“You are the master of your own destiny. Use your strengths well. They are the keys to your destiny and your success in life. Once you know yourself and take action to realize your dreams, you can unlock the doors to your own potential.”
~Neil Somerville
Supported by The Rockefeller Foundation, this ebook highlights a dozen of CityLab's favorite stories from the 2014 series on how Americans will travel tomorrow.
This is the presentation Michael Skipper, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Planning Office, delivered to the Transit Citizen Leadership Academy of Septemb
Urban transportation is undergoing massive change and expansion, especially in the developing world. The rapid growth of cities is driving demand for better urban transportation and many cities are set to invest heavily in infrastructure. Unfortunately, the needs of low-income households are often overlooked in the selection, design, and service decisions related to these investments. According to the World Bank, urban public transportation systems disproportionately disadvantage the urban poor and vulnerable, especially in cities in the developing world.
Meanwhile, innovative business and service models are emerging that are disrupting the established transportation systems in cities by taking advantage of open data, the Internet and mobile telephony. Services such as bike share, ZipCar®, Waze®, Hopstop®, and Uber® are reducing consumption and reconfiguring the relationship between modes, users, and providers of transportation. These new approaches improve urban transportation by making it more efficient, dependable, and sustainable.
As Susan Zielinski of the University of Michigan’s SMART Initiative puts it, “Transportation is at a crossroads. In response to rapid urbanization, shifting demographics, and other pressing social, economic, and environmental factors, cities and regions are shifting investment dollars from single mode infrastructure to multi-mode, multi-service, IT-enabled door-to-door systems… innovations and opportunities (are going) beyond the bounds of the traditional transportation industry.”
Collectively referred to as the emerging New Mobility sector, this innovative industry sector provides a key opportunity to build more inclusive cities and more resilient communities.
Catalyzing the New Mobility in Cities is an exploratory effort focused on identifying innovative business and service models that are beneficial to the urban poor, both as users and providers of urban transportation.The primer briefly summarizes and showcases some of the hallmark innovations that are challenging the status quo in rapidly growing cities in the developing world.
Supported by The Rockefeller Foundation, this ebook highlights a dozen of CityLab's favorite stories from the 2014 series on how Americans will travel tomorrow.
This is the presentation Michael Skipper, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Planning Office, delivered to the Transit Citizen Leadership Academy of Septemb
Urban transportation is undergoing massive change and expansion, especially in the developing world. The rapid growth of cities is driving demand for better urban transportation and many cities are set to invest heavily in infrastructure. Unfortunately, the needs of low-income households are often overlooked in the selection, design, and service decisions related to these investments. According to the World Bank, urban public transportation systems disproportionately disadvantage the urban poor and vulnerable, especially in cities in the developing world.
Meanwhile, innovative business and service models are emerging that are disrupting the established transportation systems in cities by taking advantage of open data, the Internet and mobile telephony. Services such as bike share, ZipCar®, Waze®, Hopstop®, and Uber® are reducing consumption and reconfiguring the relationship between modes, users, and providers of transportation. These new approaches improve urban transportation by making it more efficient, dependable, and sustainable.
As Susan Zielinski of the University of Michigan’s SMART Initiative puts it, “Transportation is at a crossroads. In response to rapid urbanization, shifting demographics, and other pressing social, economic, and environmental factors, cities and regions are shifting investment dollars from single mode infrastructure to multi-mode, multi-service, IT-enabled door-to-door systems… innovations and opportunities (are going) beyond the bounds of the traditional transportation industry.”
Collectively referred to as the emerging New Mobility sector, this innovative industry sector provides a key opportunity to build more inclusive cities and more resilient communities.
Catalyzing the New Mobility in Cities is an exploratory effort focused on identifying innovative business and service models that are beneficial to the urban poor, both as users and providers of urban transportation.The primer briefly summarizes and showcases some of the hallmark innovations that are challenging the status quo in rapidly growing cities in the developing world.
U.S. Bus Rapid Transit: 10 High-Quality Features and the Value Chain of Firms...The Rockefeller Foundation
Bus rapid transit (BRT) is increasingly being considered in cities across the United States as a reliable and cost-effective public transit mode. A large part of the appeal of BRT is its flexibility, offering a choice of system features that can be adapted to each community’s needs and constraints. As more U.S. cities look to BRT, they will need to understand the value chain that provides the vehicles, technology, services and financing needed to create a high-quality BRT system.
The Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates (ATFI) was formed to educate the public about the
negative impact that tolling existing interstates has on our communities and businesses. ATFI
exists to provide detailed information to the media, policymakers and individuals on why tolling
existing interstates will not solve our transportation needs.
