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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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Thanks to VDOT (Virginia Department of Transportation) for clearing us out of the snowstorm!!
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Thanks to VDOT (Virginia Department of Transportation) for clearing us out of the snowstorm!!
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U.S. Department of Transportation - Oversees federal highway, air, railroad, and maritime and other transportation administration functions; components include the FAA, FHA, FRA, NHTSA, OIG, and STB. Site links to related agencies and organizations, safety resources, and current news.
Air Travel Service Problems - The Aviation Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the General Counsel explains how the public can file an informal complaint.
Aviation Consumer Protection Division - Handles and reports air travel problems and complaints, offers aviation travel tips and publications, lists recent airline service cessations, and has links to each airline's customer service plan.
Grants Management Division - Implements Federal grant policy by providing guidance to managers of the 41 DOT grant programs. Links to acquisition and grants, business opportunities and vendor information; tools for procurement professionals, and the electronic acquisition reference library (EARL).
National Transportation Library - Provides online access to documents and databases covering all aspects of transportation in the US. Material is contributed by public and private organizations around the country and access is free.
Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST) - The Office oversees the formulation of national transportation policy and promotes intermodal transportation.
Value Engineering (VE) - The VE process is aplied to suitable Federal, State and local highway agencies projects to help in getting the best overall project value for the taxpayer.
Volpe Center - An organization within the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Special Programs Administration dedicated to enhancing the effectiveness, efficiency, and responsiveness of other Federal organizations with critical transportation-related functions and missions.
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