Philadelphia
This Philadelphia public transportation agency operates buses, subways, trolleys, and regional rail throughout the region.
What is SEPTA?
This pavement marking color separates traffic traveling in opposite directions.
What is yellow?
This type of vehicle runs of electricity stored in batteries instead of gasoline.
What is an electric vehicle (EV)?
In Harry Potter, students board this famous train at Platform 9¾ to travel to Hogwarts.
What is the Hogwarts Express?
Engineers often use this Greek letter to represent the sum of forces or other quantities.
What is sigma (Σ)?
This Philadelphia street is home to City Hall and serves as a major north-south corridor through the city.
What is Broad Street?
This diamond-shaped yellow sign warns drivers of hazards ahead.
What is a warning sign?
This U.S. state is the only one where drivers can travel on an interstate highway with a posted speed limit of 85 mph.
What is Texas?
In SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob repeatedly fails to earn this transportation-related certification.
What is a boating license?
This engineering material is made by combining cement, water, and aggregates.
What is concrete?
This Philadelphia skyscraper, completed in 1987, was the first building to rise above the statue of William Penn atop City Hall.
What is One Liberty Place?
This is what MUTCD stands for.
What is the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices?
Automated speed cameras are installed along main roads and highways, and you must exceed the speed limit (mph) by this amount or more to receive a ticket. Speeds just slightly over the limit do not trigger a citation.
What is 11 miles per hour?
This 1977 Eagles song is named after a famous California lodging destination along a highway.
What is Hotel California?
This famous toy was invented by a Hungarian architecture professor in 1974 to help demonstrate three-dimensional movement.
What is a Rubik's Cube?
This Philadelphia bridge, opened in 1926, held the world record for the longest suspension bridge main span until 1929.
What is the Benjamin Franklin Bridge?
This section of a temporary traffic control zone moves traffic out of its normal path using channelizing devices.
What is the transition area?
According to Philadelphia's traffic engineering standards, stop bars at signalized intersections are placed this many feet before the crosswalk.
What is 12 feet?
In this Marvel film, a group of intergalactic heroes travel through space aboard a ship called the Milano while trying to protect a powerful Infinity Stone.
What is Guardians of the Galaxy?
This famous New York City skyscraper has a 102nd-floor observatory and was once used as a docking point for airships.
What is the Empire State Building?
This Philadelphia street is home to the country's oldest continuously operating outdoor market, established in the 1880s.
What is 9th Street?
This engineering study evaluates whether a traffic signal should be installed at an intersection based on factors such as traffic volumes, pedestrian activity, and crash history.
What is a traffic signal warrant analysis?
This national organization publishes the "Green Book," which sets geometric design standards for highways and streets in the U.S.
What is AASHTO (American Association of State Highways and Transportation Officials)?
In Back to the Future, the DeLorean must reach this speed to activate time travel.
What is 88 MPH?
This NASA spacecraft became the first human-made object to enter interstellar space in 2012.
What is Voyager 1?