Transportation Trivia 2023

Question 1

This was the last year of streetcar operations in Chicago.

Accepted Answer

1958

Question 2

Before becoming famous for the world’s first flight, what did the Wright brothers do?

Accepted Answer

Bicycle Manufacturers

Question 3

What percentage of US households do not own a car?

Accepted Answer

8

Question 4

This city&#x27;s bus rapid transit system is the world&#x27;s busiest (in terms of ridership).

Accepted Answer

Rio de Janeiro

Question 5

The LA Dodgers were established in Brooklyn, NY in the 1880s.The team’s name is a shortened form of what nickname?

Accepted Answer

Trolley Dodgers

Question 6

The number of trips on public transit declined by this percent across the US from 2019 - 2020 during the start of COVID.

Accepted Answer

80

Question 7

Name the city.

Accepted Answer

Washington, DC

Question 8

What is the most popular car color in the United States?

Accepted Answer

White

Question 9

This street was designated a pedestrian/transit mall and closed to automobile traffic from 1979 – 1996.

Accepted Answer

State Street

Question 10

The CTA’s train lines were not color-coded until 1993. Before that year, what was the Brown Line known as?

Accepted Answer

Ravenswood Line

Question 11

In 2021, the average freight train in the US consisted of how many cars?

Accepted Answer

82

Question 12

Which Personal Rapid Transit system has been in continuous operation since 1975?

Accepted Answer

Morgantown, WV

Question 13

Held in 1883 at the Pacific Hotel in Chicago, the General Time Convention established what in the US?

Accepted Answer

Time Zones

Question 14

This interurban train operated from 1941 – 1963, connecting Chicago and Milwaukee with a maixmum speed of 100 MPH.

Accepted Answer

Electroliner

Question 15

This train, now on display at the Museum of Science & Industry, set a world speed record of 112 MPH when it debuted.

Accepted Answer

Pioneer Zephyr

Question 16

Plane-Mate is a mobile lounge in operation at which airport?

Accepted Answer

Dulles (Washington, DC)

Question 17

Name the city.

Accepted Answer

Wuppertal, Germany

Question 18

Harry Beck drew from his experience in what profession to design the iconic diagrammatic 1934 London Underground map?

Accepted Answer

Electrical Engineer

Question 19

The CTA rail system’s nickname“L” is short for what?

Accepted Answer

Elevated

Question 20

The WEDway PeopleMover was designed by this company.

Accepted Answer

Walt Disney

Question 21

This GMC “fishbowl” bus, introduced by the CTA in 1972, was known affectionately by Chicagoans as what?

Accepted Answer

Green Limousine

Question 22

What was the original working name for Amtrak?

Accepted Answer

Railpax

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