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Provides information on the world transportation, including electric planes, flying cars, the building of transport tunnels, high speed trains, and more.

" This is a motorcycling guidebook dedicated to those over 50 that are interested in taking up riding. There is a large population of those entering mid-life and retirement that were always curious about motorcycling and see now as the perfect time to begin this new hobby. Philip Buonpastore describes this feeling first hand, and his aim is to provide advice to those taking up riding for the first time or returning to riding after many years of absence....

"A history of transportation from primitive technology to driverless cars."--Provided by publisher.

"Solvent-based paints have been used in automotive applications since the days when automobiles were called "buggies" and the horsepower was provided by, well, horses. But recent EPA regulations have restricted solvent-based paints for use only in approved professional paint booths, meaning that do-it-yourselfers can no longer use them--and it won't be long before their use is banned entirely. Paint manufacturers have raced to develop water-based...

When he is accused of murder, Jax's job as a jumper for the Corp seems in jeopardy until March offers her an escape from prison in exchange for establishing a new kind of jumper and ending the Corp's monopoly on outer space travel.

Discusses the ways in which people all over the world move from place to place, including walking, riding on animals, and traveling on wheels and water.

"A high-octane polemic against cars-which are ruining the world, while making us unhappy and unhealthy-from a talented young writer at the Economist The automobile was one of the most miraculous inventions of the 20th century. It promised freedom, style, and utility. But sometimes, rather than improving our lives technology just makes everything worse. Over the past century cars have filled the air with toxic pollutants and fueled climate change....

Moving Washington Timeline The First Century of the Washington State Department of Transportation, 1905-2005 Walt Crowley, Kit Oldham, and the HistoryLink Staff From wagon trails to interstate highways, this book retraces how the leaders and employees of the Washington State Department of Transportation and their predecessors helped to shape Washington's transportation system during a century of technological revolution and dramatic transformation...

"One of the "50 most powerful women in the world" (The Times), best-selling author Rosabeth Moss Kanter tackles America's most urgent domestic issue. America is stuck: just look at our crumbling roads and bridges, mismanaged railways, old-fashioned and easily overloaded air traffic control system, and perpetual lack of political will to do anything about it all. In contrast, take a trip around the world. Whiz through the "Chunnel" connecting England...