This paper discusses the rationale for the nationalization of the MRT and LRT system as a catalyst for the development of a quality national mass transit system in the Philippines.
Best alternate transport for dhaka cityM S Siddiqui
All the metropolitan cities contemplate to transport 50 percent of commuters with underground or overhead mass rapid transport system. The authorities of Dhaka should focus on quick completion of on going mass rapid transport system. The strategic plan of 2016-35 should revise and implement to improve the road and parking plan suitable a mage city of Dhaka. This is not only issue of livelihood of rickshaw pullers but also alternate transport of middle-class city dwellers.
Impact of New Public Transportation System in Nagpur CityIJERD Editor
Transport in Nagpur is important due to Nagpur's strategic location in a central India. It is a fast
growing metrocity and is the third most populous city in Maharashtra after Pune and Mumbai. also one of the
country's most industrialized cities.
Due to increase in population as well as transportation Nagpur mahanager palica NMPL company formed
which gives contract to Vansh Nimay Infraprojects (VNIL) to run city buses but due to increase in
transportation and increase in population in Nagpur city it found that there is a numerous problem face by city
buses to gave safe and efficient facility to public due to these public in Nagpur city were diverting towards the
private transportation. So there is immediately need to improve public transportation which can improve by Bus
Rapid Transit (BRT) system which is new transport system provide safety and mobility to road users.
In these projects we show the Impact of public transportation system such as Conjunction, Delay, Incident,
Increase traffic condition. For this various data of the existing public transportation (star bus ) is collected such
as accident data, Problem face by people, traffic data collection for how star bus face the problem and extra
time taken to reach destiny
Keyword:- Public transport network, Bus Rapid Transit system, safety, star bus, Conjunction.
Public transportation network, Intelligent Transportation system the timed management, schedule of city bus
with withdrawal to taken, discrete waiting and travelling times of city.
Urban transportation system meaning ,travel demand functions with factors, design approaches & modeling , types of mass transit system with advantages -disadvantages or limitations , opportunities in mass transport , integrated approach for transit -transportation system
The Honolulu Rail Project - RECLAMA Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz - Reality for...CliftonHasegawa1
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. - Denis Waitley
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space. - Johnny Cash
When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important. It's failure that gives you the proper perspective on success. - Ellen DeGeneres
CASE STUDY 13.3 Dear Mr. President—Please cancel our project!”.docxmoggdede
CASE STUDY 13.3 “Dear Mr. President—Please cancel our project!”: The Honolulu Elevated Rail Project Speaking on the status of Honolulu’s Elevated Rail public transport system, former Hawaii Governor Benjamin Cayetano had an interesting message for President Trump: “As a lifelong Democrat and former governor of Hawaii, I opposed your candidacy. I must admit, however, that you are on the right track scrutinizing wasteful spending on pork barrel projects.” The admission by former governor Cayetano was prompted by the latest details emerging from a project that the New York Times has written is in danger of becoming a financial boondoggle. The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s (HART) 20-mile elevated heavy steel rail system that has been under construction for six years is now slated to cost nearly $10 billion, or $500 million per mile. If these costs are realized, Honolulu’s rail project would have the distinction of being the most expensive transit project in the country’s history. Honolulu is a beautiful but increasingly congested city on the south coast of Oahu. Residents and visitors have long complained that transportation options, highways, and other infrastructure have not kept pace with the growth of the city. In 2008 and following a close referendum vote, the city approved the beginning of the elevated rail system. To partially offset costs of the system, the mayor and city council instituted a temporary excise tax increase for residents and visitors. They also received $1.5 billion in Federal funding to support the project. Initially budgeted for $4.6 billion, the rail project is intended to start in the western edge of Honolulu, run through the middle of the city, and terminate at the Waikiki beaches. Included in the huge project are 21 stations, of which seven will be elevated and set 60 feet high above the city’s streets, and a 35-foot high elevated rail line that will run four miles through the middle of the city. The project has drawn fire from residents who are increasingly sick of blocked streets, traffic jams, and dirt and noise from multiple construction sites. In fact, a poll conducted in late 2016 showed that only 15% of the city’s residents favor completion of the rail project. Meanwhile, costs continue to rise. The original $4.6 billion budget was readjusted to $6.7 billion, and with the newly-announced delays in construction, being at least two years behind schedule and counting, the city has announced a five-year extension in the “temporary” excise tax to cover what critics are arguing will actually end up being over $10 billion in costs. Critics of the project such as Mr. Cayetano, who argues that the elevated rail “will change the beauty and ambience of the city forever,” also charge that in addition to its aesthetic shortcomings the final environmental impact study revealed that the rail project would, at best, reduce traffic congestion by under two percent and noted, “traffic congestion will be worse in t.
