Image 7According 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 8The Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. (from Aviation)
Image 9The Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history (from Aviation)
Image 10A 16th-century minecart, an early example of unpowered rail transport (from Rail transport)
Image 11Passengers waiting to board a tube train on the London Underground in the early 1900s (sketch by unknown artist)
Image 25Bardon 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England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches.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 44The Beijing Subway is one of the world's largest and busiest rapid transit networks. (from Transport)
Image 45A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon; the tracks are plateways. (from Rail transport)
Image 46A 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 50European rail subsidies in euros per passenger-km for 2008 (from Rail transport)
Image 51Bronocice pot with the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle in the world, found in Poland (from Transport)
Image 520-Series Shinkansen, introduced in 1964, triggered the intercity train travel boom. (from Rail transport)
Image 53Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Image 54San Diego Trolley over Interstate 8 (from Road transport)
Image 55Traffic congestion persists in São Paulo, Brazil, despite the no-drive days based on license numbers.
Image 56German 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 64Bridges, such as Golden Gate Bridge, allow roads and railways to cross bodies of water. (from Transport)
Image 65The 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 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?
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... 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?