Fish farming and improved transportation have created fresh competition.
The inventors say they won a patent because no one else in cargo transportation had created a hub to consolidate shipping information.
"Does this show good or ill intention?" Iranian oil sales have been reduced by half as a result of the international pressure on Iran, and restrictions on financial transactions and transportation have created many difficulties for Iran's leaders.
"The rapid growth of Google and LinkedIn and the other companies has created transportation needs, and we have to figure out a way to use the wealth that's been accumulated by those companies to pay to address those needs," Siegel says.
The trend away from relying on friends and neighbors for goods and services and toward a far-flung global trading network that relies on smooth-running transportation systems and scanty inventories has created a system that's brittle and prone to break under stress.
Being able to research and comparison-shop an online world of destinations, strategies, transportation, lodging, and activity options has created a new species of expat... the roving retiree.
This transformation made possible by a combination of shrewd entrepreneurship, access to water, an extensive transportation network, and permissive state laws—has created the city now often known simply as "Vegas," a place of vast casinos, elaborate hotels, and spectacular entertainment venues that attracts masses of visitors from throughout the world.
Increased speed of transportation accompanied by an exploding human population has created a situation ripe for the spread of infectious diseases.
Surging bike ridership has created a simmering cultural conflict between competing notions of urban transportation.
The government has created a liaison office that offers pilgrims help with visas and transportation, and the state airline, Aeroflot, often gives pilgrims special rates.
And 15 years of unchecked development in the western suburbs has created a mini-city of towers, Santa Fe, without proper roads or public transportation leading to it.