“Diligent follow-up and follow-through will set you apart from the crowd and communicate excellence”
~ John C. Maxwell
“It is the 'follow through' that makes the great difference between ultimate success and failure, because it is so easy to stop”
~ Charles Kettering
“Character is the ability to follow through on a resolution long after the emotion with which it was made has passed”
~ Brian Tracy
The Change Maker is a change thinker who has applied change-thinking techniques to taking steps towards achieving a vision or goal. Change Makers have many characteristics of the entrepreneur, combining creative thinking, focus and passion with a healthy disregard for conformity in order to achieve their vision and thereby bring about real change in their lives — and, by implication, in the world. - Tony Buzan, Barry Buzan
U.S. Bus Rapid Transit: 10 High-Quality Features and the Value Chain of Firms...The Rockefeller Foundation
Bus rapid transit (BRT) is increasingly being considered in cities across the United States as a reliable and cost-effective public transit mode. A large part of the appeal of BRT is its flexibility, offering a choice of system features that can be adapted to each community’s needs and constraints. As more U.S. cities look to BRT, they will need to understand the value chain that provides the vehicles, technology, services and financing needed to create a high-quality BRT system.
The Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates (ATFI) was formed to educate the public about the
negative impact that tolling existing interstates has on our communities and businesses. ATFI
exists to provide detailed information to the media, policymakers and individuals on why tolling
existing interstates will not solve our transportation needs.
This paper discusses the rationale for the nationalization of the MRT and LRT system as a catalyst for the development of a quality national mass transit system in the Philippines.
Best alternate transport for dhaka cityM S Siddiqui
All the metropolitan cities contemplate to transport 50 percent of commuters with underground or overhead mass rapid transport system. The authorities of Dhaka should focus on quick completion of on going mass rapid transport system. The strategic plan of 2016-35 should revise and implement to improve the road and parking plan suitable a mage city of Dhaka. This is not only issue of livelihood of rickshaw pullers but also alternate transport of middle-class city dwellers.
Impact of New Public Transportation System in Nagpur CityIJERD Editor
Transport in Nagpur is important due to Nagpur's strategic location in a central India. It is a fast
growing metrocity and is the third most populous city in Maharashtra after Pune and Mumbai. also one of the
country's most industrialized cities.
Due to increase in population as well as transportation Nagpur mahanager palica NMPL company formed
which gives contract to Vansh Nimay Infraprojects (VNIL) to run city buses but due to increase in
transportation and increase in population in Nagpur city it found that there is a numerous problem face by city
buses to gave safe and efficient facility to public due to these public in Nagpur city were diverting towards the
private transportation. So there is immediately need to improve public transportation which can improve by Bus
Rapid Transit (BRT) system which is new transport system provide safety and mobility to road users.
In these projects we show the Impact of public transportation system such as Conjunction, Delay, Incident,
Increase traffic condition. For this various data of the existing public transportation (star bus ) is collected such
as accident data, Problem face by people, traffic data collection for how star bus face the problem and extra
time taken to reach destiny
Keyword:- Public transport network, Bus Rapid Transit system, safety, star bus, Conjunction.
Public transportation network, Intelligent Transportation system the timed management, schedule of city bus
with withdrawal to taken, discrete waiting and travelling times of city.
