Minicars, Maglevs, and Mopeds

Selima Sultana, PhD, is professor of geography at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC.Joe Weber, PhD, is professor of geography at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.

• Guide to Related TopicsPrefaceIntroductionChronology of Modern Modes of Surface Transportation (1775–2015)A–Z EntriesAerial TramwaysAlaska Highway (Canada and United States)Alaska Railroad (United States)Alpine Tunnels (Europe)Alternative FuelsAmbulancesAmtrak (United States)Amusement Park TrainsAppalachian Trail (United States)Auto Train (United States)Autobahn (Germany)AutomobilesSidebar: Google Prototype Self-Driving CarAutonomous VehiclesSidebar: Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) Communications TechnologyAutostrade (Italy)Bamboo Trains (Cambodia)Bangladesh RailwayBattery SwappingBay Area Rapid Transit (BART) (United States)Beijing Subway (China)BeltwaysBerlin U-Bahn/S-Bahn (Germany)Bicycle LanesBicycle LibrariesBicycles and TricyclesSidebar: Human-Powered Mass TransportBiofuel VehiclesBiofuelsBlue Ridge Parkway (United States)Border Tunnels (Mexico and United States)BoulevardsBusan Subway (South Korea)BusesSidebar: Straddling BusesCable Cars (United States)Cable-Stayed BridgesCamel Trains (Mali)CamelsCar SharingCarmelit (Israel)Car2GoChannel Tunnel (France and United Kingdom)Chicago "L" (United States)Chicken Buses (Central America)Chiva Express (Ecuador)Coast Starlight (United States)Commuter TrainsComplete Streets (United States)Covered BridgesCrescent, The (United States)Cykelsuperstier (Denmark)Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) (India)Delhi Metro (India)Dirt RoadsDog SledsDouble-Decker BusesEl Camino del Diablo (Mexico and United States)Electric VehiclesSidebar: Binary PowerElephantsElevatorsEmpire Builder, The (United States)EscalatorsFlying CarsSidebar: Fully Automated Navigation SystemFreewaysFunicularsGhan 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)GreenwaysGuoliang Tunnel (China)Hamburg S-Bahn (Germany)Headloading (Sub-Saharan Africa)High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes (United States)High-Speed RailSidebar: Hyperloop TrainsHigh-Speed Rail in the United StatesHitchingHydrailHydrogen VehiclesSidebar: Hydrogen Fuel Cell ForkliftsIndian Railway System (India)Intelligent Transportation SystemsSidebar: Vehicle-to-Passenger (V2P) Communications TechnologyInterstate 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 SystemsLlamasLondon Underground/The "Tube" (United Kingdom)Los Angeles Freeways (United States)Lyft (United States)Madrid Metro (Spain)MaglevsSidebar: Super-MaglevsMammy 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)MinicarsMonorailsMontserrat Rack Railway (Spain)MopedsMoscow Metro (Russia)MotorcyclesMoto-TaxisMusical RoadsNarrow Gauge RailroadsNatchez 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)Sidebar: Tracked Electric Vehicle ProjectOnline Electric Vehicle (OLEV) (South Korea)Orient Express (Europe)Ox/Bullock CartsPacific Coast Highway, California (United States)Paris Metro (France)ParkwaysPersonal Rapid Transit, West Virginia (United States)Plug-In Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs)Plug-In HybridsQinghai-Tibet Railway (China)Rack RailwaysRailroadsRapid TransitSidebar: Tubular RailsRickshaws (Bangladesh)Rickshaws (Japan)Run-CommutingSan Diego Trolleys (United States)San Francisco Cable Cars (United States)Santiago Metro (Chile)Schwebebahn-Wuppertal (Germany)SegwaySeikan Tunnel (Japan)Seoul Metropolitan Subway (South Korea)Shanghai Metro (China)Shenzhen Metro (China)Shinkansen (Japan)SidewalksSki LiftsSlugging (United States)Smart CarsSidebar: Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Communications TechnologySolar RoadsSidebar: Glow RoadsSport Utility Vehicles (SUVs)StairwaysStormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART Tunnel) (Malaysia)Streetcars (United States)String Transportation SystemSunset Limited, The (United States)Suspension BridgesTaipei Metro (Taiwan)Tokyo Subway System (Japan)Trans-African HighwayTrans-Amazon Highway (Brazil)TransMilenio, Bogotá (Colombia)Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia)TriMet Metropolitan Area Express (MAX), Portland (United States)Tünel (Turkey)Turnpikes (United States)UberSidebar: Smartphone Ridesharing AppsUnited States Numbered Highway SystemVacuumed TrainsVelomobilesWalking School Buses (United States)Washington Metro (United States)WheelchairsYellow Cab, New York City (United States)BibliographyAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex