cars outside Notre Dame de Basilica, Quebec City, 1950s

marine vessels in Port Said, Egypt, 1890s

early view of traffic outside Sydney station

Obviously before the present Central station was built in 1906.  However, as the practice of postcard publishers in those days was to remove overhead trolley lines above tram tracks, it's hard to determine how much earlier.

Dahabeah (Dahabeeyahs, Dahabiya) on the Nile, Egypt, circa 1900

These are shallow-bottomed, barge-like vessels with two or more sails, that have existed for thousands of years.  More info

will ferries help beat Israel’s traffic jams?

(Original article on The Times of Israel)

New Transportation Minister Miri Regev has given the green light to set up a series of sea shuttles along the Mediterranean coast in a bid to ease Israel’s chronic traffic jams, Channel 12 news reported Monday.After taking office in May, Regev, reportedly asked for out-of-the-box solutions to try and ease the congestion.

One idea presented was for a series of sea shuttles that would link coastal cities like Netanya, Hadera and Ashdod with Tel Aviv, similar to commuter ferries in Manhattan, Bangkok and Istanbul.

According to the proposal, a ferry from Ashdod to Tel Aviv would take 26 minutes, compared to a 41 minute car drive during rush hour, or 51 minutes by train.

Similarly, a ferry from Netanya to Tel Aviv would take 20 minutes, compared to an average commute of 49 minutes by car, or 29 minutes by train.

Regev reportedly told officials that she wants the shuttle system to be government subsidized like bus services.

The report did not give a time frame for setting up the sea shuttle system or detail costs or what infrastructure would need to be constructed.

Israel’s coastal area, particularly around Tel Aviv, faces constant traffic woes that a series of new highways and interchanges have failed to alleviate. The city’s perennially delayed light rail system is not expected to inaugurate its first line until mid-2022.

steam train at Dipton on the Kingston Branch, NZ, 1910

Looking west across the Oreti river. The railway line through here from Invercargill to Kingston was closed in 1982.

Monaco different ages race car stamp

1906 Cadillac Model K

cars on The Strand, Tauranga NZ, 1970s

With a light engine, a Da, on the railway line.  The shoreline is today further out due to reclamation.

1984 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham

With a Texas themed hood ornament.

1921 Locomobile Victoria

Paraparaumu Aviation Museum, NZ

This shows the historic control tower from 1947 (replaced with a modern structure in 2017 in a different part of the airport) and the small building which houses the museum's artifacts and displays.  The Museum is open on Sundays, 10 am to 4 pm.

NZR Ed 102 in Wellington yard circa 1939

The first built locally by Hutt Workshops after the class leader Ed 101 was delivered by English Electric. A photo likely taken when new. For lots more, see our books.

it still goes

As they say in A/NZ, "she'll be right."

English Electric 1949 electric locomotive graphic

'I like big reference books'

Danzig tram, 1936

On the Grosse Allee (today Aleja Zwycięstwa). A still from a set of street scene films on this page of the U.S. Memorial Holocaust Museum website.

Danzig tram, 1976

A standard gauge system. More info

1965 Mercury Park Lane 4-Door Hardtop

vehicles in Vienna, 1975

Vermont Railway Alco RS-1

Built in 1951 as Rutland Railroad #403, it became VTR #403 in 1964. It was sold to the Sabine River and Northern Railroad in June 1972.

1955 Bedford A5 flatbed truck

Woman on the bus art

by Valery Barykin.

1967 Pontiac Parisienne 4-door hardtop

Cairo tram postcard, circa 1905, Egypt

Some info on the early system is on this webpage

a steam train departs Baarn, Netherlands, circa 1920

Today the tracks are electrified. A current view (without a train) here

1938 Vauxhall DX 14/6

tram and cars near Karlstor from Karlsplatz, Munich, 1964

This area is now a pedestrian zone. (Charles W. Cushman pic)

North Korean poster with an electric train depiction, 1955

This was an exhortation to use less power so industry could use it.  It's still a country with minimal street lighting and consumer power supply.

Riga transport history First Day Cover, Latvia, 1999

NAC DC-3 at Taupo, NZ, 1960s

For lots more, see the book The Aircraft of Air New Zealand and affiliates since 1940.

the port of Bourgas, Bulgaria, early 20th century

the world's oldest intact ship, Egypt

Jeep decor

It's probably safe to say the owner is someone into WW2 memorabilia.

1936 Studebaker Dictator

This was made from 1927 to 1937 when the model was dropped: 'dictator' had unwanted connotations by that stage.

1930 Oakland Eight

A GM marque which took over the original company, founded in 1907, in 1909. It lasted until 1931 when it was discontinued in favor of Pontiac. According to the US Inflation calculator, $1045 in 1930 would be $16,132 now.

Dominos Zimbabwe armoured pizza carrier

"Rock n Roll to the World" -- perhaps it should say "Pizza to the world"?

Snowhill Station, Birmingham, England, art

By Don Breckon. This is one of Birmingham's three main city-centre stations along with Birmingham New Street and Birmingham Moor Street. Presumably, a WW2 scene is intended.

poster for 'Europa' and 'Bremen' ships of Norddeutscher Lloyd, 1928

See earlier posts.

1924 International trucks in the Olympia motor show in Wellington

According to the sign, models available were 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 5 ton.

steam passenger train near Valkenburg, Netherlands, 1918

'The way up to De Kluis on Schaesberg'.

Dutch NS sticker -- 'where would we be without the train?'

MoPac promo art, 1942-1945 period

It's obviously a truck at the left and it looks like a bus next to it.

old Chinese junks art

Signed by P. Chun?

Mercedes-Benz aircraft engine advert, late 1930s

Depicting a Messerschmidt Bf 109 -- see this webpage

'do you like my real books?'

a little mishap at the gas station

trams in Amsterdam, 1970

Three different types.  In the background is the iconic Centraal Station. See earlier posts.