Powering the Future: Electric and Alternative Fuel Vehicles
Posted January 21, 2026
A new exhibit, Powering the Future: Electric and Alternative Fuel Vehicles, is on display through July 2026 in the Transportation Library’s lobby exhibit space...Category: Transportation Library
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Concrete Plans: Reports and Planning Studies from the Projects of Robert Moses
Posted October 28, 2024
The Northwestern University Transportation Library is proud to debut a new exhibit: Concrete Plans: Reports and Planning Studies from the Projects of Robert Moses,...
Newly Digitized George Hartsough Panama Canal Photographs Offer a Personal Look into a Massive Project
Posted July 1, 2024
The George Hartsough Panama Canal Photographs, held in the collection of the Northwestern University Transportation Library, have been added to the library’s Digital Collections...
Velocipedomania! Cyclists Pave the Way for Road Infrastructure
Posted May 17, 2024
Today, cyclists are widely seen as secondary road users in the United States, with the design of many roads hostile to their very presence....
Playing Tabletop Treasures from the Collections
Posted April 25, 2024
By Rachel Vigil and Gene Kannenberg, Jr. Though board games may not be the first thing that comes to mind when imagining the collections...
Niche publications round out Transportation Library collections
Posted April 18, 2024
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 A recent donation to Northwestern’s Transportation Library just made it the only institution in the United States with...
“The Enterprizing Lunardi’s Grand Air Balloon”
Posted February 26, 2024
A new acquisition by the Transportation Library documents the first successful balloon flight in England. The 1784 broadside features an illustration of Vincent Lunardi’s...
Street Safety for Children: New Acquisition Highlights
Posted February 8, 2024
Before widespread automobility, the street had been a shared public space – for pedestrians, bicycles, streetcars, horse-drawn vehicles – even a space for children’s...
A Visual Feast : Bob Peak’s TWA Menus
Posted December 18, 2023
The Transportation Library is proud to debut a new exhibit: A Visual Feast: Bob Peak’s TWA Menus, now on display in our fifth...