The Worldwide Transportation Library was founded and is maintained by Carlos Rogers (formerly Carl). It began operations in 2000 under the name Pictures of Highway Shields. Our mission: to document highways from across the globe, and provide trivia that makes travel plans easier. Initial coverage focused on California, Illinois, and Nevada.
Pictures of Highway Shields expanded into Ireland and the United Kingdom. Coverage in eastern Asia followed in 2004, with further inroads into Canada, México, Central Europe, and the Middle East.
We created a child website called Videos of Worldwide Highways — hand-captured
footage from highways in Canada, México, the United States, and the two Chinas.
This project was well ahead of its time, releasing several new videos per month.
Competing websites took notice but were ultimately unable to keep pace with our
low-bandwidth, high-quality captures.
On 28 December 2006, Pictures of Highway Shields and Videos of Worldwide Highways
merged into the Worldwide Highway Library. It was upon this merger that we
surpassed 50,000 monthly hits for the first time.
Inspired by the efficiency of railroads and the swift movement of tourists and goods,
we formed the Worldwide Railway Library. Initial coverage included
Swiss Rail, Amtrak, and local California rail lines.
The Worldwide Highway Library and Worldwide Railway Library merged into the Worldwide Transportation Library — and this brings us to today. Our goal is that you teach yourself about different transportation systems in countries or regions you've never seen. Please travel, and travel well.
Boats may not be the fastest form of transportation, but that's the point. We caught interest in capturing beautiful coastal locations & adventurous open seas, where one finds unforgettable views. With this, we entered our final continent of Antarctica.
