The Newest Type of Transportation

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The Newest Type of Transportation

Transportation, by definition, is the act of moving something or someone from one place to another. There are many different types of transportation vehicles such as bicycles, boats, human feet (for walking/running), and many more. Although when truly asked about transportation what comes to mind? Yes, the automobile. The automobile, and transportation contains many issues to go along with it. There are five main issues which consist of; social, physical, economic, energy demand, and environmental.

The first of the issues is the social transportation issue. The automobile has become such a big part of people’s life today it has actually changed the way people live. Today more than in the past people live outside the cities, and live farther away from work. This social factor of the car has caused us to spend more time, energy, and money on being mobile. While is costs us more to put ourselves on the streets it also costs us more lives, in he past decade over 400,000 people lost their lives in automobile accidents.

The second issue is the physical issue. To make automobile transportation possible one needs a great deal of infrastructure- land, bridges, overpasses, and each and every road. Each road must be designed to handle the traffic as well as the weather, and must be constantly kept up to date. All the places needed to put the cars, parking lots, parking structures, and garages are also needed to be built and maintained. With the growing demand for automobiles it is turning many urban land areas into more places for automobile to be.

The economics issue is the third. The cost of any vast infrastructure is large. ...

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[4] This is a picture of a hybrid car and all the making components. Nice, Karim “How Hybrid Cars Work.” How Stuff Works. www.howstuffworks.com/hybrid-car.htm 2004

[5] Goehring, Janet B., Kreith, Frank, Reed James B., Sikes Kathryn P. “Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Options for State Policymakers.” National Conference of State Legislatures. www.ncsl.org/programs/esnr/transfer4.htm

[6] This is the Honda Insight, new hybrid vehicle. Nice, Karim “How Hybrid Cars Work.” How Stuff Works. www.howstuffworks.com/hybrid-car.htm 2004

[7] The new Toyota hybrid car, The Prius. Nice, Karim “How Hybrid Cars Work.” How Stuff Works. www.howstuffworks.com/hybrid-car.htm 2004

[8] This chart shows the future company, car, and year the new hybrid will be on the market. Nice, Karim “How Hybrid Cars Work.” How Stuff Works. www.howstuffworks.com/hybrid-car.htm 2004

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