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Taken for a Ride - The U.S. History of the Assault on Public Transport in the Last Century

Taken for a Ride - The U.S. History of the Assault on Public Transport in the Last Century

449K views • 12 years ago

A 1996 documentary on the twentieth-century American decline of public transport and the role of car companies and the highway lobby in it. It is best known for its account of GM's streetcar buyouts.

This GIANT Electric Semi Can Swap Out Its Batteries!

This GIANT Electric Semi Can Swap Out Its Batteries!

416K views • 3 years ago

Everything Electric CARS

Fully Charged visits Janus Trucks in New South Wales, Australia, which converts diesel trucks to electric with swappable battery packs. The truck carries 620 kWh of batteries and a 540 kW drive.

BBC How They Dug the Victoria Line

BBC How They Dug the Victoria Line

1.1M views • 12 years ago

A 39-minute BBC documentary, built from earlier British Transport Films footage, on how the London Underground's Victoria Line was dug in the 1960s.