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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Former VDOT Commissioner Philip Shucet Speaks Out on Transportation Problem http://bit.ly/6ScbsO
truckingtammy (Tammy Truck) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:55:12 -0000
Former VDOT Commissioner Philip Shucet Speaks Out on Transportation Problem http://bit.ly/6ScbsO
Come to "Electric Drive Transportation Assn. Conference & Annual Meeting" Tuesday, January 26 at 8:00 am until ... http://bit.ly/71MhhP
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New #publichealth study: 20MPH speed limits greatly reduce injuries and fatalities (BMJ) http://bit.ly/8aXZ6B #transportation @streetsblog
urbandata (Design New Haven) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:51:51 -0000
New #publichealth study: 20MPH speed limits greatly reduce injuries and fatalities (BMJ) http://bit.ly/8aXZ6B #transportation @streetsblog
Public transportation is probably the worst thing ever. Nothing like a 20 min drive taking 2 hours
kris_hihatt (Kris Hiatt) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:50:40 -0000
Public transportation is probably the worst thing ever. Nothing like a 20 min drive taking 2 hours
Why Macau is such a nightmare park cars and public transportation sucks. Bus always full, taxis offer an awfull service.
pubeditions (Joao Gomes) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:50:35 -0000
Why Macau is such a nightmare park cars and public transportation sucks. Bus always full, taxis offer an awfull service.
Hahn to replace Crunican as Seattle transportation chief. http://r2u.at/8VK5XJ
yoloneci92361 (Seattle, WA) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:47:35 -0000
Hahn to replace Crunican as Seattle transportation chief. http://r2u.at/8VK5XJ

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