Sentence examples for transportation node from inspiring English sources

The Navy Pier was built in 1916 at this transportation node primarily as a cargo facility for Great Lakes freighters.

The governorate's capital has been at the cultural centre and transportation node of Ṭanṭā since 1836.

The term "criticality" is defined in terms of the connectivity and activity density of a transportation node over time.

The concept outlines enhancements of the current transportation and station infrastructure and shows that the ISS as a transportation node can beneficially support lunar scenarios.

The terminal, which would help Troy become a transportation node on an upgraded Detroit-to-Chicago Amtrak line, was hailed by supporters as a way to create jobs and to spur economic development.

Basel's location, first at a bridge crossing the Rhine and then at the head of modern Rhine navigation, has been of particular significance, since this was the basis of its early prominence as a city of scholars and bankers and of its present international importance as an industrial and transportation node.

Eventually, the company would like to turn those spaceports into "future hubs for a network of intercontinental transportation nodes" where the spaceships can transport people across the globe in a matter of hours.

These environments are located at the nexus of regional transportation nodes, often in isolation and always in anonymity.

Mr. Gilberti, who was born in Brazil, examined other "transportation nodes" -- bus and train stations and airports -- and chose as his model what he calls "the better shopping airports," like Pittsburgh's, with a variety of stores and types of food.

So far, projects have focused on ensuring the majority of future residences and workplaces are situated within walking distance of transportation nodes, services and other amenities, which will be connected by pedestrian-friendly or pedestrian-only walking environments such as precincts and station squares.

The two urban transformations are taken as opportunities to examine the nature of public space in the 21st-century city, the history and evolution of public life in Beirut and Istanbul, and the possibilities of using these vital transportation nodes as opportunities for new landscape, urban, and architectural design strategies.