Kong Muhammad Norfarid Bin Farali Khan Student ID: 089101850 BSc (Hons) International Tourism and Hospitality Management The University of Sunderland Date of Submission: 18-Jul-2011 2 Muhammad Norfarid Bin Farali Khan BTTD1 0907A Bachelor Of Science(Hons) In International Tourism and Hospitality Management TLH307 International Tourism & Hospitality Management - Urban Tourism Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 4 2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW .............................................................................................................. 6 2.1 Transportation and Tourism ..................
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...Introduction: Ahmedabad is one of the largest cities and was once the former capital city of Gujarat state. It is the administrative head quarter of Ahmedabad district and is the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court is located in the city. The population of the city is more than 5.8 million and has population of 6.3 million; it is said to be the fifth largest city and seventh largest metropolitan city of India. It was ranked third in Forbes' list of fastest growing cities of the decade. Ahmedabad is located on the banks of the River Sabarmati, 30 km (19 mi) from the state capital Gandhinagar. Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission is a major city- revitalization program, which was launched by Government of India under the Ministry of Urban Development. This policy has been named after Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. It was launched with a total outlay of Rs 100,000 crore aiming at strengthening infrastructure and the overall quality of life in 63 shortlisted cities in the mission document. It has been stated that cities are the inspiration for economic prosperity. Since Independence, India has been in the process of changing its outlook from being an agrarian society to an industrialized society. Around 60% of population of India resides in rural villages but still the country is on the run of urbanization. In this race, the rural areas got side-lined and also with adverse weather conditions the agricultural production got dried...
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...LeNeka Goldsmith Bus 490 Dr. Karnes Ethics and Strategy Paper #1 When a business determines their mission and vision statement they must use them as a plan of action. Everything that is stated in the vision and mission should be aspects of the business that are regularly overseen in order to ensure they are being properly executed. A vision and mission statement should not be empty words that make a business look good on paper, but goals that businesses strives to achieve on a daily basis. Businesses should treat their employees with the upmost respect. This should be a non-negotiable, not only because it is the ethical thing to do, but because their employees are a direct reflection of the company. When management mistreats their employees these employees often discuss this with family or friends and this in return gives them a bad image of the company. Also mistreating employees may result in a high turnover rate that may show a bad reflection of the company. Employees should have a voice and a means of reporting when they are mistreated. Some companies have toll-free numbers to report company wrongdoing but they also need to know that it can be used for employee mistreatment. Matthew 7:12 says “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets (NIV).” This says it completely. God wants us to be kind to others just as we want others to be kind to us and just as God is kind to us. Management has...
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...Private bus service: Is it a real service provider to the nation? Today, people have begun to express their frustration over the unfair increase of bus fares from time to time in the recent past. It has become the widespread subject of arguments among the public. A certain bus ownership has threatened an increase in bus fares on its own from September but the Transport Commission has categorically emphasised that transport permits would be revoked against any illegal increase of bus fares. This cold war between a particular bus ownership and the Government has become hot news in the media these days. It has been the practice throughout to raise bus fares every year irresponsibly with the approval of the Transport Commission without any reliable excuse. The increase in fuel prices were followed by another instance of raising private bus fares last February. Regrettably, the most affected are the middle class and the public with low incomes who use buses for their daily travel. In the interest of the general public, the Transport Commission is duty-bound to review if private bus services, after experience of 35 years, have won the confidence of commuters with such a remarkable service as pledged at the inauguration in 1978. Nationalisation With nationalisation of bus companies by the Bandaranaike Government in 1958, a longstanding progressive demand by the people, the Ceylon Transport Board which was the key body of national transport was established to provide an excellent...
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...obstacle facing this much needed service in the United States. This is the area I am going to focus on in this paper. Addressing the problem of reaching rural America with mass transit will be tough but not impossible. My solution would be two-fold, and would entail laying new tracks to old places of service and making hubs that people can travel to with ample (and cheap) parking for their vehicles. The second part would be to invest in busses and start small-town bus routes to pick up passengers in areas where running train tracks would be too inefficient. These busses would run only to and from the train hubs connecting them to small towns and rural bus stops. This plan of reinvesting in the railway system would solve several issues: our reliance on foreign oil, our need to reduce emissions and creating new, long term jobs. Trains can move one ton of cargo, 500 miles using only one gallon of diesel fuel. This will lower oil consumption as well as reduce emissions. It would also create jobs as we would need bus drivers, more railroad engineers, and laborers to lay railroad tracks and keep them maintained. It would also create factory jobs with the increased need for new rail cars and new improved locomotives, some of which use...
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...show why, in the case of these two essays, I felt that the descriptive essay “Homeless” was the better read. One comparison of these two essays is the descriptive language they use. A narrative essay is written to tell a story. In the essay “Are the Rich Happy?” the author Leacock tells a story of his encounters with people he thought to be rich. He sarcastically tells the story using some vague descriptive language. His descriptions are not such that you can see or feel but, so that you understand who he is talking about, their expressions, and their lifestyles so that you can see the comparison he is making between the rich and the poor. In his essay he speaks of a man who makes fifty thousand dollars a year and has told him with great frankness that it is impossible to keep up with the rich and that it is better to accept the fact of being poor. He speaks of how the man can only give him a plain meal that he calls a home dinner but, that it takes three men and two women to serve it (Leacock, (1916), paragraph 3). A descriptive essay is written to describe...
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...show why, in the case of these two essays, I felt that the descriptive essay “Homeless” was the better read. One comparison of these two essays is the descriptive language they use. A narrative essay is written to tell a story. In the essay “Are the Rich Happy?” the author Leacock tells a story of his encounters with people he thought to be rich. He sarcastically tells the story using some vague descriptive language. His descriptions are not such that you can see or feel but, so that you understand who he is talking about, their expressions, and their lifestyles so that you can see the comparison he is making between the rich and the poor. In his essay he speaks of a man who makes fifty thousand dollars a year and has told him with great frankness that it is impossible to keep up with the rich and that it is better to accept the fact of being poor. He speaks of how the man can only give him a plain meal that he calls a home dinner but, that it takes three men and two women to serve it (Leacock, (1916), paragraph 3). A descriptive essay is written to describe a person, object, or event in such a way that you can see them or it or, experience it in the...
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...in the text is about apartheid’s consequence. More specifically the theme is that you cannot trust anybody – not even your family during the apartheid time: “’Freddy.’ said one. ‘Your father’s got away’” (p. 2, l. 43). It is the man’s own son who tries to rub him. Nobody cares about you. One of the other themes is everything that used to be good turns to the worst. Even your belief neglects him: “…behind him was the high wall of the convent, and the barred door that would not open before a man was dead” (p. 1, ll. 17-19). This quotation points out that his belief he trusts the most neglects him. In the start the text takes place at a bus stop next to a waste land: “The place was well chosen…On the other side of the road was the waste land” (p. 1, ll. 17-20). This indicates that the whole environment is poor. The bus he jumps off is a bus he takes when he has to work and the...
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