Review of the last forty years of interstate highway development. Includes data in table and graph form detailing such areas as fatalities, cost, and economic impact.

This exhibition explores the role of transportation in American history focusing on the way the automobile went from being a plaything of the rich to a major factor in the American transportation landscape.

Come along on the first successful cross-country automobile trip with H. Nelson Jackson, Sewall Crocker, and their dog Bud as they traveled in 1903 from California to New York in 63 days.

Objects can lead you to some interesting stories. Read and see where and how this toy-like locomotive was used. Cursor down to locate this information.

Three short videos from the America on the Move exhibition provide an overview of American transportation history. Click on the icons to see the videos, or just read the scripts.

Videos from the America on the Move exhibition provide an overview of America's transportation infrastructure history, the road and rail networks we depend on.

A great resource from the National Museum of American History that shows various modes and uses of transportation in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Explore some of the wonders of modern engineering in this video from the Sciencenter in Ithaca, New York. Hear a diverse selection of engineers explain how things work.

This lesson highlights the changing relationship between the city center and the suburb in the postwar decades, especially in the 1950s. Students will look at the legislation leading up to and including the Federal Highway Act of 1956. They will also examine documents about the history of Levittown, the most famous and most important of the postwar suburban planned developments.

In this lesson students learn how the Erie Canal changed the U.S. economy and influenced settlement patterns in the west.

This resource describes the occupations pertaining to aircraft mechanics. Learn about the work environment and expected salary.

This resource provides information on the salaries, working conditions and job prospects for diesel technicians who work on heavy transportation and equipment.

This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of Saint Peirre. The content covers the French territory's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. It includes images of maps and the flag, as well as photos of the territory. This resource requires Java.

This resource is the CIA's informational page on Albania. It presents information on the background, geography, economy, government, and other aspects of the country.

This is a great resource for general information on Antarctica. It includes geography, population, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.

The CIA World Factbook provides this excellent resource on Argentina. The content includes geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.

This resource is an encyclopedia-style reference resource about Armenia. It includes all essential statistical facts about the country (e.g., population level, land mass) and brief notes about the country's economy, government, natural resources, geography, people, and similar subjects.

This resource presents many facts about Australia from the CIA World Factbook, concerning its background, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and current issues.

This resource presents general country information and statistics about Barbados. The information is divided by subject matter. An image of a map and a flag are included; click to enlarge.

This resource presents information about Belize. It includes a map, and links to geography, people, government, economy, and much more.