In 2022 the brand was revived as Luaz Motors to produce lightweight compact electric pickups which were launched in 2023. The new company has no relation to the original factory. (Full article...)
Image 2German 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 3Lilienthal in mid-flight, Berlin c. 1895 (from Aviation)
Image 6Customized motorcycle to maximize load capacity. Mobility is important for motorcycles, which are primarily used for transporting light cargo in urban areas. (from Transport)
Image 30Interior view of a high-speed bullet train, manufactured in China (from Rail transport)
Image 31San Diego Trolley over Interstate 8 (from Road transport)
Image 32According 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 33The Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history (from Aviation)
Image 39The engineering of this roundabout in Bristol, United Kingdom, attempts to make traffic flow free-moving.
Image 40The 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 46Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from Rail transport)
Image 47A 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)
Image 48A 16th-century minecart, an early example of unpowered rail transport (from Rail transport)
Image 53Bardon 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England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches.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)
... 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?
... 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?
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