Image 17The 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 18According 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 36German 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 37Diagram of Priestman Oil Engine from The Steam engine and gas and oil engines (1900) by John Perry (from Rail transport)
Image 42Map of the world's railways showing the different gauges in use. Breaks of gauge generally occur where lines of different track gauge meet. (from Rail transport)
Image 43Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Image 50Bardon 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England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches.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 51The Locomotion at Darlington Railway Centre and Museum (from Rail transport)
Image 52Traffic congestion persists in São Paulo, Brazil, despite the no-drive days based on license numbers.
Image 64In the United States, railroads such as the Union Pacific traditionally own and operate both their rolling stock and infrastructure, with the company itself typically being privately owned. (from Rail transport)
Image 65Railroad at Central of Georgia roundhouse, circa 1875. (from Rail transport)
Image 66Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from Rail transport)
Image 74Map of railways in Europe with main operational lines shown in black, heritage railway lines in green and former routes in light blue (from Rail 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?