Transportation

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The movement of goods and personnel from one location to another.

"Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another."
"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."