The A to Z of TRANSPORTATiON
AiRCRAFT | AViATiON | AUTO | AUTOMOBiLES | AUTOMOTiVE | BiCYCLES | BOATS | BUSES | CAMPERS | CAMPERVANS | CARAVANS | CARS | CYCLiNG | MARiNE TRANSPORTATiON | MOTORCYCLES | MOTORHOMES | MOTOR VEHiCLES | PUBLiC TRANSPORT | RAiLWAYS | SHiPS | SPACECRAFT | TRAiNS | TRUCKS | WAGONS | WATERCRAFT | VEHiCLES | …more in production
FUTURE TRANSPORT: 10 inventions that will supercharge your journey : Flying bikes and electric unicycles are just two ways you could be getting from A to B in the near future (video)…
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TRANSPORT WEBSiTES from A to Z
DOT.gov ~ United States Department of Transportation
Ecoprt.com ~ EcoPRT is a new idea for personal transportation system designed to revolutionize transportation at airports, business parks, college campuses, shopping centers, urban and suburban applications. The design goals of EcoPRT include light weight, small footprint and low installation and operation costs.
EcoTransit.org ~ A sustainable move ~ EcoTransIT World calculates environmental impacts of different carriers across the world. This is possible due to an intelligent input methodology, large amounts of GIS-data and an elaborate basis of computation.
LTMuseum.co.uk ~ London Transport Museum
PTV.vic.gov.au ~ Public Transport Victoria (Australia) ~ Main menu : Journey Planner | Timetables | Next 5 Departures | Live Travel Updates | Myki | Tickets | Getting Around | News & Events | Projects | About PTV | Customer Service
SpaceTransportation.us ~ The Space Transportation Association is dedicated to supporting policies that advance robust, affordable space transportation for NASA, DOD, and the commercial markets. The Association’s corporate members are launch manufacturers and launch service providers.
TFL.gov.uk ~ Transport For London
TransportScotland.gov.uk ~ The national transport agency for Scotland, delivering the Scottish Government’s vision for transport.
…more in production
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TRANSPORTATiON WEB PAGES
iNVENTiON of TRANSPORTiON iDEAS
Pictures: Amazing Transportation Inventions : Personal Jet Pack, Self-Driving Car, Gossamer Albatross, Shweeb Monorail, Hand-Powered Submarine, Leonardo da Vinci’s Helicopter, Lightweight “Dymaxion” Car, Harry Potter “Knight Bus”, SkySails Towing Kite, and Maglev Train ~ NationalGeographic.com (news)
FUTURE of TRANSPORTiON
10 future transport inventions set to supercharge any journey : All new weird and wonderful personal ways to travel ~ TechRadar.com
HiSTORY of TRANSPORT
The History of Transportation : From placing wheels on carts in 3500BC to launching the space shuttle in 1981 ~ About.com
Timeline of transportation technology ~ Wikipedia.org
History of transport ~ Wikipedia.org
Story of Transport and Travel : This 1930s film looks at the development of transportation from the days when the camel and horse were the fastest modes of travel up to the present days of the zeppelin, airplane and Zephyr train. Traces the history of steam from the days of Robert Fulton’s steamboat, and the development of the gasoline engine from the days of the horseless carriage to the present day (video)…
SPACE TRANSPORT
Office of Commercial Space Transportation ~ FAA.gov (Federal Aviation Administration)
Space Transport ~ Princeton.edu
Space Transportation System ~ Wikipedia.org
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Australia’s Transport System ~ Australia.gov.au
Transport ~ Wikipedia.org
...more in production
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TRANSPORT ViDEOS
The Evolution of Future Transport (full length video doco)…
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Dude, Where’s My Car? by Mark Frohnmayer at TEDx Concordia University Portland : After 11 years in the computer games industry and the sale of his first startup, GarageGames, Mark Frohnmayer turned his entrepreneurial energy towards sustainable transportation. His current endeavor, Arcimoto (founded 2007) is building an ultra-efficient electric vehicle to more cleanly satisfy everyday transportation needs. Mark is currently serving on the Oregon Transportation Commission. In this video Mark discusses the history of automotive transportation, the iterative development of Arcimoto’s SRK, and a tour of convergent future technologies that will enable a sustainable transportation system…
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Future Transportation Technology Will Blow Your Mind (video)…
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Hyperloop: The World’s Fastest Transport System Explained : Elon Musk of Tesla and Space-X unveiled his very quick tube transportation system that can take a traveller from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 30 minutes, see it on this episode of Big Shiny Things (video)…
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Introducing TF-X™: Terrafugia’s Vision for the Future of Personal Transportation : This is the practical realization of the dream of future transport, the flying car for all of us. Terrafugia are focusing the TF-X™ program with clear goals that enhance the safety, simplicity, and convenience of personal transportation (video)…
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Transportation History in the USA – “The American Road” – 1953 & 1970 editions : This educational documentary was first released in 1953 showing the development of transportation in the United States during the first half of the 20th century, emphasizing growth of the automobile industry, roads and highways. See historic footage of cars from the very early part of the 20th century. An additional segment was created and appended to this film for the 1970’s re-release (video)…
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EcoPRT Overview : EcoPRT is a new idea for personal transportation system designed to revolutionize transportation at airports, business parks, college campuses, shopping centers, urban and suburban applications. The design goals of EcoPRT include light weight, small footprint and low installation and operation costs (video)…
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FOR THE KiDS > Transportation Sounds English – Learn Fast Fun – Recognize Memo Speak : A video for children showing the different sounds transport vehicles make with images that symbolize the action performed by the vehicle. The video has easy and recognizable sounds of a bicycle, train, car, boat, airplane, bike, truck, ambulance, bus, police and helicopter (video)…
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…more videos coming