Image 3A 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 4An ambulance from World War I (from Transport)
Image 5Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Image 6Interior view of a high-speed bullet train, manufactured in China (from Rail transport)
Image 7European rail subsidies in euros per passenger-km for 2008 (from Rail transport)
Image 8First powered and controlled flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903 (from Aviation)
Image 17The Beijing Subway is one of the world's largest and busiest rapid transit networks. (from Transport)
Image 18Bridges, such as Golden Gate Bridge, allow roads and railways to cross bodies of water. (from Transport)
Image 19Bardon 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England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches.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 34According 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)
Image 35Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from Rail transport)
Image 36Passengers waiting to board a tube train on the London Underground in the early 1900s (sketch by unknown artist)
Image 49Arizona - North America - Southwest - Interstate Highway System (4893585908) (from Road transport)
Image 50A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon; the tracks are plateways. (from Rail transport)
Image 51The 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 58Map of world railway network as of 2022 (from Rail transport)
Image 59The engineering of this roundabout in Bristol, United Kingdom, attempts to make traffic flow free-moving.
Image 60German 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)
... 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?
... 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 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"?