Image 4Bardon 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England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches.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 5A 16th-century minecart, an early example of unpowered rail transport (from Rail transport)
Image 6Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Image 21The Beijing Subway is one of the world's largest and busiest rapid transit networks. (from Transport)
Image 22Lilienthal in mid-flight, Berlin c. 1895 (from Aviation)
Image 23San Diego Trolley over Interstate 8 (from Road transport)
Image 24According 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 26German 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 27Various modes of transport in Manchester, England (from Transport)
Image 28The Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. (from Aviation)
Image 31A 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 32The Polish transport company Bedmet uses a special vehicle to transport two large silos. (from Road transport)
Image 54The 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)
... 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?