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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The issue for the Atlanta suburbs is transportation —put simply, getting around. Can this area cut commute times and energy costs? ULI
skyvine (Douglas Sams) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:26:52 -0000
The issue for the Atlanta suburbs is transportation —put simply, getting around. Can this area cut commute times and energy costs? ULI
$1.10/L for gas kills me.Calculated & found out that I spend approx. $350/mth just on gas & parking. I really HATE public transportation!lol
poindexter28 (George Kong) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:26:38 -0000
$1.10/L for gas kills me.Calculated & found out that I spend approx. $350/mth just on gas & parking. I really HATE public transportation!lol
RT @MassDOTdev presentation from today's O'Reilly Media webcast "Opening Transportation Data" http://bit.ly/488dyp #gov20 #slideshare
glennon (Glennon) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:25:53 -0000
RT @MassDOTdev presentation from today's O'Reilly Media webcast "Opening Transportation Data" http://bit.ly/488dyp #gov20 #slideshare
Berkshire Facing Another Possible Ratings Cut Over Burlington http://bit.ly/10NoxJ $BNI $BRK'B #Transportation #MergersAcquisitions #NYSE
CNBCtopStories (CNBC Top Stories) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:25:03 -0000
Berkshire Facing Another Possible Ratings Cut Over Burlington http://bit.ly/10NoxJ $BNI $BRK'B #Transportation #MergersAcquisitions #NYSE
RT @chrispirillo: Getting Peet's, then attempting to find transportation to the Hawaii Convention Center. Taxi's expensive here?
ohdkproductions (OHDK Productions) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:24:24 -0000
RT @chrispirillo: Getting Peet's, then attempting to find transportation to the Hawaii Convention Center. Taxi's expensive here?
One thing I miss about Utah is uta because for 20$ a month I never needed a car. Public transportation for life
decoyoctopus (decoyoctopus) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:24:22 -0000
One thing I miss about Utah is uta because for 20$ a month I never needed a car. Public transportation for life

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