Urban transportation system meaning ,travel demand functions with factors, design approaches & modeling , types of mass transit system with advantages -disadvantages or limitations , opportunities in mass transport , integrated approach for transit -transportation system
The Honolulu Rail Project - RECLAMA Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz - Reality for...CliftonHasegawa1
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. - Denis Waitley
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space. - Johnny Cash
When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important. It's failure that gives you the proper perspective on success. - Ellen DeGeneres
CASE STUDY 13.3 Dear Mr. President—Please cancel our project!”.docxmoggdede
CASE STUDY 13.3 “Dear Mr. President—Please cancel our project!”: The Honolulu Elevated Rail Project Speaking on the status of Honolulu’s Elevated Rail public transport system, former Hawaii Governor Benjamin Cayetano had an interesting message for President Trump: “As a lifelong Democrat and former governor of Hawaii, I opposed your candidacy. I must admit, however, that you are on the right track scrutinizing wasteful spending on pork barrel projects.” The admission by former governor Cayetano was prompted by the latest details emerging from a project that the New York Times has written is in danger of becoming a financial boondoggle. The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s (HART) 20-mile elevated heavy steel rail system that has been under construction for six years is now slated to cost nearly $10 billion, or $500 million per mile. If these costs are realized, Honolulu’s rail project would have the distinction of being the most expensive transit project in the country’s history. Honolulu is a beautiful but increasingly congested city on the south coast of Oahu. Residents and visitors have long complained that transportation options, highways, and other infrastructure have not kept pace with the growth of the city. In 2008 and following a close referendum vote, the city approved the beginning of the elevated rail system. To partially offset costs of the system, the mayor and city council instituted a temporary excise tax increase for residents and visitors. They also received $1.5 billion in Federal funding to support the project. Initially budgeted for $4.6 billion, the rail project is intended to start in the western edge of Honolulu, run through the middle of the city, and terminate at the Waikiki beaches. Included in the huge project are 21 stations, of which seven will be elevated and set 60 feet high above the city’s streets, and a 35-foot high elevated rail line that will run four miles through the middle of the city. The project has drawn fire from residents who are increasingly sick of blocked streets, traffic jams, and dirt and noise from multiple construction sites. In fact, a poll conducted in late 2016 showed that only 15% of the city’s residents favor completion of the rail project. Meanwhile, costs continue to rise. The original $4.6 billion budget was readjusted to $6.7 billion, and with the newly-announced delays in construction, being at least two years behind schedule and counting, the city has announced a five-year extension in the “temporary” excise tax to cover what critics are arguing will actually end up being over $10 billion in costs. Critics of the project such as Mr. Cayetano, who argues that the elevated rail “will change the beauty and ambience of the city forever,” also charge that in addition to its aesthetic shortcomings the final environmental impact study revealed that the rail project would, at best, reduce traffic congestion by under two percent and noted, “traffic congestion will be worse in t.
“Diligent follow-up and follow-through will set you apart from the crowd and communicate excellence”
~ John C. Maxwell
“It is the 'follow through' that makes the great difference between ultimate success and failure, because it is so easy to stop”
~ Charles Kettering
“Character is the ability to follow through on a resolution long after the emotion with which it was made has passed”
~ Brian Tracy
The Change Maker is a change thinker who has applied change-thinking techniques to taking steps towards achieving a vision or goal. Change Makers have many characteristics of the entrepreneur, combining creative thinking, focus and passion with a healthy disregard for conformity in order to achieve their vision and thereby bring about real change in their lives — and, by implication, in the world. - Tony Buzan, Barry Buzan
“If you obsess over whether you are making the right decision, you are basically assuming that the universe will reward you for one thing and punish you for another.
The universe has no fixed agenda. Once you make any decision, it works around that decision. There is no right or wrong, only a series of possibilities that shift with each thought, feeling, and action that you experience.
If this sounds too mystical, refer again to the body. Every significant vital sign- body temperature, heart rate, oxygen consumption, hormone level, brain activity, and so on- alters the moment you decide to do anything… decisions are signals telling your body, mind, and environment to move in a certain direction.”
― Deepak Chopra
Running head LOS ANGELES UNION STATION AS A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPME.docxcharisellington63520
Running head: LOS ANGELES UNION STATION AS A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
LOS ANGELES UNION STATION AS A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Los Angeles Union Station as a Sustainable Development Project
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I. Development description of rebuilding the Union Station in Los Angeles
Located strategically in Northeastern of Downtown Los Angeles, the Union Station celebrated its 75th anniversary this year since it began operations. Owned by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, a private governing body, this public facility serves approximately 1.643 million passengers a year. Significant dates of this station include beginning official operation in 1939, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and became part of the Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1972 (Maltzan, 2011). In September 17, 2014 the master vision of upgrading this facility was revealed. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) revealed the final project’s master plan that seek to transform this historic station into a more modern facility in the contemporary environment that need sustainability.
II. Purpose of rebuilding
The Union Station is due for major innovation to build a modern super transportation station. Although several projects including New transit station on El Monte Busway, Southern California Regional Interconnect Project, and Former Run-Through Tracks Project have been proposed before and fail to receive attention from legislators, the approved 2014 master plan was developed for California High-Speed Rail project. This project seeks to transform the Union Station into a major hub of transportation with new rail system and new railway station infrastructure. The Metro Authority indicated that the California High-Speed Rail system project will improve rail transportation and passengers will be able to travel from this station to Transbay Terminal in San Francisco in less than three hours(Chester and Horvath, 2010). As the master plan of the new station reveal, the project will feature aerial structures that will be built above the existing platform and underground structures. Apart from improving transportation, increasing convenience and serving more passengers, this project aims to utilize resource in order to enhance sustainability in the transport sector in California. In America, California is the most populous State, with most polluted cities from motor vehicles, port operations and various industries; any sustainable transportation project is welcome.
