Transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Transport or transportation is the movement of people, goods, signals and information. The term is derived from the Latin trans ('across') and portare ('to carry'). The field of transport has several aspects: loosely they can be divided into a triad of infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Infrastructure includes the transport networks (roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, pipelines, etc.) that are used, as well as the nodes or terminals (such as airports, railway stations, bus stations and seaports). ..."
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Articles
The Railroads Of France, by Murray N. Rothbard, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Sep 1955
Related Topics: Belgium, France
Recounts the history of gradual nationalization of French railroads from 1876 to 1938, as well as a comparison between the Belgian state-owned railway and the then privately-owned French Northern Railway
"Ever since railroads were established by private enterprise, they have been a favorite candidate for nationalization. France offers a typical story of government operation of the railroads. ... The French railroad budget is further from balance today than it was when the National Company was first formed."
Related Topics: Belgium, France
Recounts the history of gradual nationalization of French railroads from 1876 to 1938, as well as a comparison between the Belgian state-owned railway and the then privately-owned French Northern Railway
"Ever since railroads were established by private enterprise, they have been a favorite candidate for nationalization. France offers a typical story of government operation of the railroads. ... The French railroad budget is further from balance today than it was when the National Company was first formed."
Saying Good-Bye to Dubai: Bidding Adieu to Globalization?, by Leon Hadar, 18 Mar 2006
Related Topics: Dubai
"In fact, foreign companies, including those from Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Denmark, are managing the majority of the terminals at US ports, especially the big ones such at Los Angeles and Long Beach in California and New York and New Jersey, and much of the US merchant marine fleet was bought by foreigners, including by Singapore's Neptune Orient Line."
Related Topics: Dubai
"In fact, foreign companies, including those from Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Denmark, are managing the majority of the terminals at US ports, especially the big ones such at Los Angeles and Long Beach in California and New York and New Jersey, and much of the US merchant marine fleet was bought by foreigners, including by Singapore's Neptune Orient Line."
Books
Curb Rights: A Foundation for Free Enterprise in Urban Transit
by Daniel B. Klein, Adrian T. Moore, Binyam Reja, 1997
by Daniel B. Klein, Adrian T. Moore, Binyam Reja, 1997
- ISBN 0815749406
: Hardcover, Brookings Institution Press, 1997
- ISBN 0815749392
: Paperback, Brookings Institution Press, 1997
Videos
Enough Is Enough!, by Ron Paul, 17 Nov 2010
Related Topic: Terrorism
Short speech announcing new legislation to curb the TSA and the notion that Americans have accepted being treated like cattle