Development of Proposed Myrtle-Wyckoff Intermodal Facility

1997 ◽  
Vol 1571 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-122
Author(s):  
Patricia Perales
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Capital Projects ◽  
Strategic Business Plan ◽  
The 19Th Century

The Myrtle-Wyckoff Intermodal Facility proposal is presented, its planning process is discussed, and recommendations for future partnerships between New York City Transit (NYCT) and the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) are given. The planning of this intermodal project was affected by three factors: the planning is a joint effort of two public organizations, it is being formulated for a transportation system that has few intermodal facilities, and it is being developed during austere capital budget cuts. The partnership developed because the intermodal facility will be partially financed with federal Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) funds. NYCDOT was awarded the CMAQ funds, and NYCT will own and operate the facility. Second, because NYCT was conceptualized in the 19th century by private companies, the transportation systems are not integrated because of the physical infrastructure and unparallel service plans. In the past decade, NYCT has taken a variety of initiatives to coordinate and integrate the services. Creation of intermodal facilities is one of the goals of the NYCT 1995–1999 Strategic Business Plan. The project is a good capital investment. However, organizational priorities and funding constraints prevented it from being included in the proposed capital program. Capital projects evolve in four phases: concept consideration, adoption of concept, implementation, and operation. The development of the project from the consideration phase to the adoption phase is presented. The conclusion will list recommendations for future planning partnerships between NYCT and NYCDOT.

Rapacious individualism and political competition in Ukraine, 1992—2004

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucan A. Way
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Cold War ◽  
York City ◽  
Political Competition ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Distributed Resources ◽  
Authoritarian Rule ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
The 19Th Century

This article examines one reason for the failure of full-scale authoritarianism in Ukraine, 1992e2004. The monopolization of political control in Ukraine was partially thwarted by the disorganization of Ukraine’s ex-nomenklatura elite that dominated the country after the Cold War. Elite Ukrainian politics in the 1990s can best be understood as an example of ‘‘rapacious individualism.’’ This term was used by Martin Shefter to describe pre-machine New York city politics in the 19th century, dominated by a non-ideological and unstructured competition for power and rents. Rapacious individualism in Ukraine had a contradictory impact. It hindered full-scale democratization but also undermined efforts to consolidate authoritarianism. At one level, widespread corruption allowed the executive to concentrate political power because he controlled key patronage resources. At the same time, weak organization reduced the costs of open confrontation with the executive while corruption distributed resources to a broad range of future opposition leaders. The result was competitive authoritarian rule.

Time lag effects of COVID-19 policies on transportation systems: A comparative study of New York City and Seattle

2021 ◽  
Vol 145 ◽  
pp. 269-283
Author(s):  
Zilin Bian ◽  
Fan Zuo ◽  
Jingqin Gao ◽  
Yanyan Chen ◽  
Sai Sarath Chandra Pavuluri Venkata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
York City ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Lag Effects

The New York City–New Orleans connection: Evidence from constraint ranking comparison

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Carmichael ◽  
Kara Becker
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
York City ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
Shared History ◽  
Linguistic Evidence ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Constraint Ranking

AbstractNew York City English (NYCE) and New Orleans English (NOE) demonstrate remarkable similarity for cities located 1300 miles apart. Though the question of whether these dialects feature a shared history has fueled papers on the subject (Berger, 1980; Labov, 2007), there remain a number of issues with the historical record that prevent researchers from arriving at a consensus (Eble, 2016). This article presents linguistic evidence from constraint ranking comparisons of variable nonrhoticity andbought-raising in comparable contemporary samples of NYCE and NOE speakers. Findings demonstrate strikingly similar systems for (r), but dissimilar systems forbought-raising. We examine the results of our analyses in the context of evidence from previous comparisons of NYCE and NOE, concluding that the resemblance between the two dialects is likely due to diffusion from New York City to New Orleans, occurring in the 19th century beforebought-raising emerged in either variety.

scholarly journals Photographic views taken in Egypt and Nubia by James Douglas, M.D. and James Douglas Jr.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Graham
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
York City ◽  
Quebec City ◽  
British Library ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Academic Discussion ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Universite Laval

This thesis focuses on the 19th century albums Photographic Views Taken in Egypt, which hold photographs and text by James Douglas, M.D. (1800-1886) and his son James Douglas Jr. (1837-1918). The albums are held in the collections of the Archive of Modern Conflict (AMC), Toronto, Canada, the British Library, London, England, The Brooklyn Museum’s Wilbour Library of Egyptology Special Collections in Brooklyn, New York City, and Université Laval in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The albums are also identified as Photographic Views Taken in Nubia and Photographic Views of Egypt & Nubia and include views of both Egypt and Nubia. Since the albums were privately printed for friends and family, little research and academic discussion has taken place on them. This thesis strives to resolve this gap in academic discussion and has begun a discourse on Photographic Views Taken in Egypt.

Token versus Stored Value Card use in New York City Subway System: Observational Study over Two Time Periods

1996 ◽  
Vol 1521 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-97
Author(s):  
Dan Baugher ◽  
Robert Dennehy ◽  
Andrew Varanelli
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Consistent Finding ◽  
Subway System ◽  
Entry Speed ◽  
Voluntary Adoption

As transportation systems search for ways to improve service and reduce costs, new systems for fare payment are becoming more common. The human throughput at turnstiles of a large number of token and stored value card users was observed in the New York City subway system for 1 week and then for another week after a 6-month interval. The results suggest that magnetic card swipe read/write technologies for fare payment may, at least initially, slow down access to subway platforms and increase entry problems for users. Stored value card users took longer, on average, and showed more variability in throughput than token users. Stored value card users also experienced a fair amount of difficulty in swiping their cards through turnstile readers, although the difficulties decreased after 6 months. Users of cards also differed from token users on a number of demographic variables. With about 50 percent of the ridership served by the new system at the time of the study, the most consistent finding across both study phases was a tendency for males to use the new card-based system more often than females and for Spanish riders to use cards less often than other riders. Possible problems with the voluntary adoption of cards by riders and the need for marketing efforts are also discussed in light of the inability of cards to offer any improvements in terms of ease of use or turnstile entry speed over that of token systems.

George Phillip Cammann (1804–1863): A physician's contribution to the modern stethoscope and auscultatory percussion

2021 ◽  
pp. 096777202110323
Author(s):  
Richard A Reinhart
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
York City ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Postgraduate Training ◽  
Diagnostic Technique ◽  
Physical Diagnosis ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
French Physician

In the middle third of the 19th century, George Phillip Cammann became known for the stethoscope improvement that came to bear his name and for the development of the then-popular diagnostic technique of auscultatory percussion. During his postgraduate training at the Paris hospitals in 1828–1830, he acquired a special interest in auscultation while attending lectures given by a friend and colleague of Laennec's, French physician Pierre-Charles-Alexandre Louis (1787–1872). In his New York City practice, caring primarily for the working poor, he recognized the need for a better stethoscope and developed a modification that came to bear his name. He conducted research aimed at increasing the accuracy of physical diagnosis by improving and reporting on the technique of auscultatory percussion. An examination of the medical literature, both textbooks and journals, reveals the extent of influence that Cammann had on clinical practice resulting from his contributions to the improvement of the stethoscope and auscultatory percussion.

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