Today, automobiles are undoubtedly the dominant form of transportation in the United States, but that wasn't always the case. Join Josh and Chuck as they explore the history of public transportation and automobiles in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.

The most personal kind of transportation

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Lev is challenged with sitting the way a guy should sit on public transportation.

Heartwarming stories from the San Francisco Bay Area about the value of building communities that offer housing for all income levels, sustainable transportation, and vibrant urban life. Promotes the value of civic engagement.

Zero rushes to rescue a transportation ship under heavy attack of space pirates. He finds Death Shadow III there. But, he soon finds it is a fake and destroys it. On the planet nearby, Zero discovers numerous castoff skins of the humans who made their body mechanized! It is a mass grave. It...

Although prehistoric societies hunted horses for food, they quickly realized the animals were more useful as a means of transportation. Tune in as Katie and Sarah explore one of the most specialized types of horses -- battle steeds -- throughout history.

Personal rapid transport combines the best traits of subways and taxis, and costs less to build than light rail. Could this be the future of transportation? Check out this HowStuffWorks podcast and learn more about personal rapid transport.

NASA film about the first four operational missions of the Space Transportation System, onboard Space Shuttles Columbia and Challenger. STS-5, STS-6, STS-7 and STS-8 are depicted, with launch, landing and on-orbit operations detailed. This video is in the Public Domain, for more informations...

Called deep into the forest to help search for a fallen meteorite, a group of interns instead discover an isolated cabin with a dead body inside and a lethal gang of drug-runners there to protect their investment. But the dead body has risen again, and it holds a dark secret that will soon...