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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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NC Driver License Exam Guide - Offers sample questions and preparation for NC driver's license exam.
NCDOT Ferry Division - Schedules, history, ferry vessel information and related travel information.
NCDOT Rail Division - Information about railways and future high speed rail projects in North Carolina.
Meta Description: [ North Carolina's Amtrak Passenger Trains to Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte and nine NC cities along the route. ]
North Carolina Department of Transportation - Official site; arranged in accordance with the hierarchical organizational structure of NCDOT.
Share the Ride NC - A database of ride sharing opportunities, provided by regional transportation agencies. Includes information about carpooling and vanpooling as well as links to general transportation information.
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