Cart

A cart is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals. A handcart is pulled or pushed by one or more people. It is different from a dray or wagon, which is a heavy transport vehicle with four wheels and typically two or more horses, or a carriage, which is used exclusively for transporting humans.

Over time, the term "cart" has come to mean nearly any small conveyance, from shopping carts to golf carts, without regard to number of wheels, load carried, or means of propulsion.

The draught animals used for carts may be horses or ponies, mules, oxen, water buffalo or donkeys, or even smaller animals such as goats or large dogs.

History

Carts have been mentioned in literature as far back as the second millennium B.C. The Indian sacred book Rigveda states that men and women are as equal as two wheels of a cart. Hand-carts pushed by humans have been used around the world. In the 19th century, for instance, some Mormons travelling across the plains of the United States between 1856 and 1860 used handcarts.

Carts (film)

Carts (2007), directed by Chris Cashman, premiered at The Valley Film Festival, where it won the "10 Degrees Hotter" Award for Best Feature Film.

Cast

• Douglas Spain... Roberto

• Ted Lange... Ted

• Fernanda Romero... Maria

• Bradford Anderson... Ed

• Marshall Manesh... Fab

• Martin Klebba... Joe

• Mo Collins... Hilda

• Warren Stevens... Fred Tait

• Dennis Hayden... Ted

• Paul H. Kim... Mike

• Sam Sarpong... Conrad

• Douglas Tait... Hubertus

Plot

A group of misfit shopping cart attendants deal with another day at their dead end jobs.

Production

Writer/director Cashman and his wife financed Carts on their credit cards. It was filmed on a JVC GY-HD100U Pro HD camcorder. It was filmed in a parking lot in Burbank, California over 15 days.

Critical response

Film Threat scored it 3.5/5, calling it "a good start" for director Cashman.

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Capital Area Rural Transportation System

Capital Area Rural Transportation System or CARTS is a public transportation system serving Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, and Lee counties in Texas, as well as rural areas of Hays, Travis, and Williamson. As of 2008, it serves a total of 169 communities.

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