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Article: Protecting Public Health and Global Transportation Systems During an Influenza Pandemic
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Giuseppe
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Re: Article: Protecting Public Health and Global Transportation Systems During an Influenza Pandemic
Railroads in the developed countries operate mostly by using electric devices and electronic equipment in order to rule the traffic (ie: turnouts lever are automated, signalling system, level crossing activity, traffic monitoring) and if a power failure hit the network all trains will suffer delays.
Further, most of the mainlines operate with single-track system and thus a bottleneck in a section results in the blockade of entire line.
Workers need to be deployed to manage tracks, signals, levers, turnouts, engine sheds, machines and thus an huge amount of workers are need daily for network reliability.
Most of freight railcars are parked at railyards and shunters need to sort and build a train correctly. If the railyards become congested, no further operations may be allowed.
Freight cars may contain chemicals, explosive materials, perishable goods and a delay in delivery could result in toxic leakages or decay of materials.
A comprehensive plan to maintain railroads operativity is warranted as the paper in discussion in this thread correctly explain.
Railroads in the developed countries operate mostly by using electric devices and electronic equipment in order to rule the traffic (ie: turnouts lever are automated, signalling system, level crossing activity, traffic monitoring) and if a power failure hit the network all trains will suffer delays.
Further, most of the mainlines operate with single-track system and thus a bottleneck in a section results in the blockade of entire line.
Workers need to be deployed to manage tracks, signals, levers, turnouts, engine sheds, machines and thus an huge amount of workers are need daily for network reliability.
Most of freight railcars are parked at railyards and shunters need to sort and build a train correctly. If the railyards become congested, no further operations may be allowed.
Freight cars may contain chemicals, explosive materials, perishable goods and a delay in delivery could result in toxic leakages or decay of materials.
A comprehensive plan to maintain railroads operativity is warranted as the paper in discussion in this thread correctly explain.
Amish Country
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Re: Article: Protecting Public Health and Global Transportation Systems During an Influenza Pandemic
gsgs you may want to look up break bulk facilities for trucking companies. These are the buildings where freight from incoming trailers is sorted and repacked into outgoing containers (trailers) usually to its ultimate destination. Also trucks need clear safe roads to deliver their goods. With out road maintenance personnel this could be an issue. Trucks also need fuel and maintenance and people to drive them. There are a lot of people who go into insuring that each truck on the road gets its freight to its destination.
The containers received on trucks may have been initially packed in countries an ocean away and depend on container ships to deliver them to ports. These containers will probably need people to off and on load them and still more to manage them in storage and keep track of them before they are released to the truckers. Again still more people with specialized skill sets.
gsgs you may want to look up break bulk facilities for trucking companies. These are the buildings where freight from incoming trailers is sorted and repacked into outgoing containers (trailers) usually to its ultimate destination. Also trucks need clear safe roads to deliver their goods. With out road maintenance personnel this could be an issue. Trucks also need fuel and maintenance and people to drive them. There are a lot of people who go into insuring that each truck on the road gets its freight to its destination.
The containers received on trucks may have been initially packed in countries an ocean away and depend on container ships to deliver them to ports. These containers will probably need people to off and on load them and still more to manage them in storage and keep track of them before they are released to the truckers. Again still more people with specialized skill sets.