GMS 803 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Toronto Pearson International Airport, Gross Vehicle Weight Rating, Unit Train

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 803
• Professor: Hossein Zolfagharinia

Document Summary

Transport modes are the means by which passengers and freight achieve mobility. They fall into one of the three broad categories. Land (road, rail, and pipelines) o: water (shipping) o. Rail intercity, hsr, transit (subway, commuter, low rail travel, monorail. Depending on over what surface they travel. 2-expanded by the setting of high speed rail (hsr): between high density city pairs. 3-3 low rail transit (lrt) in lower density situations. 3-4 monorail: a monorail is a railway in which the track consists of a single rail, typically elevated. (toronto pearson international airport) Maritime break-bulk, liquid bulk, dry bulk, roll-on roll off, container. A unit train, also called a block train or a trainload service, is a train in which all cars (wagons) carry the same commodity and are shipped from the same origin to the same destination, Two major modes are composing the land transport system: