Transport: general interest

For most people, grocery shopping is a mundane activity.

Americans spend hours every day sitting in traffic.

For American teenagers, getting a driver's license has long been a watershed moment, separating teens from their childish pasts as they accelerate toward the sweet, sweet freedom of their futures.

Do you enjoy listening to music while driving?

Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "e;thoroughly and compellingly detailed history,"e; Volumes I and II of Maury Klein's monumental history of the Union Pacific Railroad covered the years from 1863-1969.

In 1789, when the First Congress met in New York City, the members traveled to the capital just as Roman senators two thousand years earlier had journeyed to Rome, by horse, at a pace of some five miles an hour.

In 1789, when the First Congress met in New York City, the members traveled to the capital just as Roman senators two thousand years earlier had journeyed to Rome, by horse, at a pace of some five miles an hour.

In late May 1927 an inexperienced and unassuming 25-year-old Air Mail pilot from rural Minnesota stunned the world by making the first non-stop transatlantic flight.

In late May 1927 an inexperienced and unassuming 25-year-old Air Mail pilot from rural Minnesota stunned the world by making the first non-stop transatlantic flight.

Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "e;thoroughly and compellingly detailed history,"e; Volumes I and II of Maury Klein's monumental history of the Union Pacific Railroad covered the years from 1863-1969.

Do you enjoy listening to music while driving?

In this compelling, readable narrative, Joe Sherman explores virtually every aspect of the Saturn project, America's biggest and most publicized industrial success of the last decade.

Can transportation problems be fixed by the right neighborhood design?

Recent legislation deregulating the airline and trucking industries has enhanced competition and reduced real transportation prices by putting pressure on firms to operate more efficiently.

Anyone interested in the rise of American corporate capitalism should look to the streets of Baltimore.

For American teenagers, getting a driver's license has long been a watershed moment, separating teens from their childish pasts as they accelerate toward the sweet, sweet freedom of their futures.

Our Blue Planet provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of maritime and underwater archaeology.

Our Blue Planet provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of maritime and underwater archaeology.

The invention of flight represents the culmination of centuries of thought and desire.

Mapping the Travel Behavior Genome covers the latest research on the biological, motivational, cognitive, situational, and dispositional factors that drive activity-travel behavior.

From the moment news reached Peru in 1910 that Jorge Chavez Dartnell, a pilot of Peruvian parentage, had become the first man to fly across the Alps, aviation fired the imagination of the masses in his home country.

From the moment news reached Peru in 1910 that Jorge Chavez Dartnell, a pilot of Peruvian parentage, had become the first man to fly across the Alps, aviation fired the imagination of the masses in his home country.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A parable written for the age of technological disruption .

In this gorgeously illustrated collection of airline route maps, Mark Ovenden and Maxwell Roberts look to the skies and transport readers to another time.

Since its establishment 150 years ago as the world's first urban subway, the London Underground has continuously set a benchmark for design that many transit systems around the world - from New York to Tokyo to Moscow and beyond - have followed.

The definitive transportation engineering resource--fully revised and updatedThe two-volume Handbook of Transportation Engineering, Second Edition offers practical, comprehensive coverage of the entire transportation engineering field.

How Hard Can it Be?

The most definitive and compelling book about the legendary racing driver, now a BAFTA award-winning documentary.

Jeremy Clarkson is once more Driven to Distraction.

Whether you fear, thrill at, or, like many, have never bothered to stop and think about the wonder of commercial flight, The Flying Book will inform, surprise, reassure, and entertain.

As seen on TVThe bicycle is one of mankind's greatest inventions - and the most popular form of transport in history.

Paul Theroux's Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is a journey from London to Asia by train.

By night, Brian Johnson sings in the biggest rock 'n' roll band on the planet.

Jupiter's Travels -Ted Simon's astonishing 4 year motorbike journey around the world The book that inspired Ewan McGregor's Long Way RoundIn the late 1970s Ted Simon set off on a Triumph and rode 63,000 miles over four years through fifty-four countries in a journey that took him around the world.

Jeremy Clarkson gets under the bonnet in Clarkson on Cars - a collection of his motoring journalism.

Jeremy Clarkson puts the pedal to the floor in Don't Stop Me Now; a collection of his Sunday Times motoring journalism.

Born to be Riled is a collection of hilarious vintage journalism from Jeremy Clarkson.

In I Know You Got Soul, Jeremy Clarkson writes about the machines that he believes have 'soul'.

Jeremy Clarkson invites us to Motorworld, his take on different cultures and the cars that they drive.

Jeremy Clarkson, shares his opinions on just about everything in The World According to Clarkson.

Few inventions rival the bicycle's global reach.

A very special, limited edition of the third thrilling mystery in the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series!

In the essays collected here William Langewiesche considers how flying has altered not only how we move about the earth, but also how we view our world and our place in it.

Road Traffic Modeling and Management: Using Statistical Monitoring and Deep Learning provides a framework for understanding and enhancing road traffic monitoring and management.

The Role of Infrastructure for a Safe Transition to Automated Driving contextualizes the latest vehicle and road automation research and technology, focusing on the future role of road infrastructures.

Shared Mobility offers a current view on one of the most significant economic activities in recent years.

Biojet fuels have the potential to make an important contribution towards decarbonising the aviation sector.

Eco-cities and Green Transport presents a systematic, uniform, and structured way to examine different cities at different scales in order to suggest unique solutions appropriate to each scale.

Freight Transport Modeling in Emerging Countries examines freight transport models developed in emerging countries including Turkey, South Africa, India, Chile, and more.

Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation offers every stakeholder involved in international transactions the tools needed to assess the essential risks, threats and vulnerabilities within the global supply chain.