III. Demographic Snapshot of the Los Angeles
The neighborhood is an important stakeholder and a major consideration during a major infrastructure development. The proposed station will have numerous activities going on during building. During the process of rebuilding this station, it is expected to give inconveniences to the Los Angeles residents and neighboring residen.
Maintaining and Improving Rural Transit Supply in an Era of Cost-Cutting
Presented by: Matthew W. Daus, Esq., Distinguished Lecturer, City College, University of New York, University
Transportation Research Center, Region II
James Cooper, PhD, Head of the Taxi Studies Group, Edinburgh Napier University
In this session, Mr. Daus and Dr. Cooper will address research completed on the supply of transit services, including paratransit use in mainstream transport provision in rural communities. Evidence will be presented from US and European locations, including the application of a shared
transit scheme using a wide range of optimized supply including Demand Responsive Transportation (DRT) and taxi operations. The presentation will also address how the research has demonstrated that bringing bookings and trips together allows authorities and suppliers to reduce costs, effectively maintaining a service with reduced costs, and/or enhancing services.
Further Analysis of HOV Lane and Sustainable Transport Failures in Ontario: O...Barry Wellar
This report deals with four types of questions that have arisen in response to previous publications and media interviews about so-called “high-occupancy vehicle” (HOV) lanes. 1. Questions regarding the validity of claims made by transportation agencies and other proponents, about HOV lanes as a solution to congestion or other transportation problems involving the movement of private and/or public motor vehicles on public roads. 2. Questions regarding the validity of the methodologies that transportation agencies use to define “high-occupancy vehicle” (HOV). 3. Questions regarding the validity of the ways used by transportation agencies to measure the performance of HOV lanes. 4. Questions regarding the extent to which claims by transportation agencies about the benefits of HOV lanes are subjected to efficiency, effectiveness, productivity, sustainability, value-for-money, energy reduction, and other performance tests by oversight bodies, including auditors, budget officers, commissioners of the environment, and professional organizations. Presentations by public agencies on behalf of high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes are generally promotional, frequently disingenuous, and usually very short on evidence pertinent to assessing the purported claims made by HOV boosters. On the other hand, it is my experience that critics of HOV initiatives fail to properly expose the shortcomings in the HOV argument. As a result, the HOV notion manages to “wriggle free” and survive for another day, and more HOV lanes are added to more sections of highway, ultimately worsening the situation that was purportedly going to be corrected. Moreover, and looking at the larger or broader picture, creating HOV lanes frustrates the pursuit of sustainable transport systems and sustainable transport behaviours. In this paper I use the case of Ottawa to take issue with the HOV notion, and contend that by creating HOV lanes in the Ottawa area the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MOT) has directly contributed to Ottawa’s deteriorating sustainable transportation situation. It will take decades for the Ottawa area to deal with the mess caused by the provincial government’s HOV program, but perhaps these comments will help residents in other municipalities prevent similar messes from being started by mis-guided HOV notions.
Information about SoundTransit 3 transportation package proposition on 2016 ballot in Seattle and Puget Sound. This is being posted on behalf of smartertransit.org
CASCADES High-Speed Rail_Pacific NW Corridor Plan_Roger BazeleyRoger Bazeley, USA
The Pacific Northwest Corridor High-Speed Incremental Passenger Rail Service and Infrastructure Plan-Proposed in 2010 with Positive Train Control Slide-Presentation for a Mineta Transportation Incremental High-Speed Passenger Rail Research Survey Project
Excuses kill solutions and dilute passion. Kill excuses before it kills you. Focus is key! Obstacles will always exist on your path, but it's important to remember that it is not these challenges that stop us from becoming the amazing people we can be, it is often our own excuses that stop us. - Vijay Eswaran
Audit success comes from service, not from status. The true standards of audit practice are found within the auditor's character: honesty, integrity, self control and high ethical values. The printed standards are merely guidelines for trying to make the art of auditing into a profession. - Michael L. Piazza
Auditors must develop a reputation that proclaims that they know what they are doing... that their reviews are factual and unbiased... that they deserve to be respected... that they are professionals with professional qualifications. A fundamental key to audit success is the reputation for objectivity. That implies independence from activities reviewed. Complete independence is an unattainable goal while practical independence is not only possible but absolutely essential. - Larry Sawyer
The bull rider in the chute apparently couldn't get his grip and kept resetting. - Sara M. Anderson
The rodeo ain't over till the bull riders ride. - Ralph Carpenter
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. - Vince Lombardi
Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
- Robert Frost
Sometimes the right path is not the easiest.
