The year was 1966. The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, which carries passengers from Palm Springs up to the San Jacinto Mountains nearly 6,000 feet above, had opened a few years prior to great fanfare.

The death of a child chimney sweep in Fulbourn prompted a change in the law banning "climbing boys" A blue plaque to commemorate a Victorian child chimney sweep has been unveiled at the place of ...

Marcelo Benoit examines the two cases. Having dismantled a suburban railway and aborted a monorail scheme, the Brazilian city of Salvador is now developing a tram network using second-hand trams and ...