Die Verenigde State van Amerika (V.S.A.), ook genoem die Verenigde State (V.S.), Amerika 1, is 'n federale republiek in Noord Amerika en die Stille Oseaan (die eilande van Hawaii, en die Aleutians). Dit strek vanaf die Atlantiese kus in die ooste tot die Stille Oseaan in die Weste. Dit deel landsgrense met Kanada in die noorde and Meksiko in die suide, en deel 'n marinegrens met Rusland in die weste en besit 'n aantal distrikte en gebiede rondom die wêreld, insluitende Puerto Rico, Midway Eiland, en Guam. Die land het vyftig state, wat 'n vlak van autonomiteit het. 'n Amerikaanse burger word gewoonlik 'n Amerikaner genoem.1.
Verenigde State van Amerika
United States of America
Hoofartikel: Ekonomie van die Verenigde State
Die ekonomie van die Verenigde State is gebaseer op die Kapitalistiese model en word gekenmerk deur 'n konstante groei, lae werksloosheid en inflasie, 'n groot begrotings tekort en vinnige vooruitgang in tegnologie. Sy ekonomie word beskou as die belangrikste in die wereld. Verskeie ander lande het hulle geld eenhede gekoppel aan die dollar, of gebruik dit selfs as 'n geldeenheid. Die V.S. effekte beurs word beskou as 'n aanduiding van die wereld ekonomie.
Die land het ryk minerale hulpbronne, met heelwat goud, olie, steenkool en uraan. In landbou is die V.S.A. een van die vernaamste verskaffers van mielies, koring, suiker en tabak. Die V.S.A. industrië vervaardig motorkarre, vliegtuie en elektronika. Die grootste sektor is diens industrië, en omtrent 'n driekwart van die V.S. inwonders werk in hierdie sektor.
Die grootste handelsvennoot van die Verenigde State is sy noordelike buurstaat Kanada. Ander belangrike handelsvennote is Meksiko, die Europese Unie en ander industriële lande in Asië, soos Japan, Indië, Suid-Korea en Sjina.
Geografie
Hoofartikel: Geografie van die Verenigde State
Met die wêreld se derde grootste nasie (totale area), het die Verenigde State 'n baie wiselende landskap: gematigde woudland op die ooskus, mangrovewoude in Florida, die Great Plains in die middel van die land, die Mississippi-Missouri rivierstelsel, die Rocky Mountains wes van die vlaktes, woestyne en gematigde kus areas wes van die Rocky Mountains en reenwoude in die noord-weste. Die vulkaniese eilande van Hawaii en die pool-gebiede van Alaska maak die geografiese diversiteit net nog groter.
Intelligent Transportation Systems
FasTrak uses RFID technology to read data from a transponder placed in a vehicle (usually mounted by velcro strips to the windshield) moving at speeds that may exceed 70 m.p.h. The RFID transponder in each vehicle is associated with a prepaid account; each time the vehicle passes underneath a toll collection site, the account is debited to pay the toll. If a vehicle does not have a transponder, the system uses automatic number plate recognition to take photos of the vehicle and its license plate for processing.
Anybody with a FasTrak transponder can use it to pay tolls on any California toll road or bridge using the system. But the state encourages people to open their accounts with the local agency in charge of the toll road that they use the most.
A similar toll collection system (EZ-Pass) is used on the East Coast from Virginia to Maine and another similar system is used in Melbourne, Australia on the CityLink tollway.
San Joaquin Hills Toll Road - FasTrak is a trademark of the Transportation Corridor Agencies, not Caltrans or California's state government as some people think. TCA, who administers the Orange County toll roads, was the first local agency to finance the FasTrak system. The California legislature later made FasTrak the standard system throughout the state.
- FasTrak was made the standard system throughout California primarily because the state's toll roads and bridges are run by different government agencies. The Golden Gate Bridge is maintained by a separate agency than from the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area bridges. Likewise, the Highway 91 HOT lanes and the Orange County toll roads are run by different agencies. Lawmakers did not want either Bay Area or Orange County residents to have to carry two different transponders.
- The 17 Mile Drive is privately owned and operated and thus not required to use the FasTrak system.
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