- Grandmother Willow
LEADership is the ability to translate vision into reality.
- Warren Bennis
Realize that if a door closed, it's because what was behind it wasn't meant for you.
- Mandy Hale
I believe each of us has a mission in life, and that one cannot truly be living their most fulfilled life until they recognize this mission and dedicate their life to pursuing it. - Blake Mycoskie
A mission statement is not something you write overnight. But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life. - Stephen Covey
There are three kinds of people: Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who ask, 'What happened?'
- Casey Stengel
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
- Conrad Hilton
The Law is a mighty machine. Woe to the unfortunate man who, wholly or in part innocent, becomes entangled in its mighty wheels, unless his innocence is patent or his rescue planned and executed by able counsel. The machine will grind on relentlessly and ruthlessly, and blindfolded justice does not see that the grist is sometimes stained with blood.
- Edward Johnes, Esq.
Inner harmony means knowing yourself, accepting yourself and delighting yourself. Make your body and mind the best friends to give your best, effortlessly, in any area of your life.
- Savitha Hosamane
Michael Jordan:
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
Write your own book instead of reading someone else's book about success. Great moments are born from great opportunities. This is your time. Their time is done. It's over. This is your time. Now go out there and take it!
- Herb Brooks
No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
To do what nobody else will do, a way that nobody else can do, in spite of all we go through; that is to be a nurse.
- Rawsi Williams
Nurses dispense comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription. - Val Saintsbury
It's no secret that the healthcare system needs some work. In fact, it's not really a system at all. It's confusing, it's difficult to navigate, and it's too expensive. When you combine that with some of the demographic trends that you see in our country — the population is getting older, we're experiencing more chronic disease — it gets even more complicated and more expensive. And consumer expectations are changing dramatically as well. So, this creates an opportunity for an organization like ours to lead this digital transformation.
Steve Nelson, CEO
UnitedHealthcare
When a man becomes a fireman his greatest act of bravery has been accomplished. What he does after that is all in the line of work.
I have no ambition in this world but one, and that is to be a fireman. The position may, in the eyes of some, appear to be a lowly one; but we who know the work which the fireman has to do believe that his is a noble calling. Our proudest moment is to save lives. Under the impulse of such thoughts, the nobility of the occupation thrills us and stimulates us to deeds of daring, even of supreme sacrifice.
- Edward F. Croker, Chief, New York City Fire Department
(FDNY) (1899-1911)
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Senior Project and Engineering Leader Jim Smith.pdfJim Smith
I am a Project and Engineering Leader with extensive experience as a Business Operations Leader, Technical Project Manager, Engineering Manager and Operations Experience for Domestic and International companies such as Electrolux, Carrier, and Deutz. I have developed new products using Stage Gate development/MS Project/JIRA, for the pro-duction of Medical Equipment, Large Commercial Refrigeration Systems, Appliances, HVAC, and Diesel engines.
My experience includes:
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Jim Smith
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The case study discusses the potential of drone delivery and the challenges that need to be addressed before it becomes widespread.
Key takeaways:
Drone delivery is in its early stages: Amazon's trial in the UK demonstrates the potential for faster deliveries, but it's still limited by regulations and technology.
Regulations are a major hurdle: Safety concerns around drone collisions with airplanes and people have led to restrictions on flight height and location.
Other challenges exist: Who will use drone delivery the most? Is it cost-effective compared to traditional delivery trucks?
Discussion questions:
Managerial challenges: Integrating drones requires planning for new infrastructure, training staff, and navigating regulations. There are also marketing and recruitment considerations specific to this technology.
External forces vary by country: Regulations, consumer acceptance, and infrastructure all differ between countries.
Demographics matter: Younger generations might be more receptive to drone delivery, while older populations might have concerns.
Stakeholders for Amazon: Customers, regulators, aviation authorities, and competitors are all stakeholders. Regulators likely hold the greatest influence as they determine the feasibility of drone delivery.
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Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transit (HART) - The Hard Reality - When All Else Fails
1. HONOLULU AUTHORITY FOR RAPID TRANSIT (HART)
WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS
When all else fails, tell the truth.
