Philadelphia
MUTCD
Transportation Misc.
Transportation in Pop Culture
Engineering Fun!
100

This Philadelphia public transportation agency operates buses, subways, trolleys, and regional rail throughout the region.

What is SEPTA?

100

This pavement marking color separates traffic traveling in opposite directions.

What is yellow?

100

This type of vehicle runs of electricity stored in batteries instead of gasoline.

What is an electric vehicle (EV)?

100

In Harry Potter, students board this famous train at Platform 9¾ to travel to Hogwarts.

What is the Hogwarts Express?

100

Engineers often use this Greek letter to represent the sum of forces or other quantities.

What is sigma (Σ)?

200

This Philadelphia street is home to City Hall and serves as a major north-south corridor through the city.

What is Broad Street?

200

This diamond-shaped yellow sign warns drivers of hazards ahead.

What is a warning sign?

200

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?

200

In SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob repeatedly fails to earn this transportation-related certification.

What is a boating license?

200

This engineering material is made by combining cement, water, and aggregates.

What is concrete?

300

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?

300

This is what MUTCD stands for.

What is the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices?

300

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?

300

This 1977 Eagles song is named after a famous California lodging destination along a highway.

What is Hotel California?

300

This famous toy was invented by a Hungarian architecture professor in 1974 to help demonstrate three-dimensional movement.

What is a Rubik's Cube?

400

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?

400

This section of a temporary traffic control zone moves traffic out of its normal path using channelizing devices.

What is the transition area?

400

According to Philadelphia's traffic engineering standards, stop bars at signalized intersections are placed this many feet before the crosswalk.

What is 12 feet?

400

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?

400

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?

500

This Philadelphia street is home to the country's oldest continuously operating outdoor market, established in the 1880s.

What is 9th Street?

500

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?

500

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)?

500

In Back to the Future, the DeLorean must reach this speed to activate time travel.

What is 88 MPH?

500

This NASA spacecraft became the first human-made object to enter interstellar space in 2012.

What is Voyager 1?

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