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Rachel Cole
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Curator, Northwestern University Transportation Library. All scanned images are from our collections, unless otherwise indicated.
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Report cover with title “WHAT VALUE MAY GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS ADD TO THE ART OF IDENTIFYING CRASH COUNTERMEASURES?” with illustration of satellites above automobiles
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I learned through the People's Graphic Design Archive about Croydon's Suburban Press, published in the 1970s to criticize free-market urban planning peoplesgdarchive.org/item/4987/su...

A newspaper cover depicting a concentration of high-rises, with the words "At Last... The complete sordid story of small town politics and business... The Democratic Charade Exposed... You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover"
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BLfoxandcity.bsky.social

It makes a perfect Christmas present!

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Report cover with text “The Triborough Bridge Authority. Fifth Anniversary. “
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All reports in this thread are from the collections of Northwestern University's Transportation Library. Materials we've digitized can generally be found in HathiTrust. Learn more and search our catalog here: www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-co...

Text "United States Department of Agriculture. Transporting Watermelons in Bulk and Bin by Truck." Illustration of a semi truck with a watermelon as its trailer.
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WMwhet.bsky.social

more like design *classic* for the fuel economy

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Title "Design for Fuel Economy - the General Motors 'X' Cars" with an illustration of three 1980s era automobiles
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New logo for The War on Cars just dropped.

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Text “A tragedy of errors. The Travelers 1965 book of street and highway accident data.” Illustration of a crashed cars piled up around a flag pole
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sammy hagar's inability to get a seat at this table would have profound consequences for auto safety regulation in this country

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Text "The National Maximum Speed Limit. A Summary of Three Regional Work Shops. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Traffic Safety Programs." Illustration of four people gathered at a table looking through papers and a large sign "speed limit 55"
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RHrheinze.bsky.social

I think I said before how much I love this thread but it’s worth a reminder. Also I got something to add:

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PWmarkpopham.bsky.social

going to tell my kids this was Steely Dan

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Text "The National Maximum Speed Limit. A Summary of Three Regional Work Shops. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Traffic Safety Programs." Illustration of four people gathered at a table looking through papers and a large sign "speed limit 55"
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DWweiskopf.bsky.social

parking is one of those things, -- like libraries but evil -- where if it didn't exist you'd never believe it possible.

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Text reads "parking NYC" and image is an illustration of parking schemes.
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Rachel Cole
@rmartincole.bsky.social
Curator, Northwestern University Transportation Library. All scanned images are from our collections, unless otherwise indicated.
915 followers111 following93 posts
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