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Minicars, maglevs, and mopeds : modern modes of transportation around the world / Selima Sultana and Joe Weber, editors.
ISBN:
9781440834950

9798216118077

9798400686191
Title:
Minicars, maglevs, and mopeds : modern modes of transportation around the world / Selima Sultana and Joe Weber, editors.
Author:
Sultana, Selima, 1965- editor.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Contents:
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) -- Bamboo trains (Cambodia) -- Bangladesh railway -- Battery swapping -- Bay Area rapid transit (BART) (United States) -- Beijing subway (China) -- Beltways -- Berlin U-Bahn/S-Bahn (Germany) -- Bicycle lanes -- Bicycle libraries -- Bicycles and tricycles -- Biofuel vehicles -- Biofuels -- Blue Ride Parkway (United States) -- Border tunnels (Mexico and United States) -- Boulevards -- Busan Subway (South Korea) -- Buses -- 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) -- Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) (India) -- Delhi Metro (India) -- Dirt roads -- Dog sleds -- Double-decker buses -- El Camino del Diablo (Mexico and United States) -- Electric vehicles -- Elephants -- Elevators -- Empire Builder, The (United States) -- Escalators -- Flying cars -- Freeways -- Funiculars -- 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) -- Hamburg S-Bahn (Germany) -- Headloading (Sub-Saharan Africa) -- High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes (United States) -- High-speed rail -- High-speed rail in the United States -- Hitching -- Hydrail -- Hydrogen vehicles -- Indian Railway System (India) -- Intelligent transportation systems -- Interstate Highway System (United States) -- Jeepneys (Philippines) -- Karakorum Highway (Pakistan) -- Karlsruhe Model (Germany) -- Korea Train eXpress (KTX) (South Korea) -- Las 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) -- 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) -- Metro Railway, Kolkata (India) -- Metrolink, Los Angeles (United States) -- Mexico City Metro (Mexico) -- Minicars -- Monorails -- Montserrat Rack Railway (Spain) -- Mopeds -- Moscow Metro (Russia) -- Motorcycles -- Moto-Taxis -- Musical Roads -- Narrow Gauge Railroads -- Natchez Trace Parkway (United States) -- National Highways Development Project (India) -- National Scenic Byways (United States) -- National Trunk Highway System (China) -- New York City Subway (United States) -- Northeast Corridor (United States) -- Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV) (South Korea) -- Orient Express (Europe) -- Ox/Bullock Carts -- Pacific Coast Highway, California (United States) -- Paris Metro (France) -- Parkways -- Personal Rapid Transit, West Virginia (United States) -- Plug-In Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) -- Plug-In Hybrids -- Qinghai-Tibet Railway (China) -- Rack Railways -- Railroads -- Rapid Transit -- Rickshaws (Japan) -- Run-Commuting -- San Diego Trolleys (United States) -- San Francisco Cable Cars (United States) -- Santiago Metro (Chile) -- Schwebebahn-Wuppertal (Germany) -- Segway -- Seikan Tunnel (Japan) -- Seoul Metropolitan Subway (South Korea) -- Shanghai Metro (China) -- Shenzhen Metro (China) -- Shinkansen (Japan) -- Sidewalks -- Ski Lifts -- Slugging (United States) -- Smart Cars -- Solar Roads -- Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) -- Stairways -- Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART Tunnel) (Malaysia) -- Streetcars (United States) -- String Transportation System -- Sunset Limited, The (United States) -- Suspension Bridges -- Taipei Metro (Taiwan) -- Tokyo Subway System (Japan) -- Trans-African Highway -- Trans-Amazon Highway (Brazil) -- TransMilenio, Bogota (Colombia) -- Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia) -- TriMet Metropolitan Area Express (MAX), Portland (United States) -- Tunel (Turkey) -- Turnpikes (United States) -- Uber -- United States Numbered Highway System -- Vacuumed Trains -- Velomobiles -- Walking School Buses (United States) -- Washington Metro (United States) -- Wheelchairs -- Yellow Cab, New York City (United States).
Local Note:
eBooks on EBSCOhost
Format:
Electronic Resources
Publication Date:
2016
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, California :

ABC-CLIO,

[2016]

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©2016