Minicars, maglevs, and mopeds : modern modes of transportation around the world / Selima Sultana and Joe Weber, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sultana, Selima, 1965-

Weber, Joe, 1970-

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roads--Encyclopedias.

Roads.

Transportation engineering--Encyclopedias.

Transportation engineering.

Transportation--Encyclopedias.

Transportation.

Vehicles--Encyclopedias.

Vehicles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 380 pages) : illustrations

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2016]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

This book explores the most up-to-date surface transport modes; transportation technologies; and some of the most famous streets, rail systems, and highways in use on every continent-which blend transportation geography with culture, politics, economics, and the environment of a place. It also covers future innovations in the world of transportation.

Contents:

Cover page ; Halftitle page ; Title page ; Copyright page ; Contents; Guide to Related Topics; Preface; Introduction; Chronology of Modern Modes of Surface Transportation (1775-2015); A; AERIAL TRAMWAYS; ALASKA HIGHWAY (CANADA AND UNITED STATES); ALASKA RAILROAD (UNITED STATES); ALPINE TUNNELS (EUROPE); ALTERNATIVE FUELS; AMBULANCES; AMTRAK (UNITED STATES); AMUSEMENT PARK TRAINS; APPALACHIAN TRAIL (UNITED STATES); AUTO TRAIN (UNITED STATES); AUTOBAHN (GERMANY); AUTOMOBILES; AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; AUTOSTRADE (ITALY); B; BAMBOO TRAINS (CAMBODIA); BANGLADESH RAILWAY; BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES

BATTERY SWAPPINGBAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT (BART) (UNITED STATES); BEIJING SUBWAY (CHINA); BELTWAYS; BERLIN U-BAHN/S-BAHN (GERMANY); BEVs; BICYCLE LANES; BICYCLE LIBRARIES; BICYCLES AND TRICYCLES; BIOFUEL VEHICLES; BIOFUELS; BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY (UNITED STATES); BORDER TUNNELS (MEXICO AND UNITED STATES); BOULEVARDS; BUSAN SUBWAY (SOUTH KOREA); BUSES; C; CABLE CARS (UNITED STATES); CABLE-STAYED BRIDGES; CAMEL TRAINS (MALI); CAMELS; CAR SHARING; CARMELIT (ISRAEL); CAR2GO; CHANNEL TUNNEL (FRANCE AND UNITED KINGDOM); CHICAGO "L" (UNITED STATES); CHICKEN BUSES (CENTRAL AMERICA); CHIVA EXPRESS (ECUADOR)

COAST STARLIGHT (UNITED STATES)COMMUTER TRAINS; COMPLETE STREETS (UNITED STATES); COVERED BRIDGES; CRESCENT, THE (UNITED STATES); CYKELSUPERSTIER (DENMARK); D; DARJEELING HIMALAYAN RAILWAY (DHR) (INDIA); DELHI METRO (INDIA); DIRT ROADS; DOG SLEDS; DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES; E; EL CAMINO DEL DIABLO (MEXICO AND UNITED STATES); ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ELEPHANTS; ELEVATORS; EMPIRE BUILDER, THE (UNITED STATES); ESCALATORS; F; FLYING CARS; FREEWAYS; FUNICULARS; G; GHAN TRAIN, THE (AUSTRALIA); GOING TO THE SUN ROAD (UNITED STATES); GRAND CANYON MULE TRAIN (UNITED STATES); GRAND CANYON RAILWAY (UNITED STATES)

GREAT BELT FIXED LINK (DENMARK)GREENWAYS; GUOLIANG TUNNEL (CHINA); H; HAMBURG S-BAHN (GERMANY); HEADLOADING (SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA); HIGH-OCCUPANCY TOLL (HOT) LANES; HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE (HOV) LANES (UNITED STATES); HIGH-SPEED RAIL; HIGH-SPEED RAIL IN THE UNITED STATES; HITCHING; HOT LANES; HOV LANES; HYDRAIL; HYDROGEN TRAINS; HYDROGEN VEHICLES; I; INDIAN RAILWAY SYSTEM (INDIA); INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (UNITED STATES); J; JEEPNEYS (PHILIPPINES); K; KARAKORUM HIGHWAY (PAKISTAN); KARLSRUHE MODEL (GERMANY); KOREA TRAIN EXPRESS (KTX) (SOUTH KOREA); L

LAS VEGAS BOULEVARDLAS VEGAS MONORAIL (UNITED STATES); LAS VEGAS STRIP (UNITED STATES); LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEMS; LLAMAS; LONDON UNDERGROUND/THE "TUBE" (UNITED KINGDOM); LOS ANGELES FREEWAYS (United States ); LYFT (UNITED STATES); M; MADRID METRO (SPAIN); MAGLEVS; MAMMY WAGONS (WEST AFRICA); MASS RAPID TRANSIT (SINGAPORE); MASS RAPID TRANSIT, BANGKOK (THAILAND); MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, HONG KONG (CHINA); MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (MBTA) (UNITED STATES); MBTA; METRO DE SANTIAGO; METRO RAILWAY, KOLKATA (INDIA); METROLINK, LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES); MEXICO CITY METRO (MEXICO)

MINICARS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400686191

9798216118077

9781440834950

1440834954

OCLC:

945698024