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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) - U.S. administration responsible for reducing deaths, injuries and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes.
Transportation and Public Transit - Includes history, information on trains, some of the problems caused by cars, and different modes of public transit. Includes online quizzes.
Transport Japan - Information about Japanese Transport history, and vehicles that travel by land, sky, and sea. Includes a game and quiz.
The IRT: First Stations - Information about New York City's first subway stations. Includes photos.
Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways - Information about mass transit, the history and what the future holds.
New York Transit Museum - Information on events and tours at this museum that revolves around New York City transportation.
Artie the Airplane - Learn about planes with online games, activities, and printable coloring sheets.
In Transit - Follow one man's journey photographing and interviewing people on the buses of San Francisco.
Divided Highways - A PBS documentary about the Interstate Highways and their impact on American life.
BFA Junior Balloonist Page - A program designed for young balloon enthusiasts aged 7-17 to provide recognition and education in the sport of ballooning. Learn about the program and sign up here.
Transportation Wonderland - All about buses, trains, boats, and trucks from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Experimental Aviation Association Young Eagles - Designed to educate, motivate, and help young people discover the possibilities of flight. Includes photo gallery and details on how to join.
Flight - Interactive site that explains the basics of flight with sections on airplanes, helicopters, and hot air balloons.
FAA Kids Corner - Includes activities such as coloring books, word puzzles, and experiments about the history and future of airplanes.
Navigating the Globe and Beyond - Traces the developments of transportation in the past century and the progress made in all aspects of travel: land, air, sea and even space.
Ships - Teaches the basic parts and types of ships through online games and an interactive timeline of boat history.
TransitPeople's Transportation Lessons - Tells the history of how people went from one place to another and lists current modes of public transit. Includes online pop quizzes at the end of each section.
Fast Attacks and Boomers - Discover how nuclear powered submarines were built, operated and used during the Cold War.
Young TransNet - Offers youth a toolkit and action menus to help carry out their own transport projects.
eBalloon.org - Information about hot air balloons including how they work, the history of ballooning, famous balloon flights, worldwide events and a photo gallery.
Tex and Dot's Kid's Page - Facts about Texas and its transportation, safety tips. Includes puzzles and activities.
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