Image 5Customized motorcycle to maximize load capacity. Mobility is important for motorcycles, which are primarily used for transporting light cargo in urban areas. (from Transport)
Image 6The Polish transport company Bedmet uses a special vehicle to transport two large silos. (from Road transport)
Image 7Bronocice pot with the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle in the world, found in Poland (from Transport)
Image 8An ambulance from World War I (from Transport)
Image 9Tunnels, such as the Tampere Tunnel, allow traffic to pass underground or through rock formations. (from Transport)
Image 14German soldiers in a railway car on the way to the front in August 1914. The message on the car reads Von München über Metz nach Paris ("From Munich via Metz to Paris"). (from Rail transport)
Image 150-Series Shinkansen, introduced in 1964, triggered the intercity train travel boom. (from Rail transport)
Image 34Bardon Hill box in England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches. (from Rail transport)
Image 42The engineering of this roundabout in Bristol, United Kingdom, attempts to make traffic flow free-moving.
Image 43Traffic congestion persists in São Paulo, Brazil, despite the no-drive days based on license numbers.
Image 44The Great North Road near High gate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land. (from Road transport)
Image 45San Diego Trolley over Interstate 8 (from Road transport)
Image 48European rail subsidies in euros per passenger-km for 2008 (from Rail transport)
Image 49Bridges, such as Golden Gate Bridge, allow roads and railways to cross bodies of water. (from Transport)
Image 50A cast iron fishbelly edge rail manufactured by Outram at the Butterley Company for the Cromford and High Peak Railway in 1831; these are smooth edge rails for wheels with flanges. (from Rail transport)
Image 51Arizona - North America - Southwest - Interstate Highway System (4893585908) (from Road transport)
Image 56Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from Rail transport)
Image 57According to Eurostat and the European Railway Agency, the fatality risk for passengers and occupants on European railways is 28 times lower when compared with car usage (based on data by EU-27 member nations, 2008–2010). (from Rail transport)
Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter performing the first aerial refueling on 27 June 1923. The DH-4B biplane remained aloft over the skies of Rockwell Field in San Diego, California, for 37 hours. The airfield's logo is visible on the aircraft.
... that when Charles P. Gross became the chairman of the New York City Board of Transportation, the mayor told him that "if you think war is Hell, then you have something waiting for you on this job"?
... that United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg wrote an essay in 2000 on Bernie Sanders, his future competitor in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries?
... that a section of Mississippi Highway 489 was designated as the Jason Boyd Memorial Highway to commemorate the MDOT superintendent who was killed while removing debris from the road?