The ferry system carried a total of 18.66 million riders in 2023—9.69 million passengers and 8.97 million vehicles. WSF is the largest ferry system in the United States and the second-largest vehicular ferry system in the world behind BC Ferries. The state ferries carried an average of 43,200 per weekday in the fourth quarter of 2023. (Full article...)
Image 2Map of world railway network as of 2022 (from Rail transport)
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 5First powered and controlled flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903 (from Aviation)
Image 6The engineering of this roundabout in Bristol, United Kingdom, attempts to make traffic flow free-moving.
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 47Bardon 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England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches.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 48The Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. (from Aviation)
Image 50German 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 51Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from Rail transport)
Image 52An ambulance from World War I (from 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)
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