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• Federal Highway Administration
  ...ities are grouped into two "programs," the Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program. ...from the federal [[gasoline tax]] and mostly goes to State departments of transportation. FHWA oversees projects using these funds to ensure that federal requireme
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• Nashville International Auto and Truck Show
  ...most major manufacturers exhibit there. Firms with assembly facilities in the Middle Tennessee area, such as [[Nissan]] and [[Saturn]] are particularly w ...year, in order to secure more favorable consideration from exhibitors for the introduction of new production and concept vehicles.
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• Duryea Motor Wagon Company
  ...E}} Models}}The '''Duryea Motor Wagon Company''', established in 1895, was the first American firm to build gasoline [[automobile]]s. ...travelled 54 miles at an average 7.5 mph, marking the first U.S. auto race in which any entrants finished.
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• Ian Callum
  ...[[Jim Clark]] Memorial Award in 1995 in recognition of his styling work on the DB7. ...ble for the [[Carrozzeria Ghia|Ghia]] Design Studio in Turin and initiated the Ghia Zig and Zag show car concepts.
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• Antique car
  ...[[Antique Automobile Club of America]]. However, the legal definition for the purpose of [[antique vehicle registration]] varies widely. ...specific high-quality vehicles from the pre-World War II era. In the UK, the term is not used: antique often refers to an item over 100 years old and ca
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• America On Wheels
  ...ion museum located in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania in the United States. ...story of people and products on the move from the days of the carriage to the vehicles of tomorrow.<ref name="grand_opening"/>
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• Firestone and Ford tire controversy
  The '''Firestone and Ford tire controversy''' was a period of unusually high ti ...tur, Illinois plant. This was one of the leading factors to the closing of the Decatur plant.<ref>Velasquez "Business Ethics" (pg. 296-299)</ref>
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• Charles M. Jordan
  ...h legendary designers as [[Harley Earl]] and [[Bill Mitchell]]. He retired in 1992. ...studio where he designed the Aerotrain, GM’s concept of future locomotive transportation.
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• Oliver Evans
  ...tor. Evans was born in Newport, Delaware to a family of Welsh settlers. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a wheelwright. ...r Evans: Inventive genius of the American industrial revolution| publisher=The Hagley Museum| location=Greenville, Delaware }}</ref>
  6 KB (977 words) - 22:13, 20 August 2009
• Three-wheeled car
  ...ut usually with rear drive. A variant on the 'one at the front' layout was the [[Scott Sociable]], which resembled a four-wheeler with a front wheel missi ...Exhibition.<ref name=Elvis/> A Conti 6 [[horsepower|hp]] Tri-car competed in (but did not complete) a 1907 [[Peking-to-Paris]] race sponsored by a Frenc
  10 KB (1,391 words) - 09:34, 20 September 2010
• Roadway noise
  ..., roadway noise is expected to contribute a proportionately large share of the total societal noise pollution. ...oustical scientists for answers regarding the planning of new roadways and the design of noise mitigation.
  9 KB (1,426 words) - 02:48, 29 August 2009
• Cord
  ...d''' was the brand name of a United States [[automobile]], manufactured by the [[Auburn Automobile Company]] from 1929 through 1932 and again from 1936 to ...they would also sell well and turn a profit. This did not always work well in practice.
  5 KB (723 words) - 06:58, 14 June 2007
• Targa top
  ...e a solid, non-removable bar running between the top of the windshield and the rear roll-bar. ...Ford Motor Company|Ford]] and its bitter rival at the time, [[Ferrari]] in the 60s and early 70s for twistier road courses.
  4 KB (632 words) - 08:44, 27 September 2008
• High-occupancy vehicle lane
  In [[transportation engineering]] and [[transportation planning]], a '''high-occupancy vehicle lane''' (also called an '''HOV lane ...urs. Honolulu uses a "zipper" barrier to create an additional HOV lane on the westbound side of [[Interstate H-1]], and Boston shifts one lane of traffic
  12 KB (1,843 words) - 16:38, 8 February 2010
• Hit and run (vehicular)
  '''Hit-and-run''' is the crime of [[Collision|colliding]] with a person, their personal property (in ...ay also be requirement to leave a note containing pertinent information if the property owner is not present.
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• Slick tire
  ...[drag racing]], where the only concern is maximum traction to put power to the ground. ...used in auto racing where competitors can choose different tires based on the weather conditions and can often change tires during a race.
  6 KB (928 words) - 17:03, 30 September 2009
• Kaiser-Frazer
  ...dling assets of the former [[Graham-Paige]] Motor Company. The concern was the only new US automaker to achieve success after World War II if only for a f ...e market while the "Big Three" were still marketing their pre-war designs, the Kaisers and Frazers made quite an exciting entrance. Kaiser and Frazer woul
  8 KB (1,266 words) - 06:26, 19 February 2007
• REO Motor Car Company
  ...y that produced [[automobile]]s and trucks from 1905 to 1975. At one point the company also manufactured buses on its truck platforms. ...diary firms like the National Oil Company, the Michigan Screw Company, and the Atlas Drop Forge Company.
  5 KB (837 words) - 08:19, 14 June 2007
• Fuel tax
  ...In most countries the fuel tax is imposed on fuels which are intended for transportation. Fuels used to power agricultural vehicles, and/or home heating oil which i ...so that the fuel tax is considered by many a user fee. In other countries, the fuel tax is a source of general revenue.
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• Charles F. Kettering
  ...29, 1876 – November 24 or November 25, 1958) was an American inventor and the holder of 140 patents<ref name=KetteringEDUbio> |title= Charles F. Kettering : Doing the right thing at the right time
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