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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I'm convinced that all public transportation systems should work like the Japanese. No seats and pushers to make sure all space is filled.
anthiggs (Anthony Higgins) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:15:58 -0000
I'm convinced that all public transportation systems should work like the Japanese. No seats and pushers to make sure all space is filled.
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jobsonwashpost (Washington Post Jobs) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:15:54 -0000
#Hiring a Entry Level Transportation Engineer in Other VA, VA - http://wpo.st/L6J #jobs #careers
Ok now I'm mad...wtf bitch you just sat in half my lap! I fucking hate public transportation!
DekinaC (Dekina C) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:11:14 -0000
Ok now I'm mad...wtf bitch you just sat in half my lap! I fucking hate public transportation!
Eymen RT @rizkagita:macet bkl berkurang klo ada public transportation yg reliable&nyaman kaya di spore/NY.it's time for jakarta to hv those
adistyanggraini (adisty dwi anggraini) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:10:04 -0000
Eymen RT @rizkagita:macet bkl berkurang klo ada public transportation yg reliable&nyaman kaya di spore/NY.it's time for jakarta to hv those
saw sen norm coleman 2 mornings in a row. today getting on the metro. I give him props. more members should use public transportation
laurenLC (llc) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:09:14 -0000
saw sen norm coleman 2 mornings in a row. today getting on the metro. I give him props. more members should use public transportation
“Public transportation projects create nearly twice as many jobs per dollar spent” says one group. See why & get the stats http://ow.ly/Tmgo
vivaNext (vivaNext) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:06:53 -0000
“Public transportation projects create nearly twice as many jobs per dollar spent” says one group. See why & get the stats http://ow.ly/Tmgo

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