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 Topics
Preface
Introduction
Chronology of Modern Modes of Surface Transportation (1775–2015)
A–Z Entries
Aerial Tramways
Alaska Highway (Canada and United States)
Alaska Railroad (United States)
Alpine Tunnels (Europe)
Alternative Fuels
Ambulances
Amtrak (United States)
Amusement Park Trains
Appalachian Trail (United States)
Auto Train (United States)
Autobahn (Germany)
Automobiles
Sidebar: Google Prototype Self-Driving Car
Autonomous Vehicles
Sidebar: Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) Communications Technology
Autostrade (Italy)
Bamboo Trains (Cambodia)
Bangladesh Railway
Battery Swapping
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) (United States)
Beijing Subway (China)
Beltways
Berlin U-Bahn/S-Bahn (Germany)
Bicycle Lanes
Bicycle Libraries
Bicycles and Tricycles
Sidebar: Human-Powered Mass Transport
Biofuel Vehicles
Biofuels
Blue Ridge Parkway (United States)
Border Tunnels (Mexico and United States)
Boulevards
Busan Subway (South Korea)
Buses
Sidebar: Straddling Buses
Cable Cars (United States)
Cable-Stayed Bridges
Camel Trains (Mali)
Camels
Car Sharing
Carmelit (Israel)
Car2Go
Channel Tunnel (France and United Kingdom)
Chicago "L" (United States)
Chicken Buses (Central America)
Chiva Express (Ecuador)
Coast Starlight (United States)
Commuter Trains
Complete Streets (United States)
Covered Bridges
Crescent, The (United States)
Cykelsuperstier (Denmark)
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) (India)
Delhi Metro (India)
Dirt Roads
Dog Sleds
Double-Decker Buses
El Camino del Diablo (Mexico and United States)
Electric Vehicles
Sidebar: Binary Power
Elephants
Elevators
Empire Builder, The (United States)
Escalators
Flying Cars
Sidebar: Fully Automated Navigation System
Freeways
Funiculars
Ghan 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)
Greenways
Guoliang Tunnel (China)
Hamburg S-Bahn (Germany)
Headloading (Sub-Saharan Africa)
High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes (United States)
High-Speed Rail
Sidebar: Hyperloop Trains
High-Speed Rail in the United States
Hitching
Hydrail
Hydrogen Vehicles
Sidebar: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Forklifts
Indian Railway System (India)
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Sidebar: Vehicle-to-Passenger (V2P) Communications Technology
Interstate 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 Systems
Llamas
London Underground/The "Tube" (United Kingdom)
Los Angeles Freeways (United States)
Lyft (United States)
Madrid Metro (Spain)
Maglevs
Sidebar: Super-Maglevs
Mammy 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)
Minicars
Monorails
Montserrat Rack Railway (Spain)
Mopeds
Moscow Metro (Russia)
Motorcycles
Moto-Taxis
Musical Roads
Narrow Gauge Railroads
Natchez 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 Project
Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV) (South Korea)
Orient Express (Europe)
Ox/Bullock Carts
Pacific Coast Highway, California (United States)
Paris Metro (France)
Parkways
Personal Rapid Transit, West Virginia (United States)
Plug-In Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs)
Plug-In Hybrids
Qinghai-Tibet Railway (China)
Rack Railways
Railroads
Rapid Transit
Sidebar: Tubular Rails
Rickshaws (Bangladesh)
Rickshaws (Japan)
Run-Commuting
San Diego Trolleys (United States)
San Francisco Cable Cars (United States)
Santiago Metro (Chile)
Schwebebahn-Wuppertal (Germany)
Segway
Seikan Tunnel (Japan)
Seoul Metropolitan Subway (South Korea)
Shanghai Metro (China)
Shenzhen Metro (China)
Shinkansen (Japan)
Sidewalks
Ski Lifts
Slugging (United States)
Smart Cars
Sidebar: Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Communications Technology
Solar Roads
Sidebar: Glow Roads
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs)
Stairways
Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART Tunnel) (Malaysia)
Streetcars (United States)
String Transportation System
Sunset Limited, The (United States)
Suspension Bridges
Taipei Metro (Taiwan)
Tokyo Subway System (Japan)
Trans-African Highway
Trans-Amazon Highway (Brazil)
TransMilenio, Bogotá (Colombia)
Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia)
TriMet Metropolitan Area Express (MAX), Portland (United States)
Tünel (Turkey)
Turnpikes (United States)
Uber
Sidebar: Smartphone Ridesharing Apps
United States Numbered Highway System
Vacuumed Trains
Velomobiles
Walking School Buses (United States)
Washington Metro (United States)
Wheelchairs
Yellow Cab, New York City (United States)
Bibliography
About the Editors and Contributors
Index