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KEY TERMS- Kristina Matun, 0135229233

Roads in Britain
1) motorways
Motorways linking the countries in all palces.
2) multilane roads
To keep up with congestion on fast roads country provides multilane roads.
3) overtaking
Many accidents happen because of speeding and overtaking.
4) right-hand lane
Right-hand lane is slower lane which is for normal driving.
5) hard shoulders
On highwasy execpt left-hend and right-hand lane we have hard shoulders which is
necessary on expressways.
6) if you break down
If you break down on highway there is hard shoulders for stopping and repairing your
car.
7) lane markings
Because of safety on every road very important is lane markings which must always
be visible in any condition.
8) slip road
9) frequent lay-bys
When people go on vacation or for truck drivers who looking place for break there are
frequent lay-bys.
10) unguarded railway crossings
Large gapsin many contries are unguarded railway crossing which is very dangerous.
11) single-track roads
In smaller places roads are made with single-track roads.

12) passing place


There are defining rules in traffic related with passing place for better and safer
passing motor vehicles.

Desired Characteristics of PT Systems


1) service frequency
Service frequency must be very well organized because of large flow of people.
2) wait times
Technology must strive every day to reduce wait times.
3) scheduled arrival times
Important thing for each transport branch of technology is scheduled arrival times for
better functionality of the entire process.
4) standing passenger densities
Standingpassanger densities are very densely in city buses which is always
overcrowded in rush-hour.
5) easily accessible
City vehicles like buses or trams must be easily accessible to every person.
6) waiting facilities
Every terminal must have waiting facilities which is clean and in order to prescibed
standards.
7) noise level
On bus or train station noise level are inevitable and that is one of the reasons why
people do not live around this facilities.
8) quality of ride
Quality of ride depend of many factors such as condition of vehicles or contidion of
roads, etc.
9) user friendly
10) public transport facilities

Stations and terminals are public transport facilities where carry out the main part of
transport process.

Logistics
1) appliance manufacturers
Appliance manufactures have assignment to produce at the same time economically
and tehnically well derived device.
2) automatic teller machines
Bank must always be careful about the lack of money on automatic teller machines.
3) business enterprises
In business world, business enterprises must constantly work to improve their
business.
4) business logistics
Business logistics must be well organizied in every business enterprises.
5) conforming to customer requirements
Each bidder need to conforming to customer requirements and offer them better
services.
6) logistics management
7) retail chain stores
In every country or city there is retail chain stores who offer same product.
8) service industries
Each industrial sector has three sectors . First is primary sector, second in secondary
ector, and third is tertiary sector which contains service industries.

British and American Postal Services


1) first-class letter
First-class letter is letter which coming soon on to their destination.
2) second-class mail
Second-class mail coming on their destination in few days.
3) zip code
Every city has their zip code which is required to post office for sending letter.
4) postal code or post code
Every city has their zip code which is required to post office for sending letter in
Great Britain.
5) postman's walk
Every day postman has their specific postman's walk.
6) postman's beat
Postman has their postman's beat which is prescribed by post office.
7) urgent deliveries
Sometimes people need to urgently send same letter or package and they require
urgent deliveries.
8) return address
Every letter contains return adress, destination adress and name of the person who
will recive that letter.

Traffic congestion

1) traffic congestion
Traffic congestion is always in the hours when people are returning home from work.
2) traffic jam
Traffic jam happens when cars on the road crashes.
3) road rage
Young drivers with furious cars do not understand how road range is dangerous.
4) drive time
During drive time people must not use cell phones.
5) public transport stations
Kids should not destroy public transport stations.
6) high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane
Special kind of lane is high-occupancy vehicles lane which serves specific types of
transportation.
7) single occupant vehicles
One of the reason why coming to the traffic congestion are single occupant vehicles.
8) hybrid vehicles
Today because of traffic and gases of vehicles air is becoming increasingly polluted
and very good solution for troubleshooting are hybrid vehicles.

What is ITS?
1) crash avoidance
For crash avoidance people must have very good reflexes.
2) advanced information processing
3) improve driver efficiency
Some firms have course for drivers who want drive some different vehicle and that
firms also want to improve driver efficiency.
4) improve navigational performance
Cars company for each new model what to improve some old things and want to
improve navigational performance.
5) roadside services
On the every road must be roadside services because of security of people on the
road.
6) information-based solutions
7) reduce traffic congestion
In the rush-hour, patrolmen's regulate traffic to reduce traffic congestion.

Alternative fuels
1) sustainable fuel options
Electrical energy is the most common system sustainable fuel options.
2) carbon-neutral fuel
Carbon-neutral fuel protect the environment.
3) fibrous materials
Fibrous materials are used for making sports cars.
4) greenhouse gasses
Greenhouse gasses destroy the atmosphere.
5) conversion system
Hydropower use conversion system energy.
6) eco-friendly use
Hybrid cars have eco-friendly use.
7) tailpipe emissions
Tailpipe emissions are controlled during registration.
8) zero-emissions alternative fuel
Zero-emissions alternative fuel are gradually developing.
9) compressed natural gas
Compressed natural gas is used in household.
10) ozone-forming emissions
It is necessary to minimize ozone-forming emissions because of better life.

History of Railways
1) wagonway
Wagonway is used in mines.
2) railway wagons
Railway wagons may be intended for the transport of passengers and goods.
3) steam engines
Steam engine has spurred the development of the car.
4) railway line
Railway line is meant only for trains.
5) steam train
Steam train uses steam to fuel.
6) trains running on electrified lines
Trains running on electrified lines is very environmentally acceptable.
7) diesel powered locomotive
Diesel powered locomotive is very noisy.
8) high speed train
In France we can find high speed train.
9) journey time
Journey time is very important factor for each transport operations.
10) Maglev trains
Maglev trains do not have great application because they are not sufficiently
developed.

The story of the chunnel & inland waterways

1) compensate (for something)


Missed opportunities can not be compensated.
2) offer a significant reduction of travel time
Aim of transportation companies is to offer a significant reduction of travel time.
3) enterprise
Rise on the mountain is great enterprise.
4) inland waterways
Croatia has very much inland waterways.
5) busy thoroughfares
Each ship has its own busy thoroughfares.
6) barge
Barge pulls faulty vehicles.
7) leisure industry
Leisure industry has the largest circulation in summer.

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