~ Donald T. Regan
When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.
~ Marcus Garvey
When all else fails, dream bigger.
~ Ellen Hopkins
When all else fails,
Go back to the beginning.
~ Amy Sedgemore
Current funding for the 20-mile line calls for the elevated train to run
from East Kapolei to Ala Moana Center. However, a plan approved by
the City Council in 2007 has never been amended and still calls for a
more ambitious project: a line that extends to the University of Hawaii
Manoa, with a separate branch running to the western edge of Waikiki.
That plan is known as the “locally preferred alternative.”
Source: Rail Board OKs Preliminary Step To Push Route Past Ala Moana
By Stuart Yerton. Honolulu Civil Beat. November 17, 2017, accessed November 18,
2017 http://www.civilbeat.org/2017/11/rail-board-oks-preliminary-step-to-push-route-past-ala-moana/
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In december [2007], the honolulu City Council approved the mass-transit plan
that Mayor Muf Hannemann has made a top priority of his administration—a
decision that brings us closer to a rail system than we’ve ever been before. But
it’s too soon for Hannemann to claim victory. There are huge challenges
ahead, and many details that need to be pinned down. And even if we manage
to pull it of, will rail work as advertised? Here’s what you can expect over the
next few years.
2. Most of what we know about the proposed rail line comes from a study
commissioned by the city from rail consultant Parsons Brinckerhof. This
Alternatives Analysis compared four diferent proposals for curbing O‘ahu’s
growing congestion problem and concluded that a fxed-guideway system
provided the best cost/beneft ratio.
Although the vision of rail that captured the public’s imagination was a 28-mile
line running from Kapolei to the University of Hawaii at Manoa, it turns out
that the city can only aford to build a smaller section of that line, 20 miles
long. Adding enough rail to reach UH Manoa and Waikiki would cost another
$1 billion.
Before approving the project, the City Council double checked the fndings of
the analysis by having a transit advisory task force review Parsons
Brinckerhof’s methodologies. The task force found that the numbers were
reasonable, and ended up supporting the report’s overall fndings.
One of the task force members, Panos Prevedouros, took issue with the
analysis’ conclusions, and produced an 11-page report that listed 18 specifc
criticisms. Prevedouros, a professor of trafc and transportation engineering at
UH Manoa, warns that a rail system will never be as efective as managed lanes
in reducing congestion.
Though rail seems like a done deal, both its fans and detractors should know
that there are big hurdles to clear before the train leaves the station. Before we
can build this system, we’ll have to be able to aford it. Hannemann has gotten
farther in this respect than any of his predecessors, by winning the state
Legislature’s approval to add a half-percentage-point surcharge on the state
general excise tax, earmarked specifcally for a fxed-guideway system. Over 16
years of collection, the surcharge is expected to pull in a total of $2.6 billion to
$3.2 billion, depending on which forecasting model you use.
Our fnal concern is probably the most basic one: Does our city government
have the chops to pull of a complex, long-range project like this?
3. Communication and cooperation between city departments are going to be vital
in the next few years, and yet already disagreements are popping up over the
details of the plan.
The City Council, for example, has reserved the right to choose what kind
of vehicle will be running on the fxed guideway. Barbara Marshall, the
Council chair, says: “We wanted to make sure the possibility of a bus or
rubber-tire transportation was left open. If you do it the right way, the bus
can use the elevated system and then go down into the city streets.”
A fxed guideway rail system holds a lot of promise for Honolulu’s trafc
problems, but with so much to accomplish in the next few years, the road to
rail may be bumpy indeed.
[Emphasis Supplied]
Source: Our City On Rails. After Decades of False Starts, Honolulu is closer than it’s
ever been to a Mass-Transit Rail System. So What’s Next? What’s This Thing Going To
Look Like? And Will It Work? By Michael Keany. HONOLULU. March 1, 2007,
accessed November 18, 2017 http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/March-2007/Our-City-
on-Rails/
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2017
The City and County of Honolulu is in the process of building a $10 billion
elevated rapid-transit line that will cover approximately 20 miles from East
Kapolei to Ala Moana Center. The planned route passes through Ewa,
Waipahu, Pearl City, Aiea, Kalihi, downtown Honolulu and Kakaako.
The city considered four options before settling on a steel-wheel-on-steel-
rail system, which has received city, state and federal support. During the
2008 general election, 50.6 percent of Honolulu voters said yes to the
charter amendment question: “Shall the powers, duties, and functions of
the city, through its director of transportation services, include
establishment of a steel wheel on steel rail transit system?”
