Cosma / Communication / Transportation / Ground
—————————
Introduction1
Encyclopedia
Ground transportation is the transport or movement of people, animals, and goods from one location to another on land, usually by rail or road. — Wikipedia
Search
Road Transport (Wolfram Alpha)
———————–
Adventures
Explore related posts on Cosma …
- Extreme Biking, Artfully! - This week I came across something that I thought was fairly unique. There is a Scottish BMX rider by the name of Kriss Kyle that has elevated his extreme biking into an art. Here’s a video published by Red Bull that starts out with a brief introduction to the young man and then transitions into … Continue reading Extreme Biking, Artfully!
- Strange Stays - I concluded my last post about Sand Art with highlighting how Booking.com offered the chance to stay in a sandcastle as a promotion for Coney Island’s Sand Sculpting Competition. Here’s a link with more on that unusual “opportunity.” Giant Coney Island Sandcastle Offers Sleepovers (Summer Delaney, WPIX) That may have sounded like a one-off type … Continue reading Strange Stays
- Wacky World - It’s a weird and wacky world out there, and Guinness World Records (GWR) loves to remind us of that fact from time to time. Just last week they released their 66th Edition of extreme factoids and an accompanying media blitz to rain outrageous strangeness down upon the media landscape. It all started with a silly … Continue reading Wacky World
———————-
Innovation
Technology
Civil engineering is an engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, sewage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways. — Wikipedia
————————–
Preservation
History
Ground Transportation (Smithsonian)
History of Land Transport (Wikipedia)
Library
DDC: 388.3 Vehicular Transportation (Library Thing)
Subject: Vehicles (Library Thing)
DDC: 625 Road and Railroad (Library Thing)
Subject: Roads (Library Thing)
Subject: Vehicles (Open Library)
Subject: Roads (Open Library)
LCC: TE Roads (UPenn Online Books)
LCC: TL Vehicles (UPenn Online Books)
LCC: TE Roads (Library of Congress)
Subject: Roads (Library of Congress)
LCC: TL Vehicles (Library of Congress)
Subject: Vehicles (Library of Congress)
Subject: Roads (WorldCat)
Subject: Vehicles (WorldCat)
—————————
Participation
Education
Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (American Society of Civil Engineers)
MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources
Course
Center for Transportation & Logistics (Course CTL, MITx)
MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering
Community
Organization
American Society of Civil Engineers
News
Government
Document
———————-
Expression
Fun
Record Breaking and Extreme Land Vehicles (Diseno-art)
——–
These are links to pages about closely related subjects.
Transportation Modes Ground (Cycle, Automobile, Train), Sea, Air, Space
——
1. The resources on this page are are organized by a classification scheme developed exclusively for Cosma.
