threatening their promising careers. It is important that engineers deem public welfare as a supreme concern and stand their ground so that they will report any observed situations that potentially can harm public safety to their superiors. The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) case study is a good example of engineers being responsible with society in that they attempted multiple times to inform their supervisors in management about their concerns with the possible imminent system failure of BART. Even though
Instead of mostly focusing on his death Coogler created a movie based on his early life before his last day on earth. Coogler created this movie because he seen the strong impact that it had on everyone and not just on himself, him being from the same area as Grant he felt that impact. Coogler wanted to show the impact of this shooting and wanted to show the human issue of this shooting. Coogler used court testimony, and public available stuff. He also worked with Grant family since Grant was so close
It is also important for the transportation of goods and services, which aids the growth and maintenance of our economy. Urban public transportation is the critical component of our quality of life and economic stability. The MBTA, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, is Boston and Eastern Massachusetts’s major transportation service. The MBTA has played a central role in the development of Boston and surrounding cities and towns for more than a century; providing service from 175 cities
Traffic Control: The Need For Change As the population of the United States dramatically increases and the number of vehicles on the nation's roads and highways skyrockets, new methods of traffic control and organization have become necessary, by utilizing new methods of transportation or by revising the current system. In the past 15 years, the number of vehicles on American roads has increased 41.9%, the number of licensed drivers has increased 29.3%, but the size of the general population
The film Fruitvale Station is a romance, crime, and drama filled movie based on a true story. In 2009, Oscar Grant was shot and killed by a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer in Oakland, Fruitvale train station. However, he was not pronounced dead until later the next morning at the Highland Hospital. The overall effect the hospital scene gives in this film is the shock of reality, the loss of a loved one and heartbreak. There are different mise-en-scenes involved with this scene to help
the concept of “transit oriented development (TOD)” and elaborate on how to implement this concept, using the case of Hong Kong or a city of your choice as an example. 1. Introduction Transit oriented development (TOD) is a type of urban planning where commercial and residential areas revolve around the public transportation system. It originated in the post-World War II era where urbanization took place rapidly . This is because TODs can minimize the negative impacts of rapid urbanization such
incredibly rewarding. A dramatized recreation of the final 24 hours Oscar Grant III’s life before being killed on New Year’s morning 2009, the movie opens with the actual video of Grant and a few of his friends being brutally harassed by BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Police. We hear the onlookers yelling for the police to stop, to leave the kids alone. We see no response from the officers, except a muffled “I’m going to Tase him!” And then, we hear the shot ring out. And collectively, the onlookers gasp
would have to withstand the fierce winds, fog, and any earthquake. Bridges around the area would also have to withstand the tides. Yet, to Joseph Strauss, none of these destructive powers bothered his willingness to create such a triumphant bridge. Completed only 5 months after the promised date in 1937 and a total cost of $27 million, the Golden Gate Bridge benefitted society not only around the San Francisco area, but also around the world. Originally conceived in August of 1919, San Francisco city
accused of undermining the American transportation infrastructure and destroying a viable, superior streetcar network in order to sell more cars. Regardless of the validity of this conspiracy theory, the fact remains that America destroyed vast mass transit networks to make way for private and public automotive transportation. The question of whether the transfer from iron to asphalt was advisable also asks what makes a good transportation network. Both transportation systems are valid, but unique features
Cardiff Bay Redevelopment Investigation Cardiff is a city steeped in history and has undergone many changes and influences over 1500 years; initially with the settlements of the Celts in 500BC, and over many years Cardiff became a Roman Fort and Norman stronghold. In 1810 Cardiff was just a growing village of less than 2000 inhabitants surrounded by heavily tidal marshland and fed by two rivers, the Taff and the Ely. Laying closely to the south was Butetown, located in the Parish of Saint
not float away and ruin your research. “The concept is simple”, says John Lienhard, a University of Houston mechanical engineering professor: “Every day the moon’s gravitational pull lifts countless tons of water up into, say, the East River or the Bay of Fundy. When that water flows back out to sea, its energy dissipates and, if we don’t use it, it’s simply spent.” The stronger the waves the more energy can be taken from it to power our world. We as humans use and waste this energy doing everyday
“I’ve always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of their power” (Terrence Howard). This is a perfect example of why police powers should be restricted because the main reason for police officers is to protect human society but many people have stopped running for help due to their fear they have towards police abuse. There has been an immersive amount of cases involving police abusing of their powers in the past years for example the following cases Oscar grants, James Blake’s, Nicole Smits’s
Terrorism Regional Action Plan Paper My current job assignment is the Captain of Homeland Security. In the brief time I worked in this assignment before leaving to the FBI National Academy, these are some of the areas I identified in which my department could improve to be better prepared to fight terrorism: training for front-line Officers and Supervisors, revising the Terror Liaison Program, education and awareness programs for the community, reducing the numbers of transfers of the Command Staff
the data on maps to analyze trends in criminal activity in particular areas of a community. A collection of related spatial data can assist law enforcement agents with trying to pinpoint a particular suspect or a group of suspects (such as a serial murderer or a gang) and try to apprehend them. Even if there’s an unrelated collection of spatial data, just knowing that a particular area of a community is a “hot spot” (dense area) of criminal activity can help law enforcement agents research to see
Neelesh Nidadhavolu. “The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority”. http://mobile.usablenet.com/mt/net4.ccs.neu.edu/home/neelesh/Project/documentation.html 9. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, vol.53, NO.149, pg.10. “Trains Running this Morning”. May 30, 1893 10. Light Rail Now. “New subway (metro)
international trade zones, convention centres, and other facilities. Facility factors are the level of facilities and the airport’s ability to expand and increased its facilities. Demand factor refers to the level of origin-destination demand and that of transit and transfer traffic volumes for hub-and-spoke network. Service factor refers to the consistency of the level of service provided to users and types of airport operations. Lastly, managerial factor refers to the economical considerations such as airport
JNSC/NO/12003 STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS OF SETHUSAMUDRAM CHANNEL PROJECT ASSUMPTION 1. Presently the Sethusamudram Channel Project has been put on hold; but in this service paper presumes that this project is still being implemented. INTRODUCTION 2. As a peninsular, India has a long coast line of 3,554 nautical miles and the maritime trade had been existed with various countries of the world for more than 3000 years. Similarly the shipping trade between the East and West coasts of India has
sociological aspects displayed throughout the movie that show racism, prejudice, and discrimination. Fruitvale Station was a powerful, strong, and saddening movie for viewers globally. In January 2009, Oscar Cruz, was killed execution style by a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) officer, when he was both un-armed and handcuffed. The film displays a day in the life before, and the moment Oscar was killed. Oscar was a young, African American male whom was a son, boyfriend, and father. The movie displayed the
Fruitvale Station tells a story all too well known in the United States of America, a young black man growing up in an impoverished community is murdered by a cop, while unarmed. The story of Oscar Grant, the young man gunned down by a BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) officer on a subway platform in his hometown of Oakland, California drew national attention when the incident occurred on the first of January 2009. Later this tragedy was made into a movie of the late Oscar Grant’s life and death as portrayed
In this essay I will be supporting two movies that has a very controversial issue. Controversial can happen all over, in many different situations. It’s a very deep disagreement that’s typically, prolonged. My first choice was “Straight out of Compton”. This overview will tell you everything about this film. When this movie first dropped it was worldwide. A lot of the most famous people play a part in it, rappers to be specific. This movie is rated the number one top controversial movie ever made