transportation system
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transportation
noun[U]
uk/ˌtræn.spɔːˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌtræn.spɚˈteɪ.ʃən/
the movement of people or goods from one place ...
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system
noun
uk/ˈsɪs.təm/us/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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In this section, we illustrate how the approach of concern-based engineering of environments is applied to an automatedtransportationsystemfor warehouse logistics.
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The city has a busy waterfront, office towers, streets lined with shops and entertainment and a publictransportationsystemthat ties the city together.
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The lesson to be learned is that it is unwise to too readily accept the apparent superiority of a horse-basedtransportationsystem.
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The code is suitable for solving both high and low speed combustion problems such as those encountered in spacetransportationsystemdesign.
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The design and quality of the publictransportationsystemis thus an important factor itself in decreasing the use of private transportation.
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We have applied a situated multi-agent system in an industrial automatedtransportationsystem.
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The main problems were the paralysis of thetransportationsystemand the critical shortage of housing.
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On the other hand, the publictransportationsystemis underdeveloped.
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The rivertransportationsystemserved as an outlet not only for the mountains, but also for the lower-lying ecological zones.
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This increase, in combination with a lack of urban planning and an inefficienttransportationsystem, causes problems of decreased air quality and traffic congestion in urban environments.
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Theory predicts that the size of a town depends on the size of its hinterland, which in turn depends on the efficiency of thetransportationsystem.
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Without that clear backing, how are we to plan ourtransportationsystem?
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Clearly, anytransportationsystemthat is geared to meet the needs of the community must be paid for in some way or other.
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I have no doubt that it constitutes a considerable threat to the existingtransportationsystem, particularly on the roads.
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We simply cannot have a successful nationwidetransportationsystembased on a piecemeal approach, as is now the case.
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I am fully aware of the enormous change which has taken place in thetransportationsystembetween the end of the last century and today.
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This is a matter of general common sense if we all want to achieve a propertransportationsystemin the nation's capital.
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A further point is the poverty of thetransportationsystem.
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If there is to be efficiency in housing, there must be efficiency in thetransportationsystemin order to bring the workers to their work.
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He said that there was a future for the ferries but not as part of ourtransportationsystem.
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