Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a production of 400 million by the end of 2019. It is also the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year. Honda became the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer in 2001. In 2015, Honda was the eighth largest automobile manufacturer in the world. (Full article...)
Image 35Map of world railway network as of 2022 (from Rail transport)
Image 36Various modes of transport in Manchester, England (from Transport)
Image 37According to Eurostat and the European Railway Agency, the fatality risk for passengers and occupants on European railways is 28 times lower when compared with car usage (based on data by EU-27 member nations, 2008–2010). (from Rail transport)
Image 45A 16th-century minecart, an early example of unpowered rail transport (from Rail transport)
Image 46Bardon Hill box in England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches. (from Rail transport)
Image 50Arizona - North America - Southwest - Interstate Highway System (4893585908) (from Road transport)
Image 51The Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. (from Aviation)
Image 52Tunnels, such as the Tampere Tunnel, allow traffic to pass underground or through rock formations. (from Transport)
Image 53Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from Rail transport)
Image 54German soldiers in a railway car on the way to the front in August 1914. The message on the car reads Von München über Metz nach Paris ("From Munich via Metz to Paris"). (from Rail transport)
Image 55Bronocice pot with the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle in the world, found in Poland (from Transport)
Image 58The Great North Road near High gate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land. (from Road transport)
Image 59Traffic congestion persists in São Paulo, Brazil, despite the no-drive days based on license numbers.
Image 66Bridges, such as Golden Gate Bridge, allow roads and railways to cross bodies of water. (from Transport)
Image 67A cast iron fishbelly edge rail manufactured by Outram at the Butterley Company for the Cromford and High Peak Railway in 1831; these are smooth edge rails for wheels with flanges. (from Rail transport)
The US Navy attack submarineUSS Annapolis (SSN 760) rests in the Arctic Ocean after surfacing through three feet of ice during Ice Exercise 2009 on March 21, 2009.
... that a section of Mississippi Highway 489 was designated as the Jason Boyd Memorial Highway to commemorate the MDOT superintendent who was killed while removing debris from the road?
... that when Charles P. Gross became the chairman of the New York City Board of Transportation, the mayor told him that "if you think war is Hell, then you have something waiting for you on this job"?
... that United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg wrote an essay in 2000 on Bernie Sanders, his future competitor in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries?