Door to Door: The Magnificent, Maddening, Mysterious World of Transportation (44 page)

U.S. Congress, 148–49, 174, 182, 308

U.S. Customs, 226, 246

U.S. Defense Department, 290

U.S. Department of Transportation, 154, 284

U.S. Highway 30, 106

U.S. Navy, 161, 216

U.S. Senate, 148

University of California, Los Angeles, 156

University of Michigan, 266–67

Urmson, Chris, 140, 282, 290

V2V and V2I technology, 284–85

Valentine's Day, 158–59, 208

Venice, 70

Ventura, California, 2

vertical integration, 28–29

Vietnam, 36, 72–73, 78

Vietnam War, 92

Virginia, 143, 197, 210

Virgin Island, 216

Vision Zero, 111–12, 132

Volkswagen, 141

Volvo, 139, 266

walking, 292, 302–3, 305, 314–16.
See also
pedestrians

Wall Street Journal
, 100

Walmart, 14, 153, 158, 163, 187, 191, 226, 244

warehouses, 190, 198–99, 227, 244

warfarin, 69

War of 1812, 92

Warren, Elizabeth, 187

Washington, D.C., 156

Washtenau County, Michigan, 95

water, 10, 55, 59–60, 152, 156–57, 168

Waterproof, Louisiana, 112

Watson Land Company, 226–28

Watsonville, California, 137

WAVE (Walmart Advanced Vehicle Experience), 242

Wayzata, Minnesota, 138

Waze, 80, 259

West Los Angeles, 2, 156

wheeled chassis supply, 209–10

White, Michelle J., 115–16

Wickersham, W.H., 200–201

Wi-Fi, 23

Wilmington, California, 197

wind turbines, 26

wine, 66

Wischover, Dylan, 106

Wisdom Ace
(ship), 213–14

Works Progress Administration, 152–53

World Economic forum, 154

Worldport, 246

World Trade Center, 46

World War I, 27, 92, 109

World War II, 46, 92

Wright, Audrey “Bucky,” Sr., 114

Wright, Aunaysia, 114

Wright, Glenna Michelle, 114

Yellow Cab, 15

Yemen, 70

Yirgacheffe coffee beans, 67, 69, 71–72, 74, 79

YTL, 13

Zappos, 228

Zhengzhou, China, 24

Zipcar, 303

Zócalo, 291

EDWARD HUMES
is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and the author of thirteen books, including
Garbology
:
Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash
. He is a recipient of a PEN Award, and his writing has appeared in
Los Angeles Magazine
, the
Wall Street Journal
,
Forbes
, and the
New York Times
. He resides in Southern California with his wife, two children, and three rescued greyhounds.

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