4. The rail issue was so divisive during the election that more people voted
against the steel-on-steel technology (140,818) than voted for anti-rail mayoral
candidate, now-Councilwoman Ann Kobayashi. Kobayashi received 128,798
votes.
The Honolulu Rail system will use steel-wheel technology. In February
2008, an independent panel of transportation experts appointed by the
administration and city council recommended steel-on-steel as the best
long-term and most cost-efective solution. The panel cited benefts that
include higher passenger capacity, better ride quality, better energy
efciency and lower noise and air-quality impacts.
Source: Honolulu Rail Project. Honolulu Civil Beat. October 16, 2017, accessed
November 18, 2017 http://www.civilbeat.org/topics/honolulu-rail-project/
COULD RECENT PLUNGE IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RIDERSHIP
SPELL TROUBLE FOR RAIL?
By Gina Mangieri. KHON2 News. August 23, 2017, accessed November 18, 2018
http://khon2.com/2017/08/23/could-recent-plunge-in-public-transportation-ridership-spell-trouble-for-rail/
Honolulu’s rail transit system is still years away from taking its frst passengers.
But when it does, who will use it, and how many people will give up their cars
and take a ride instead?
While lawmakers focus on covering the cost of building rail, Always
Investigating crunched the numbers to see how many people are using public
transportation in Honolulu and found a big drop in users. That could spell
trouble for covering the cost of running the rail system.
Always Investigating asked, what is eating away at public transit ridership right
now?
5. Roger Morton, CEO of Oahu Transit Services, which runs TheBus
“Uber, Lyft, and the other ride-hailing companies are clearly making an impact.
I’ve seen one city, in Las Vegas, where they’ve estimated perhaps it had a 10-
percent impact on one of their major strip routes in the tourist area. Our gas
prices are very, very low right now.”
So what does this all mean for rail?
HART is counting on a turnaround, and a big increase in public transportation
usage. Rail’s original environmental impact statement said rail would have
about 116,000 riders day, but its most recent projection bumped up to more
than 121,000 riders.
Randall W. Roth, Community Activist, Professor University of Hawaii
William S. Richardson School of Law, 35 years, retired June 1, 2017
“If you look at honest ridership projections, it makes no sense whatsoever.
Even before they made these latest changes, the numbers they’ve been
providing have simply been bogus. When you look at evidence to support it,
it’s simply not there. In fact, the evidence makes clear that their ridership
projections have been grossly in excess of what could be reasonably expected,
based on the experiences of many many cities that have adopted rail systems.
The norm is that you don’t get more riders than you have just with bus. You
actually get less after you’ve added rail. The cost of operating and maintaining
rail is just going to be of the chart compared to the ridership.”
Roth said in most other cities, transit ridership overall actually has gone down
after rail is completed.
But there are a few exceptions, and rail backers are counting on Honolulu
to be one of them. “I still believe in our numbers, and that’s because there is
no rail currently, and I believe once the rail is built, there are more people that
are going to take the transportation like to the airport,” said HART board
chairman Damien Kim.
6. The Hard Reality Of Honolulu Rail Costs
Only a forensic audit can explain
how an all-inclusive $4 billion cost for completing 16 miles and 14 stations
has ballooned to more than $10 billion for 20 miles and 21 stations.
The escalation is clearly out of proportion and
well outside acceptable ranges
for the construction
and
oversight of U.S. guideway systems
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat. Panos Prevedouros. August 25, 2017, accessed November
18, 2017 http://www.civilbeat.org/2017/08/the-hard-reality-of-hart-costs /
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A study last year by City Auditor Edwin Young found that the rail authority's
fnancial plans were unreliable and that its cost projections weren't well
documented.
"We found that the internal controls were so weak that if fraud, waste and abuse
were to occur, HART and many others would not have detected it, could not
prevent it and could not have taken corrective action," said Young.
But that audit only looked at HART's operating expenses. The new audit will
take a much broader look at the rail system's construction contracts and cost
overruns incurred by contractors.
The review will not be a forensic audit. Young said the city charter bars
his agency from conducting such an audit, which looks for fraud and other
criminal acts. He said that type of investigation is usually handled by the
city Prosecutor's ofce and other law enforcement agencies.
[Emphasis Supplied]
Source: City Council pushes new rail audit: 'Where the heck is the money going?'
By Rick Daysog. HawaiiNewsNow. August 16, 2017, accessed November 18, 2017
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/36153935/city-council-pushes-new-rail-audit-where-the-heck-is-the-money-going