Editing 2000s (section)

==== Transportation ====
[[File:Segway PT (2006)-02.jpg|The [[Segway]] was unveiled in December 2001|thumb|120px]]
* [[Competition between Airbus and Boeing]], the two largest remaining airliner manufacturers, intensified, with pan-European [[Airbus]] outselling American [[Boeing]] for the first time during this decade.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/10/22/how-airbus-achieved-the-miracle-of---------keeping-a-european-pr/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/10/22/how-airbus-achieved-the-miracle-of---------keeping-a-european-pr/ |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=How Airbus achieved the miracle of keeping a European project flying |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=October 22, 2016 |access-date=November 28, 2016 |first=Alan |last=Tovey}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
** Airbus launched the [[double-deck aircraft|double-decker]] [[Airbus A380]], the largest passenger aircraft ever to enter production.<ref>{{cite web |title=Airbus A380 Facts & Figures |date=June 2016 |publisher=Airbus |url=http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/corporate-information/key-documents/?eID=maglisting_push&tx_maglisting_pi1%5BdocID%5D=109179 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010184524/http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/corporate-information/key-documents/?eID=maglisting_push&tx_maglisting_pi1%5BdocID%5D=109179 |archive-date=October 10, 2016}}</ref>
** The [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner]], the first mass-production aircraft manufactured primarily with [[composite material]]s, had its maiden flight.<ref name=FG_takeoff>{{Cite journal |last=Ostrower |first=Jon |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/12/15/336211/breaking-video.html |title=Boeing 787 Dreamliner lifts off on maiden flight |journal=Flight International |date=December 15, 2009 |access-date=September 2, 2011 |archive-date=December 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091220235007/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/12/15/336211/breaking-video.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
** Production of the [[Boeing 757]], Boeing's largest single-aisle airliner, ended with no replacement.<ref name="B757">{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.de/boeing-757-airline-demand-la-compagnie-2016-5?r=US&IR=T |title=Boeing made a 'major mistake' 12 years ago that left its customers in the lurch |first=Benjamin |last=Zhang |date=May 26, 2016 |access-date=November 28, 2016 |website=Business Insider |archive-date=November 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128195532/http://www.businessinsider.de/boeing-757-airline-demand-la-compagnie-2016-5?r=US&IR=T |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The [[Concorde]], a turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner or supersonic transport (SST), was retired in 2003 due to a general downturn in the aviation industry after the type's only [[Air France Flight 4590|crash in 2000]], the [[9/11 terrorist attacks]] in 2001 and a decision by [[Airbus]], the successor firm of [[Aerospatiale]] and BAC, to discontinue maintenance support.
* December 9, 2005 – The [[London Transport Executive]] [[AEC Routemaster]] double-decker bus was officially withdrawn from 51 years general service in the UK. In the [[2008 London mayoral election]] campaign, prospective mayor [[Boris Johnson]] made several commitments to change the London Buses vehicle policy, namely to introduce a new Routemaster, and [[Buses in London#New Routemaster and bendy bus withdrawal|remove the bendy buses]].
* [[High-speed rail]] projects opened across Asia and Europe, and rail services saw record passenger numbers.
** The [[Acela Express]], the first full high-speed service in North America, started on the [[Northeast Corridor]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=M2 Presswire |date=November 17, 2000 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67162158.html |title=U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater celebrates inaugural run of Acela Express high-speed rail service |access-date=August 29, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026120746/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67162158.html |archive-date=October 26, 2012}}</ref>
** The [[Qinhuangdao–Shenyang High-Speed Railway]] opened, becoming the first [[high-speed railway]] in China.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-107756365.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409050721/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-107756365.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 9, 2016 |title=China opens first dedicated high-speed line: China continues to expand its railway network. It is also improving the technology it employs in constructing new lines and developing new rolling stock in an effort to increase train speeds |work=International Railway Journal |date=August 1, 2003 |access-date=May 3, 2015}}</ref>
** [[High Speed 1]], the first true high-speed line in the United Kingdom, opened in stages between 2003 and 2007, cutting travel times between Paris, Brussels and London considerably.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/about_eurostar/press_release/press_archive_2006/14_11_2006_november_14_07.jsp |website=[[Eurostar]] |date=November 14, 2006 |title=Eurostar to launch passenger services at St Pancras International on Wednesday 14 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228213525/http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/about_eurostar/press_release/press_archive_2006/14_11_2006_november_14_07.jsp |archive-date=February 28, 2007}}</ref>
** [[Taiwan High Speed Rail]] opened in 2007, connecting cities down the island's west coast.<ref name="khi-700T">{{cite journal |title=Take a Ride on the Taiwan High Speed Rail |journal=Scope |publisher=Kawasaki Heavy Industries |date=January 2007 |url=http://www.khi.co.jp/scope/pdf_e/scope72.pdf |access-date=November 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229135028/http://www.khi.co.jp/scope/pdf_e/scope72.pdf |archive-date=December 29, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
** [[HSL-Zuid]] opened in 2009, linking Amsterdam to the European high-speed network for the first time.<ref name=rgi20090907>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/ns-hispeed-launches-hsl-zuid-services.html |title=NS Hispeed launches HSL-Zuid services |magazine=[[Railway Gazette International]] |date=September 7, 2009 |access-date=November 28, 2016 |archive-date=July 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702043118/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/ns-hispeed-launches-hsl-zuid-services.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>