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First Student
First Student, Inc. is an American school bus company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, providing contracted home-to-school busing for school districts in the United States and Canada.
Fisker Automotive
Fisker Automotive was an American car company founded by designer Henrik Fisker in 2007, which built the Fisker Karma luxury plug-in hybrid before filing for bankruptcy in 2013.
Fisker Inc.
Fisker Inc. was an American electric-vehicle manufacturer founded in 2016 by designer Henrik Fisker, known for the Fisker Ocean SUV, which it built from 2023 until bankruptcy in 2024.
Fisker Karma
The Fisker Karma is a four-door luxury plug-in hybrid sedan launched in 2011 by Henrik Fisker's Fisker Automotive; the company went bankrupt in 2013, and Wanxiang continued the car as Karma Automotive.
Fixed-gear bicycle
A fixed-gear bicycle, also called a fixie or fixed-wheel bike, is a bicycle whose rear sprocket is rigidly connected to the hub, making coasting impossible; track racers use them.
Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act
The Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, or FAST Act, is a US federal law enacted in 2015 that authorized roughly $305 billion over five years for highways, transit, and rail.
FlashEx (闪送) (Shansong)
FlashEx (闪送, Shansong) is a Beijing-based on-demand same-city courier company founded in 2014, known for its one-courier-per-order model and its Nasdaq listing in October 2024.
Flashing beacon
A flashing beacon is a highway traffic signal that operates in a flashing mode rather than a normal red-yellow-green sequence, controlling intersections or warning drivers.
Flatbed truck
A flatbed truck is a truck or tractor-trailer with a completely open, flat cargo deck, loaded by crane or forklift and used for steel, lumber, and pipe.
Flathead engine
The flathead engine, also called a side-valve or L-head engine, has valves in the engine block, not the cylinder head, and dominated motoring into the 1950s.
Fleet management
Fleet management is the administration of a company's motor vehicles and mobile assets, covering maintenance, fuel, driver scheduling, safety, compliance, and disposal, today relying heavily on telematics.
Flexible post
A flexible post, commonly called a flexible delineator post or flexpost, is a reboundable polyurethane traffic post marking lanes and protected bike lanes that bends when struck and springs upright.
Flexport
Flexport is a San Francisco-based digital freight forwarder and customs broker founded by Ryan Petersen in 2013, arranging ocean, air, rail, and trucking freight through software.
FlixBus
FlixBus is the long-distance coach brand of Flix SE, a German company founded in Munich in 2013 whose partner-operated green buses have carried over 500 million passengers across more than 40 countries.
Florida Department of Transportation
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is the executive agency of Florida state government responsible for planning and maintaining the state's highways, bridges, rail, seaports, and transit.
Florida Highway Patrol
The Florida Highway Patrol, established in 1939, is the state agency that patrols Florida's highways, enforces traffic and vehicle laws, and investigates crashes on state roads.
Florida State Road 408
Florida State Road 408, the East-West Expressway, is a toll expressway in Orlando, Florida, running about 22 miles across downtown from near Ocoee to east of the University of Central Florida.
Florida State Road 528
Florida State Road 528, officially the Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway and formerly the Bee Line Expressway, is a Central Florida toll road linking Orlando to the Atlantic coast.
Florida State Road A1A
Florida State Road A1A is a 338-mile state highway along Florida's Atlantic coast from Key West to Fernandina Beach, named the Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway in 2024.
Florida's Turnpike
Florida's Turnpike, also called the Sunshine State Parkway, is a toll road network in Florida operated by the state; its mainline runs 312 miles from Miami to Wildwood.
FMVSS 208
FMVSS 208, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, is the US federal regulation requiring occupant crash protection, including seat belts and air bags, in passenger vehicles.
FMVSS 214
FMVSS 214, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 214, is a United States regulation requiring side impact protection in passenger cars, trucks, and buses through door crush, barrier, and pole tests.
FMVSS No. 216 (Roof Crush Resistance)
FMVSS No. 216, "Roof Crush Resistance," is a US federal safety standard requiring light-vehicle roofs to withstand 1.5 times vehicle weight in rollover crashes, effective 1973.
Fog seal
A fog seal is a light spray of diluted asphalt emulsion, applied without aggregate cover, that seals asphalt pavement, reduces raveling, and enriches weathered surfaces.
Folding bicycle
A folding bicycle is a bicycle whose frame, handlebars, and pedals collapse into a compact package for carrying on trains, buses, and in cars, usually with 16 or 20 inch wheels.
Follow-up time
Follow-up time, also called follow-up headway or move-up time, is a traffic engineering gap acceptance parameter: the time between successive queued minor-street vehicles entering the same major-street gap.
Food delivery
Food delivery, also called meal delivery service, brings prepared meals from restaurants to customers, ordered by phone, website, or mobile app and carried by couriers or gig workers.
Foodora
Foodora is a European quick-commerce delivery platform, launched in Berlin in 2014, delivering restaurant meals, groceries, and household goods in Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Norway, and Sweden as part of Delivery Hero.
Foothills Parkway
The Foothills Parkway is a 72-mile scenic parkway along the Tennessee side of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, authorized by Congress in 1944 and still unfinished.
Förbifart Stockholm
Förbifart Stockholm, or Stockholm bypass, is a 21-kilometer E4 motorway being built west of Stockholm, about 18 kilometers in tunnel, to relieve the Essingeleden, opening fully in 2030.