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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
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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Department for Transport - DfT. Responsible for transport issues (except when devolved), in particular railway franchising and a range of executive agencies. Policy papers, speeches etc.
British Waterways - Conserves and manages over 2,000 miles of navigable canals and rivers.
Meta Description: [ The official site of British Waterways, a public corporation responsible for 2000 miles (3,220km) of navigable canals and rivers in England, Scotland and Wales. ]
Commission for Integrated Transport - CfIT. Established to provide independent advice to the Government on the implementation of integrated transport policy and to monitor developments in transport and the environment. Provides information on the role and membership of the Commission, plus copies of its reports and publications.
Meta Description: [ site of the UK government's Commission for Integrated Transport ]
Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee - Responsible for advising the UK Government on access for disabled people to transport and the built environment. Provides information on access to various modes of transport and details of the Committee's work.
Meta Description: [ The DPTAC website provides an overview of what we do and the activities of its working groups. It focuses primarily on different transport modes, including air travel, buses, maitime, motoring, rail, taxis and personal mobility and also includes a section on the built environment, where DPTAC als... ]
Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland (MACS) - Committee advising Scottish Ministers on taking account of the interests of disabled people in the formulation of transport policies.
Meta Description: [ MACS is a committee which has been set up to advise Scottish Ministers how best they should take account of the interests of disabled people in the formulation of transport policies. Our Members were appointed by Scottish Ministers after an open recruitment process. Each member has been invited... ]
National TravelWise Association - Partnership of local authorities and other organisations working together to promote sustainable transport. Site provides news on the latest travel awareness campaigns in the UK and Europe, advice for schools and businesses, free downloadable materials and access to a network of professional organisations working in the field.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to the National TravelWise Association ]
pteg - Represents the metropolitan Passenger Transport Executives (PTEs) in Great Britain. Policy documents, consultation responses, research papers.
The Institution of Highways and Transportation - IHT aims to provide a forum for the exchange of technical information and views on highways and transport policy; to make roads safer for the travelling public; and to encourage training and development to meet today's requirements.
Meta Description: [ The Institution of Highways & Transportation (IHT) is acknowledged as the leading voice for the transportation profession. The institution has grown to become the foremost learned society in the UK concerned specifically with the design, construction, maintenance ]
Transport Analysis Guidance - Guidance on the conduct of transport analysis studies: multi-modal methods (GOMMMS), safety and environment, use of models, etc. Run by DfT.
Transport Direct - Government site providing access to information about transport facilities and services in the UK, including journey planners and live travel news.
Transport Scotland - Responsible for the delivery of major infrastructure projects and for overseeing the operation of the Scottish transport networks. Information about schemes, reports, news. Created in 2006.
Meta Description: [ Transport Scotland is the new national transport agency for Scotland. Our purpose is to help deliver the Scottish Executive's vision for transport, making a real difference for people and businesses using the national rail and road networks ]
UK Transport Statistics Information - Official reports, publications and data on transport usage within the UK.
withinreach - Technical advisory and training programme to help Local Transport Authorities create Accessibility Strategies to for the socially excluded.
Meta Description: [ withinreach is a Department for Transport (DfT) sponsored programme providing training and advice for English local transport authorities (outside London) concerned with accessibility planning. It is operated by Steer Davies Gleave on behalf of the DfT. The aim of is to support and advise local t... ]
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