Download or read book Belfast Travel Guide written by Daniel Windsor and published by Interactive Media Licensing. This book was released on 2024-05-03 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland, presents a vibrant tapestry woven with the threads of history, culture, and modern development. Known for its strong maritime heritage, as it was once the heart of the Irish linen industry, tobacco production, rope making, and most notably, shipbuilding - with the famous Harland and Wolff shipyard which built the Titanic being a key piece of its industrial prowess. Today, Belfast is a city reborn, a place of bustling nightlife, excellent gastronomy, thriving arts, and an enthusiastic embrace of its complex past. In recent years, Belfast has undergone a profound transformation, spurred by peace and an ever-growing economy. The city now showcases a combination of historical sites, contemporary arts, educational excellence, and an undeniably welcoming atmosphere. For visitors, Belfast offers an array of experiences from touring the grand architecture of the City Hall, exploring the interactive Titanic Belfast Museum, to wandering in the lush Botanic Gardens. Moreover, Belfast is a city of festivals and events, hosting everything from the Belfast Film Festival to the Metropolitan Arts Festival, ensuring that the cultural calendar is always packed. The city's music scene is vibrant, boasting a history that ranges from the legendary Van Morrison to the contemporary sounds of indie bands that frequent local pubs and venues. In essence, Belfast stands as a city not just of history, but of progress and resilience. A visit or study of Belfast reveals not only its historical significance but also its capacity for renewal and its ongoing commitment to building a future as rich as its past.

Download or read book Belfast Travel Guide 2024 written by T Turner and published by T Turner. This book was released on with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turner Travel Guides are the most up-to-date, reliable and complete city guides available. Travelers will find everything they need for an unforgettable visit, presented in a convenient and easy-to-use format. Each guide includes quick information on planning a visit, navigating the city, experiencing the local culture, exploring the beauty of the city and more! Belfast is Northern Ireland’s capital. It was the birthplace of the RMS Titanic, which famously struck an iceberg and sunk in 1912. This legacy is recalled in the renovated dockyards' Titanic Quarter, which includes the Titanic Belfast, an aluminium-clad museum reminiscent of a ship’s hull, as well as shipbuilder Harland & Wolff’s Drawing Offices and the Titanic Slipways, which now host open-air concerts. Belfast is the second-most-populous settlement on the island of Ireland by population You'll never run out of things to do in Belfast. With the Ulster Museum, Cave Hill, Titanic Belfast and the MAC to see, you'll need eyes as big as your belly!

Download or read book Road Versus Rail written by P. Eugene Greer and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Belfast Rough Guides Snapshot Ireland written by Rough Guides and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guides Snapshot Ireland: Belfast is the ultimate travel guide to Northern Ireland's resurgent capital. It leads you through the city with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions, from the Cathedral Quarter and Titanic Belfast to Cave Hill and the murals of West Belfast. Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the best cafés, restaurants, hotels, shops, pubs and nightlife, ensuring you make the most of your trip, whether passing through, staying for the weekend or longer. Also included is the Basics section from The Rough Guide to Ireland, with all the practical information you need for travelling in and around both the Republic and the North, including transport, food and drink, costs, health, sport, festivals and events. Also published as part of The Rough Guide to Ireland. The Rough Guides Snapshot Ireland: Belfast is equivalent to 52 printed pages.

Download or read book Bus Services Across the UK written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-10-26 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buses are a key local service, but usage has been in decline since the 1950s. The Transport Act 1985 introduced deregulation, but that has failed to reverse that decline. The report examines the particular problems local authorities face in developing and implementing effective bus strategies. It is clear to the Committee that, for many areas, including all major metropolitan areas outside London, the current regime is not working. The Committee recommends more flexibility, and is particularly attracted by Quality Contracts. These would replace open competition with a licensed regime. Operators bid for exclusive rights to run bus services on a route or group of routes, on the basis of a local authority service specification. Independent Traffic Commissioners are another development that the Committee welcomes, and would like to see them have a higher profile and more resources and powers, especially to enforce Quality Contracts and penalise operators who do not meet their obligations. Others areas covered in the report are: securing socially necessary services outside the PTAs; congestion and bus priority; concessionary fares; and the image of the bus.

Download or read book Belfast Urban Area Plan 2001 written by Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This plan also contains information on: River Lagan; greenbelts.

