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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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Translink - Northern Ireland's integrated bus and rail public transport company. Includes a journey planner, timetables, special offers and information on tours.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to Northern Ireland's integrated bus and rail public transport company. Within this site you will find a Journey Planner, Timetables, Special Offers and information on Tours and much more. ]
Irish Transport Trust - Caters for all interested in the study of passenger transport, mainly road services. Includes meetings, polls and photos.
McCausland - Offering airport parking, car hire and taxi services. Includes contact information.
Meta Description: [ Secure Belfast City Centre car parking and Belfast Airport Parking car parking ]
Merchant Navy Association Northern Ireland - Information about local meetings, plus the merchant navy's role in WWII.
Railways Taskforce - Established to consider the strategic options for the future of the railway network. Provides reports, press releases and information about panel members.
Meta Description: [ Home page of the Department of Regional Development - Railways Task Force ]
Roads Service - Road authority responsible for public roads, footways, bridges, street lights, car parks and the Strangford Lough ferry service. Includes office locations, press releases, careers information and a facility to report faults.
Meta Description: [ Roads Service is the only road authority in Northern Ireland, responsible for public roads, footways, bridges, street lights, car parks and the Strangford Lough Ferry Service. ]
Rural Community Transport Partnerships - Provides grant-aid for a range of public, rural and community based transport activities operated by sixteen regional partnerships.
Meta Description: [ Community Transport Northern Ireland is a body of voluntary sector transport operators covering the whole of Northern Ireland. The operators provide a high quality service of accessible, affordable and local transport to a wide range of individuals with mobility difficulties. ]
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