TRANSPORT: Linking the World
“Ancient Silk Road,” image: wikimedia commons. The history of civilization may be measured by connection. First it was the Silk Road that connected cities; then it was the age of ships that created...
View ArticleTRANSPORT: Caring Cars
Could cars be taught to care? “Ford Argo AI,” 2019. Photo by Tony Webster. Creative Commons, Wikimedia. “Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are never drunk or tired or inattentive,” states Julian De Freitas, of...
View ArticleTRANSPORT: Rebuilding Back Better
“Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge” by Eric Vance, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 2011. Image: Public Domain, Wikimedia. Transportation infrastructure is one of the...
View ArticleTRANSPORT: Sugar High
“United Boeing 767-300ER taking off from London Healthrow” by photographer and aerospace engineer Adrian Pingstone, 2007. Public Domain wikimedia commons. Air transport, first achieved in December...
View ArticleTRANSPORT: Ten Mile Markers on the Road to the Future
Ten Mile Markers to the Future. Image” Numbers 1 to 10 Rotation Illusion” by Nevit Dilmen, 2012. Wikimedia: Creative Commons 3.0. Included with appreciation . Many governments, and most scientists, are...
View ArticleTRANSPORT: Highways and Wildflowers
“Balsamroot and lupine wildflowers near Tom McCall Preserve along the highway.” by photographer Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives, 2014. CC 3.0. Included with appreciation. On Memorial Day weekend,...
View ArticleTRANSPORT: Heat melts airport runway
“Aircraft landing at Zurich International Airport” by Kuhnmi_DSC-3711.2, 2014. Creative Commons license 2.0, wikimedia. Included with appreciaiton. Airline woes have lately taken a toll on passengers,...
View ArticleTRANSPORT: Mobilizing the Future
Transport has evolved since the days of Ford and Edison. Image: “Automobiles over the years” by wikipedia.de, creative commons 2.5. Included with appreciation. Henry Ford and Thomas Edison were both...
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