Essays Tagged: "public transportation"

University Costs, how have they changed over the years?

e problem of getting to andfrom school arises. More than likely, this problem can be solved through publictransportation such as, bus, subway, or shuttle train. The average cost for a years pass onone ...

(2 pages) 40 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Letter to Congress; Teen Driving Laws.

the age of 18 in one car a law. If that happens, our taxes will have to pay for more roads and more public transportation. We would also need to build bigger parking lots for shopping centers, mall ce ...

(1 pages) 69 3 2.5 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Living on Campus vs. Home. This is a persuasive essay stating why it's better to live on campus and why it's better to live at home.

from their local friends and make new friends. They don't have to buy a car or worry or about using public transportation to attend school. Classes are all within a walking distance; as a result, some ...

(2 pages) 159 0 3.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

This is a descriptive essay written for a university level. The class is English 251, Expository and Persuasive Writing. Depicts the discomforts of riding a public transit bus.

PUBLIC BUS DISCOMFORTSA trip on the public city transit bus is often an uncomfortable excursion. For ... able excursion. For some, the transit bus system is our only means of transportation. Consequently, public bus passengers are exposed to various undesirable conditions. This paper will depict those un ... us undesirable conditions. This paper will depict those uncomfortable situations experienced on the public bus.Public transportation, such as the city bus, produces several lewd smells. Even before th ...

(3 pages) 173 0 4.4 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Analysis of singapore

tal indigenous Gross National Product was $36,422.10 . About 86 per cent of the population lived in Public flats. And for every 100,000 people, there were 36 public buses, 15 doctors and 3050 resident ... for goods and services.A better lifestyle.Better Education facilities / Better Education Level.More Public TransportationMore housing were builtLabour force increaseSmaller families1.1 IncomeIncome of ...

(2 pages) 74 0 1.7 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Market structure, pricing, performance and strategies for the last ten years of the Malaysian Domestic Airline Industry

ula and covers the West and East Coast. The rail network also links up with Singapore and Thailand. Public transportation in the cities includes buses, taxis and light railway. The domestic air networ ...

(5 pages) 227 0 3.9 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Advertising Alcohol and Tobacco

ards, and streetcars could not post advertisements for cigarettes. The use of tobacco was banned on public transportation, and in some restaurants.In 1965, congress passed a bill that all cigarette co ... in a systematic way, the case studies conducted offer a glimpse as to how the industry responds to public and government criticism of their efficacy. The research on the effects of alcohol advertisin ...

(5 pages) 267 0 4.3 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Murder on the Orient Express Essay

In what seems like a normal everyday situation in which people travel by means of public transportation turns into something out of the ordinary. A murder has taken place aboard a tr ...

(3 pages) 35 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Why Should You Use The Public Transports?

r than where they sit everyday. People who live in rural or suburban areas often have the option of public transportation, at least for the daily commute to work. There are many advantages of using pu ... portation source, you will save even more on car payments, insurance and repairs. In addition, many public bus and mini-bus systems have sectional payment, which will cost you cheaper if you just ride ...

(2 pages) 36 0 3.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

This is a speech about my hobby which is driving.

tions when I was a young teen. Where was a young girl like me supposed to go when I had had enough? Public transportation never appealed to me. I wasn't old enough to drive yet, so the only thing I co ...

(4 pages) 33 0 2.6 Dec/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

University Costs

problem of getting to and from school arises. More than likely, this problem can be solved through public transportation such as, bus, subway, or shuttle train. Theaverage cost for a years pass on on ...

(2 pages) 30 0 0.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Transit Nightmares

es. I never litter. I even use a pooper-scooper when I walk my dog. But please don't ask me to take public transportation to get to work. I have tried to use public transport, but each experience has ... e to work. I say let global warming continue if preventing it means I must give up my car.In theory public transportation is quite sound, and it was with this initiate's view that I first stepped onto ...

(3 pages) 14 1 0.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Mobile Personal Space.

explains why many people in America drive. The typical American would rather drive a car than take public transportation because of privacy. Americans are more concerned about their own personal spac ... ve to be carried. Cars are not just a convenience but also give freedom by being more reliable than public transport, which can often be slow and late.Americans just want to get from one place to anot ...

(3 pages) 29 0 5.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

What needs to be pushed in Africa?

y reached to where it needed?World Bank economists believed that a continental make-over for its public health, education, and infrastructure, is an only way for Africa to develop. By Building more ... c, padlocked and unused, would be re-opened. More local schools need to be built, and a sustainable public transportation would allow the free flow of goods to market. This continental make-over requi ...

(2 pages) 52 0 3.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

The Impact of Changes in Supply, Demand, and Pricing

ds today.There is a definite need or demand for gas; consumers tend to rely heavily on personal and public transportation which create a need for gasoline. This need generate a demand for that particu ... y could walk to work. This would decrease the demand and force the price down. Because the American public generally value their luxuries, the possible of gas price decreasing due to consumption in ra ...

(3 pages) 292 0 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Summarize an article on supply and demand and explain why changes occurred in supply, demand, and price.

d for gas has not decreased in Washington and in some cases has actually increased. Also the use of public transportation has not increased due to the higher gasoline prices. According to our David C. ... eased, which have influenced the supply and demand of petroleum. Some of the causes reported to the public by the media have been labor strikes, hurricane threats to oil refineries, and terrorist thre ...

(4 pages) 326 0 3.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Rates & Indexes

Environmentalism

improving the environment, I tend to dwell on personal responsibilities such as recycling and using public transportation. Mr. Orr spoke of the problems of the food system, the necessary political nat ...

(1 pages) 15 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

The Silence Of A Snow Storm

storms turn into reports of flurries.Cobb wants a real whoomper; complete with overturned cars and public transportation stopped in its tracks. He says it is not a real whoomper unless Logan Airport ... oses for at least six hours.The point Cobb is making is that great snowstorms send a message to the public. The whoomper makes the citizens of its devastated area captives in their own homes. It makes ...

(2 pages) 2 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Andrew Carnegie- Persuasive

hat this would indeed help masses of people and enhance our race by giving funds to provide for the public. I believe this is very true and that this is a very obvious solution to inadequate public fu ... even benefit the investors as well. If a fair portion of a well-off individuals money was given for public use, many public services and places would be highly enhanced such as better teachers, superi ...

(4 pages) 1962 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Somoa Informative Creative Writing Peice

rson.As I was driving threw Pago Pago, the capital of American Samoa, I noticed that there was more public transportation than regular personal cars, so I asked the driver of the taxi why there wasn't ...

(2 pages) 1498 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers