TRAVELERS EXPERIENCES IN RAIL TOURISM AMONG SPECIAL INTEREST TOURIST IN SABAH MALAYSIA: THEORETICAL REVIEW

Rail sometimes serves mainly as a transportation corridor connecting rural areas, or urban settings and green strips. However, the rise in the tourism industry in a developed country has increased the popularity of trails used in recreation. Apart from that, rail travel can be experienced as an enhancement of travel especially the onboard journey. Even though the rail tourism industry is well developed around the world, the studies related to rail travel in Malaysia are less plentiful. Therefore, this paper aims to review the idea of traveller’s experiences in rail tourism and identify the factors that contribute to rail tourism in Sabah Malaysia, especially among Special Interest Tourists (SITs). SITs can be defined as a specialized style of touristy that focuses on one topic and personally conducted tour by folks that wish to develop their interests. A content analysis on rail tourism, traveller’s experience, and the dimension of rail services was conducted for this paper. This is also involved an interview with the stakeholder to clarify and explain the features of rail tourism based on the content analysis and literature review. As for that, it's pointed out that the features and characteristics of the rail tourism setting as the variables of development criteria can make the touring route from the railway station is a pleasurable experience for tourists. It will give an impact on the experience and generate the intention of travellers to revisit and experience the services again. The final theoretical framework has been developed to show the concept of rail tourism among Special Interest Tourists (SITs) in Sabah Malaysia.

New Silk Road Implications of Economic Development in Central Asia

The New Silk Road (NSR), one of China's most ambitious economic plans, was unveiled by President Xi Jinping in 2013 and is intended to act as the Central Asian component of the Eurasian Belt and Road Initiative (Belt Road) (BRI). By enhancing and expanding China's security arc westward, as well as developing them as a transportation corridor connecting China to Europe, Beijing is able to consolidate its current economic investments while also launching new projects in Central Asia and South Asia, as well as attracting new investment from other countries. The NSR, touted by China as simply a development project, is loaded with wide-ranging security implications. China's infrastructure security and investment concerns in Central Asia are examined in this research, which examines the interplay between these two issues. China's non-state retaliation (NSR) in Central Asia is investigated in three ways: With its securitization push, the Silk Road Initiative not only consolidates the power of the Central Asian regimes; it also grants China an important position managing safeguards; and it allows the ultra-rich to move between the lure of Chinese investments and the appeasement of popular fears about China's growing influence. According to this report, NSR aid and investment from China has received an overall favourable reaction in the area, with some countries concerned about the consequences of the project on their sovereignty and security, as well as the promise of connection and prosperity (a "win-win" situation). A look at China's growing security and economic commitment in Central Asia and the tight Sino-Russian friendship, as well as the areas of collaboration and complementarity between the two countries, is included in the article's concluding paragraphs.

The Chicago Riverwalk: urban sustainability lessons

PurposeThis paper reviews, summarizes and pieces together scattered information on the newly completed Chicago Riverwalk in Chicago, Illinois. It explains the design process that transformed an outmoded infrastructure and disused river banks into an attractive gathering civic space, a linear urban park and a functional transportation corridor.Design/methodology/approachLiterature review.FindingsOverall, the paper reports on one of the latest projects in Chicago that symbolizes the city's long history and earnest commitment to urban sustainability.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper identifies key urban sustainability lessons that are transferable to other cities.Originality/valueIt is the first paper that stitches together scattered information on the topic.

A review on state-of-the-art practices and research of using GIS in transportation corridor planning

Transportation corridor planning is a process that is in nature collaborative with local governments and includes extensive public participation opportunities. A corridor may be divided into logical, manageable smaller areas for the purpose of corridor planning. The planning process looks at the existing transportation system within the corridor and how the system could be changed or expanded to meet long-term needs, and includes discussion of existing and projected travel patterns and social, environmental, and economic issues within the corridor. It includes discussion of infrastructure improvements in combination with wise land-use and systems-management actions. GIS is assessed as [an] advanced tool because of the spatial nature of transportation planning and the determination of a range of potential outcomes. The research is intended to investigate the state-of-the-art technology with a goal of greatly improving [the] corridor planning process together with understanding of GIS capabilities, data awareness and accuracy, decision-making and communications. GIS is utilized as a tool in such a way to enhance the ability to accurately predict and easily understand these capabilities. Its main motivation is to better represent GIS in the corridor planning process. It is intended to provide transportation organizations, planning practitioners, and transportation decision-makers with GIS tools and guidance for planning, organizing, and managing to effectively support transportation investment decisions tailored to the specific conditions and performance needs for major transportation improvements. This research proposes to address the capabilities of GIS in corridor planning and enhance the ability to accurately predict and easily understand these capabilities.

Environmental Impact Assessment for Transportation Corridors Using GIS

An environmental impact study is the significant part of any transportation project development. In general, environmental assessment is a process to find out the possible impact on environments due to the effects of proposed initiatives before they are carried out. In [the] transportation sector, construction of new roads or highways may minimize congestion and reduce travel path and time but may also have an effect on [the] environment. So it is necessary to develop the best alternative routes so that natural, cultural, [and] social environmental impacts are minimized. In recent years geographic information systems (GIS) have become increasing[ly] popular for environmental studies. GIS can play a vital role for analysis and in formulating the quick mitigation plans for high-risk environments. This study articulates what environmental impacts need to be assessed in transportation corridor planning, what geospatial data are needed to support these identified impact assessment activities, and how and what GIS tools are required to facilitate the corresponding assessment activities. The Mid-Peninsula Transportation Corridor (MPTC) planning project is analyzed as a case study.

A review on state-of-the-art practices and research of using GIS in transportation corridor planning

Transportation corridor planning is a process that is in nature collaborative with local governments and includes extensive public participation opportunities. A corridor may be divided into logical, manageable smaller areas for the purpose of corridor planning. The planning process looks at the existing transportation system within the corridor and how the system could be changed or expanded to meet long-term needs, and includes discussion of existing and projected travel patterns and social, environmental, and economic issues within the corridor. It includes discussion of infrastructure improvements in combination with wise land-use and systems-management actions. GIS is assessed as [an] advanced tool because of the spatial nature of transportation planning and the determination of a range of potential outcomes. The research is intended to investigate the state-of-the-art technology with a goal of greatly improving [the] corridor planning process together with understanding of GIS capabilities, data awareness and accuracy, decision-making and communications. GIS is utilized as a tool in such a way to enhance the ability to accurately predict and easily understand these capabilities. Its main motivation is to better represent GIS in the corridor planning process. It is intended to provide transportation organizations, planning practitioners, and transportation decision-makers with GIS tools and guidance for planning, organizing, and managing to effectively support transportation investment decisions tailored to the specific conditions and performance needs for major transportation improvements. This research proposes to address the capabilities of GIS in corridor planning and enhance the ability to accurately predict and easily understand these capabilities.

Environmental Impact Assessment for Transportation Corridors Using GIS

An environmental impact study is the significant part of any transportation project development. In general, environmental assessment is a process to find out the possible impact on environments due to the effects of proposed initiatives before they are carried out. In [the] transportation sector, construction of new roads or highways may minimize congestion and reduce travel path and time but may also have an effect on [the] environment. So it is necessary to develop the best alternative routes so that natural, cultural, [and] social environmental impacts are minimized. In recent years geographic information systems (GIS) have become increasing[ly] popular for environmental studies. GIS can play a vital role for analysis and in formulating the quick mitigation plans for high-risk environments. This study articulates what environmental impacts need to be assessed in transportation corridor planning, what geospatial data are needed to support these identified impact assessment activities, and how and what GIS tools are required to facilitate the corresponding assessment activities. The Mid-Peninsula Transportation Corridor (MPTC) planning project is analyzed as a case study.

STUDY OF ROTATION KINEMATICS OF MULTI-LINK TRACTOR AND TRANSPORTATION UNITS WITH DEVICES CORRECTING THE WIDTH OF THE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR

The efficiency of the tractor-transport unit is largely due to its mobility, which in turn depends on many interrelated factors, such as handling, stability of movement and agility. One of the most important factors is the turnability, which ensures the ability of the tractor-transport unit to perform curved movement efficiently and safely. (Research purpose) The research purpose is in increasing the efficiency of the tractor-transport unit by using multi-link tractor trains. (Materials and methods) The main deterrent to the use of multi-link tractor trains in the Russian Federation is the increase in the overall width of the turn lane. The article presents a device that allows you to adjust the turning radius of the second trailer in order to optimize the width of the transport corridor. By changing the point of connection of the links in the turn, the movement is stabilized and the width of the transport corridor of the second link (trailer) is adjusted when moving. The article presents parameters of maneuverability of the tractor-transport train. (Results and discussion) The article presents the results of theoretical and experimental studies of the influence of the design and technological parameters of the proposed device on the maneuverability parameters of multi-link tractor-transport units. (Conclusions) The use of a towing-distributing device allows optimizing the width of the transport corridor of a multi-link tractor-transport unit by changing the turning radius of the second trailer.

Optimization of the width of the transportation corridor of tractor trains for agricultural purpose

The main works related to the production and transportation of crop production take place in the Amur region in conditions when the surface of the movement has a weak carrying capacity, which imposes additional requirements on transport units to increase their traction-chain properties.So the issue of exporting crop products from the fields is important and relevant both for peasant farms (PF) and for private farms. The use of multi-link tractor trains (MTU) in the region is limited by a significant deterrent, such as the increase in the width of the transport corridor in turns. Why the issue of increasing the efficiency of the ICC should be considered both in the direction of increasing traction-chain properties, and at the same time optimizing the width of the transport corridor when it moves. The proposed article provides theoretical, experimental research and experience with the use of the designer and scientific novelty, designed to enhance traction-clutch properties and reduce the width of the MTU corridor in an arbitrary turn.