Download or read book An Air Transport Strategy for Northern Ireland written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air travel is fundamental to family and economic life in Northern Ireland. To facilitate the rebalancing of the economy it is vital the air links to Great Britain, mainland Europe and the rest of the world are robust. The Committee identified in this report several hurdles to overcome. Air Passenger Duty (APD)-despite the APD on direct long-haul flights being reduced to zero, this does not assist the 98.5 per cent of passengers who travel from NI airports on short haul flights. Ways to reduce or, preferably, abolish APD on all flights into NI from GB and on all direct flights from Northern Ireland to any destination should be explored.Connectivity-air links to hub airports, particularly Heathrow, must be, at least, maintained at the current level, and further routes should be actively sought. Airports Commission review-the review is being carried out by the Airports Commission into options to maintain the UK's status as an international hub for aviation. As this report is not due until 2015 and the delay as to the future airport configuration and capacity in the South East of England is causing concern among the business community in Northern Ireland. The Committee urged the Government to expedite the review and its decision, as soon as possible given its importance to Northern Ireland's international connectivity. Internal access to Northern Ireland's airports-road and rail links to all three of NI'sairports must be improved. Visas-there should be introduced between the UK and Irish Government, a shared visit visa for the UK and the Republic of Ireland, as the current cost of two visas deters both business and leisure travellers from visiting both jurisdictions on a single visit.

Download or read book Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Patients written by Claes-Eric Norrbom and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-05-19 with total page 1198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1991. This is Volume 13 in a series of Transportation Studies. It contains 2 parts of the proceedings of a Conference held at Stockholmsmassan, Alvsjo, Sweden, 21-24 May 1989, organized by the Swedish Board of Transport in co-operation with the Department of Traffic Planning and Engineering, Lund Institute of Technology.

Download or read book The Dublin Belfast Development Corridor Ireland s Mega City Region written by John Yarwood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of the Dublin-Belfast Development Corridor is to link several towns and cities by various modes of communication in order to create a poly-centric mega-city region in Ireland on a scale large enough to compete with the major urban clusters of continental Europe. This volume brings together an interdisciplinary team of leading scholars and practitioners from both sides of the border to discuss the Dublin-Belfast corridor and the associated challenges of cross-border development from economic, geographic, regional studies, sociological and planning perspectives. As well as providing insight into this important project, the book also throws light on regional development more generally.

Download or read book A New Deal for Transport written by Iain Docherty and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprising contributions from a range of experts, this volume offers a critical commentary on the government's sustainable transport policy. A critical commentary on the Blair government's sustainable transport policy and its implementation. Firmly rooted in an appreciation of the politics of this controversial field. Experts contribute up-to-the-minute analyses of the key issues. Will inform debate over the future of transport policy. Includes a Foreword by David Begg, Chair of the Commission for Integrated Transport.

Download or read book Lost Tramways of Ireland Belfast written by Peter Waller and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume in the 'Lost Tramways of Ireland' series features the history of the Belfast system, including its origins as a horse tramway in the 1870s, its conversion to electric traction in the early 20th century, its role in two World Wars, the conversion of the network to bus and trolleybus operation from the late 1940s and the system's eventual demise in 1954. Amongst the locations featured are Glengormley, Greencastle and Bloomfield as well as York Road and Queen's Quay railway stations.

Download or read book Report on DRD written by Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland Assembly. Public Accounts Committee and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public transport has an essential role to play in the economy and community of Northern Ireland. An effective public transport system: (i) helps grow the economy by bringing workers and jobs together; (ii) improves the environment by promoting a more sustainable form of transport, which can reduce pollution and congestion; and (iii) provides a lifeline for older people, people living in rural areas and those with disabilities. In this regard, the Committee recognises the key role played by those who work on our buses and trains, and would pay tribute to them for the level of customer service provided. Over the last decade or so, public transport has enjoyed significant investment, which has included providing new fleets of trains and buses. Despite this, however, public transport remains relatively underfunded compared to Great Britain. The growth in rail travel in Northern Ireland, from 2002 onwards, represents a clear successstory, however, this has not been repeated in buses. In addition, there has been a failure to achieve the aspiration of the Regional Transport Strategy for a modal shift towards public transport. Translink has recently integrated its management structure, bringing together bus and rail operations. The governance arrangements for public transport have not provided enough scrutiny and transparency to drive value for money relative to the sums of taxpayers money involved. There has been a marked complacency in the scrutiny applied by both the Department and the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHC) - Translink's Board. Much more should be done to challenge inefficiencies.

