Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another. The term is derived from the Latin trans ("across") and portare ("to carry").

Aspects of transport

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The field of transport has several aspects: loosely they can be divided into a triad of infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Infrastructure includes the transport networks (roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, pipelines, etc.) that are used, as well as the nodes or terminals (such as airports, railway stations, bus stations and seaports). The vehicles generally ride on the networks, such as automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, airplanes. The operations deal with the control of the system, such as traffic signals and ramp meters, railroad switches, air traffic control, etc, as well as policies, such as how to finance the system (for example, the use of tolls or gasoline taxes).

Broadly speaking, the design of networks are the domain of civil engineering and urban planning, the design of vehicles of mechanical engineering and specialized subfields such as nautical engineering and aerospace engineering, and the operations are usually specialized, though might appropriately belong to operations research or systems engineering.

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eLobbyistVA (eLobbyist VA) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:20:59 -0000
SB164 *Update* Transportation; source of revenue by increase of motor vehicle sales and use tax. http://bit.ly/9nMjAN
Blueprint America: Beyond the Motor City @ 9PM looks at our transportation future. Blogs, Q&A w/director http://www.rmpbs.org/blueprint
rmpbs (rmpbs) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:20:49 -0000
Blueprint America: Beyond the Motor City @ 9PM looks at our transportation future. Blogs, Q&A w/director http://www.rmpbs.org/blueprint
all these iphone/ipad games make me wish for actual public transportation
theregent76 (Daniel Loyd) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:19:02 -0000
all these iphone/ipad games make me wish for actual public transportation
RT @OzarkTigers: A list of all Snow Routes is available at http://www.ozark.k12.mo.us/09/Transportation.html
HeadlinerNews (Headliner News) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:18:45 -0000
RT @OzarkTigers: A list of all Snow Routes is available at http://www.ozark.k12.mo.us/09/Transportation.html
I think my 400 horrible cab experiences in a row is a sign that I need to take more public transportation
corynnes (corynne steindler) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:18:31 -0000
I think my 400 horrible cab experiences in a row is a sign that I need to take more public transportation
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