Essays Tagged: "Amtrak"

Maglev consequences

ruck, bus, and public transit, and 9.8 billion passenger kilometers (6.1 billionpassenger miles) on Amtrak. As populations have grown the traditional systems havebecome stressed. Congestion on highway ...

(3 pages) 46 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

"High Speed Rail to the Future?"

es and miles of asphalt. You could choose a more scenic route and "ride the rails", but if you took Amtrak's coastal route, for example, your trek would last nearly twelve hours. By Amtrak's inland ro ... Sweden, among other places. In the United States, however, the closest thing that we posses is the Amtrak Metroliner, which runs between Washington and New York and achieves a maximum speed of about ...

(6 pages) 93 0 4.2 Aug/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Close reading and analysis of Sherman Alexie's "On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City."

It does not seem hard to understand the basic theme that is present in "On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City" by Sherman Alexie. Many Native Americans today are forced to as ... , things will never be like they were before the first settlers landed. The setting of the poem, an Amtrak train for Boston to New York, I believe is very significant. The New England Area, especially ... s. He, like many of his kind, is very honorable and respectful of those who deserve respect."On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City" was honestly one of the best poems I have ever read. It is abou ...

(3 pages) 131 0 4.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Language in Advertising

of the product, so that they could emphasize the good points of the product.There is an example of Amtrak, which has successfully used the disjunctive clauses:Amtrak has created a new. nationwide pas ...

(4 pages) 45 0 3.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Being Put On The Spot

amp Too Far"�. And last but not least, Sherman Alexie, a Native American male, wrote "On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City"�. One may also notice the title of each poem. Some of th ... eople. Another example of how the author compares his/her race to White people can be under "On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City"�. Here, the "white women"� tells people that a ce ...

(6 pages) 36 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Amtrak Post-disaster Analysis

Amtrak Revamp The affects of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States are vis ... . Since the attacks of September 11, there has been a clear increase in the number of passengers on Amtrak's rail services.· Around the country ridership is up 8-12% · Ri ... 2% · Ridership is up 25% in the Northeast Corridor alone .In the wake of the attacks Amtrak needs to take steps to accommodate the growing number of passengers. These accommodations can ...

(3 pages) 1288 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Sam Patch

(3 pages) 1 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History