transportation – WcP Blog | World Culture Pictorial https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog Window to the World, calling for Wind of Wisdom, as common sense is a gift to each soul, as common environment is the inseparable planet, as common desire is to live in a better world. Sun, 24 Nov 2024 22:47:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/wp-content/uploads/forpages/cropped-wcp-blog-world-culture-pictorial-128-128x128-38-150x150.jpg transportation – WcP Blog | World Culture Pictorial https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog 32 32 184-m-long double-leaf swing bridge connects banks across long-divided Scottish river, “as much a machine as a structure” https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/moveable-bridge-swings-horizontally-to-let-boats-pass-in-scotland/ https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/moveable-bridge-swings-horizontally-to-let-boats-pass-in-scotland/#respond Sat, 30 Nov 2024 07:10:00 +0000 https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/?p=1084 https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/moveable-bridge-swings-horizontally-to-let-boats-pass-in-scotland/feed/ 0 Self-driving Waymos trying to self-park keep neighborhood awake with endlessly honking https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/robotaxis-trying-to-park-keep-neighborhood-awake-with-endless-honking-at-each-other/ https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/robotaxis-trying-to-park-keep-neighborhood-awake-with-endless-honking-at-each-other/#respond Mon, 26 Aug 2024 07:17:00 +0000 https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/?p=1059 https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/robotaxis-trying-to-park-keep-neighborhood-awake-with-endless-honking-at-each-other/feed/ 0 Copenhagen rewards tourists and locals with free food and activities by taking part in eco-friendly tasks like biking, taking public transportation or pick up litter https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/copenhagen-rewards-tourists-and-locals-with-free-food-and-activities-by-taking-part-in-eco-friendly-tasks-like-biking-taking-public-transportation-or-pick-up-litter/ 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https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/?p=1004 https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/fed-regulations-no-more-humor-in-highway-signs-safety-measure/feed/ 0 Cruise pauses driverless cars nationwide after immediate indefinite suspension by California DMV due ot “unreasonable risk to public safety” https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/cruise-suspends-robotaxis-across-us-after-rolling-over-pedestrian-california-dmv-revokes-permit/ https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/cruise-suspends-robotaxis-across-us-after-rolling-over-pedestrian-california-dmv-revokes-permit/#respond Tue, 31 Oct 2023 07:12:00 +0000 https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/?p=987 https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/cruise-suspends-robotaxis-across-us-after-rolling-over-pedestrian-california-dmv-revokes-permit/feed/ 0 Cable cars invented by Andrew Smith Hallidie 150 years ago, 40 cable lines worldwide, now a moving US National Landmark https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/cable-cars-invented-150-years-2023-andrew-smith-hallidie-san-francisco-only-moving-national-landmarks/ https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/cable-cars-invented-150-years-2023-andrew-smith-hallidie-san-francisco-only-moving-national-landmarks/#respond Thu, 31 Aug 2023 07:32:00 +0000 https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/?p=972 https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/cable-cars-invented-150-years-2023-andrew-smith-hallidie-san-francisco-only-moving-national-landmarks/feed/ 0 Self-driving cars sits in cement waiting for rescue; “brilliant” placement of a traffic cone; do they think firetrucks should yield to them? https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/self-driving-cars-sits-in-cement-waiting-for-rescue-brilliant-placement-of-a-traffic-cone-do-they-think-firetrucks-should-yield-to-them/ https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/self-driving-cars-sits-in-cement-waiting-for-rescue-brilliant-placement-of-a-traffic-cone-do-they-think-firetrucks-should-yield-to-them/#respond Thu, 17 Aug 2023 07:45:00 +0000 https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/?p=968 https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/self-driving-cars-sits-in-cement-waiting-for-rescue-brilliant-placement-of-a-traffic-cone-do-they-think-firetrucks-should-yield-to-them/feed/ 0 Back to origins. Simple or fancy: which is reliable in high-speed traffic? in the split second of saving a life? More Automakers bringing back buttons over touchscreens https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/eyes-on-road-carmakers-bring-back-buttons-dangers-touchscreens-driving/ https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/eyes-on-road-carmakers-bring-back-buttons-dangers-touchscreens-driving/#respond Mon, 22 May 2023 06:35:00 +0000 https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/?p=944 https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/eyes-on-road-carmakers-bring-back-buttons-dangers-touchscreens-driving/feed/ 0 Germany: overcrowded trains, passengers had to be turned away, or told no bicycles on board, punctuality “national joke”, “looking for German efficiency, go to Switzerland” https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/overcrowded-trains-germany-punctuality-no-longer-bikes-on-board/ https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/overcrowded-trains-germany-punctuality-no-longer-bikes-on-board/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2022 07:03:00 +0000 https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/?p=797 https://worldculturepictorial.com/wcp-blog/overcrowded-trains-germany-punctuality-no-longer-bikes-on-board/feed/ 0