"Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another."
An overview of the different ways goods and people are transported, including air, water, rail, road, walking, and cycling.
Land Transportation: This includes roadways such as highways, city streets, and rural roads used by automobiles, buses, trucks, and motorcycles.
Rail Transportation: This refers to the use of trains for transportation of people and goods.
Air Transportation: This includes planes and other forms of air travel, such as helicopters and drones.
Water Transportation: This includes ships, boats, and other forms of watercraft, used for transportation of goods and people.
Mass Transportation: This refers to the use of public transportation such as buses, subways, and light rail systems.
Infrastructure: This encompasses the systems and networks that support transportation, such as roads, bridges, airports, and seaports.
Traffic Management: This refers to the methods used to manage road traffic, such as traffic signals, signs, and road markings.
Transportation Planning: This involves the process of identifying transportation needs and developing a plan for meeting those needs.
Sustainable Transportation: This refers to transportation systems that minimize environmental impacts and conserve natural resources.
Logistics: This refers to the management of the flow of goods and services from their point of origin to their final destination.
Transportation Safety: This involves ensuring transportation systems are designed and operated in a way that minimizes the risk of accidents and injuries.
Intelligent Transportation Systems: This refers to the use of technology to improve transportation systems, such as GPS and traffic monitoring systems.
Urban Transportation: This includes transportation in cities, including public transportation, biking, and walking.
Rural Transportation: This includes transportation in rural areas, including roads and rail lines.
Global Transportation: This encompasses transportation that crosses national borders and includes the movement of goods and people between countries.
Air Transportation: This includes transportation by airplanes, helicopters, and drones. It is typically used for long-distance transportation and is the fastest mode of transportation.
Water Transportation: This includes transportation by ships, boats, and ferries. It is commonly used for transportation of goods and people across large bodies of water.
Road Transportation: This includes transportation by cars, buses, motorcycles, and bicycles. It is used for short distance transportation and can be used for both personal and commercial purposes.
Rail Transportation: This includes transportation by trains, subways, and trams. It is commonly used for transportation of goods and people within cities and between cities.
Pipeline Transportation: This includes transportation of liquids and gases through pipelines. This mode of transportation is used for transportation of oil, gas, and water.
Cable Transportation: This includes transportation over cables, such as gondolas, cable cars, and chairlifts. It is commonly used for transportation of people in resorts and amusement parks.
Personal Rapid Transit: This includes small, automated vehicles that are used for transportation within specific areas, such as airports and urban areas.
Maglev Transportation: This includes transportation of people and goods by means of magnetic levitation. This mode of transportation is known for speed, efficiency, and high capacity.
Human-Powered Transportation: This includes transportation by means of human labor, such as walking, running, and cycling. It is typically used for personal transportation and exercise.
Animal-Powered Transportation: This includes transportation by means of animals, such as horses, donkeys, and camels. It is commonly used in rural areas and for transporting goods over short distances.
"Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipelines, and space."
"The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations."
"Transport enables human trade, which is essential for the development of civilizations."
"Transport infrastructure consists of both fixed installations, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, and pipelines..."
"Terminals may be used both for the interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance."
"...airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fuel docks and fuel stations), and seaports."
"Means of transport are any of the different kinds of transport facilities used to carry people or cargo."
"Vehicles may include wagons, automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, trucks, helicopters, watercraft, spacecraft, and aircraft."
"Transport enables human trade, which is essential for the development of civilizations."
"Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road)..."
"Transport infrastructure consists of both fixed installations, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, and pipelines..."
"Terminals may be used... for maintenance."
"Modes of transport include... water..."
"Transport infrastructure consists of both fixed installations... canals, and pipelines..."
"Terminals may be used both for the interchange of passengers and cargo..."
"Vehicles may include... helicopters, watercraft, spacecraft, and aircraft."
"Modes of transport include... space."
"They may include... vehicles, riding animals, and pack animals."
"Transport enables human trade, which is essential for the development of civilizations."