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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RT @whitehouse: Transportation Secretary LaHood blogs on the 2009 Word of the Year: "Distracted Driving" http://bit.ly/69Lntw
sarahfosmo (Sarah Fosmo) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:20:59 -0000
RT @whitehouse: Transportation Secretary LaHood blogs on the 2009 Word of the Year: "Distracted Driving" http://bit.ly/69Lntw
@ratties @thespunkyone @sarah_janes @jrknaughtynurse @tdot_babs @cupcakegirl81 I think I found cheap Fla transportation thx to @thebostons
nicole0415 (Nicole Neeson) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:20:12 -0000
@ratties @thespunkyone @sarah_janes @jrknaughtynurse @tdot_babs @cupcakegirl81 I think I found cheap Fla transportation thx to @thebostons
Reinventing Carpooling to Meet Transportation's Greatest Challenges - Avego CEO hosting workshop at #TRB2010AM - http://ow.ly/Rhxj #transit
AvegoUSA (Amy Steinberg) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:20:08 -0000
Reinventing Carpooling to Meet Transportation's Greatest Challenges - Avego CEO hosting workshop at #TRB2010AM - http://ow.ly/Rhxj #transit
@dreamhampton damn DREAM. u really getting it in on mass transportation today
orlyrodriguez (ORLY) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:18:53 -0000
@dreamhampton damn DREAM. u really getting it in on mass transportation today
If you have never taken public transportation you should at least once in your life. #neveradullmoment
TiffersPDSX (Tiffers:The Thriller) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:18:32 -0000
If you have never taken public transportation you should at least once in your life. #neveradullmoment
RT @greentweet: Bike to work: Transportation accounts for over 20% of CO2 emissions, more than half of which comes from private cars. #green
anita_avt (Ana Toledo) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:16:10 -0000
RT @greentweet: Bike to work: Transportation accounts for over 20% of CO2 emissions, more than half of which comes from private cars. #green

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