Download or read book Taxi Urban Economies and the Social and Transport Impacts of the Taxicab written by James Cooper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The taxicab makes a significant contribution to the accessibility of a city, and provides a wide range of services across many different social groups and urban environments. This study considers the roles and functions of the taxi from its origins as the first licensed form of public transport, to the current variations of vehicle type and operation, to predictions for its future development. Also addressed here is the impact which this ubiquitous form of transport has on contemporary urban life, and the analytical tools being used and developed for its licensing and control.

Download or read book Human Transit written by Jarrett Walker and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-07-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public transit is a powerful tool for addressing a huge range of urban problems, including traffic congestion and economic development as well as climate change. But while many people support transit in the abstract, it's often hard to channel that support into good transit investments. Part of the problem is that transit debates attract many kinds of experts, who often talk past each other. Ordinary people listen to a little of this and decide that transit is impossible to figure out. Jarrett Walker believes that transit can be simple, if we focus first on the underlying geometry that all transit technologies share. In Human Transit, Walker supplies the basic tools, the critical questions, and the means to make smarter decisions about designing and implementing transit services. Human Transit explains the fundamental geometry of transit that shapes successful systems; the process for fitting technology to a particular community; and the local choices that lead to transit-friendly development. Whether you are in the field or simply a concerned citizen, here is an accessible guide to achieving successful public transit that will enrich any community.

Download or read book Insight Guides Explore Ireland Travel Guide eBook written by Insight Guides and published by Apa Publications (UK) Limited. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insight Guides Explore Ireland Travel made easy. Ask local experts. Focused travel guide featuring the very best routes and itineraries. Discover the best of Ireland with this unique travel guide, packed full of insider information and stunning images. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see, top attractions like Temple Bar in Dublin, the city of Cork, and the Dingle Peninsula, to cultural gems including the traditional seaside town of Galway, the ancient monastery at Glendalough, and the Giant's Causeway on the Antrim Coast, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking routes will save you time, and help you plan and enhance your visit to Ireland. Features of this travel guide to Ireland: - 16 walks and tours: detailed itineraries feature all the best places to visit, including where to eat and drink along the way - Local highlights: discover the area's top attractions and unique sights, and be inspired by stunning imagery - Historical and cultural insights: immerse yourself in Ireland's rich history and culture, and learn all about its people, art and traditions - Insider recommendations: discover the best hotels, restaurants and nightlife using our comprehensive listings - Practical full-colour map: with every major sight and listing highlighted, the full-colour maps make on-the-ground navigation easy - Key tips and essential information: packed full of important travel information, from transport and tipping to etiquette and hours of operation - Covers: Historic Dublin; Modern Dublin; Wicklow; Kilkenny; Waterford and the Rock of Cashel; Cork City and Harbour; West Cork Coast; The Ring of Kerry; The Dingle Peninsula; Limerick and Shannon; The Cliffs of Moher and the Burren; Galway; Connemara; Westport and Mayo; Sligo and Donegal; Belfast Looking for a comprehensive guide to Ireland? Check out Insight Guides Ireland for a detailed and entertaining look at all the country has to offer. About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Download or read book Phoenix cities written by Power, Anne and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Weak market cities' across European and America, or 'core cities' as they were in their heyday, went from being 'industrial giants' dominating their national, and eventually the global, economy, to being 'devastation zones'. In a single generation three quarters of all manufacturing jobs disappeared, leaving dislocated, impoverished communities, run down city centres and a massive population exodus. So how did Europeans react? And how different was their response from America's? This book looks closely at the recovery trajectories of seven European cities from very different regions of the EU. Their dramatic decline, intense recovery efforts and actual progress on the ground underline the significance of public underpinning in times of crisis. Innovative enterprises, new-style city leadership, special neighbourhood programmes and skills development are all explored. The American experience, where cities were largely left 'to their own devices', produced a slower, more uncertain recovery trajectory. This book will provide much that is original and promising to all those wanting to understand the ground-level realities of urban change and progress.

Download or read book Fodor s See It Ireland written by Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. and published by Fodors Travel Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The colorful guide that brings Ireland to life • PHOTOS by the hundred • 30 pages of COLOR MAPS • REVIEWS of sights, restaurants, hotels, and shops, grouped by region for easy navigation • PRACTICAL INFORMATION in every listing • WALKING and DRIVING tours • Cool INSIDER TIPS • “BEST OF” lists that make itinerary planning a snap