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Boeing - 247
This photograph captures the first modern passenger airliner, the Boeing Model 247, preparing to take off on a runway. The Boeing - 247, developed in…
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Colonial and Pioneer Transportation
This collection provides ten significant resources describing and depicting travel and transportation from Americas later colonial and pioneer eras…
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The trolley problem and the roundabout solution
In the early 20th century, trolley systems were the primary mode of public transportation in many American cities. Although street cars were beginning…
Why America Drives on the right side of the Road
Even though the United States was a British colony it does not share its custom of driving on the left-hand side. In the United Kingdom, it was the…
The history of the seatbelt
One of the most crucial advancements in road safety, the seatbelt, had a surprisingly slow adoption rate. In 1955, Glenn W. Sheren filed a patent…