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Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to transport:

Contents 1 Essence of transport 2 Types of transport 2.1 By availability 2.2 Modes and vehicles 2.2.1 Aviation 2.2.2 Animal-powered transport 2.2.2.1 Animals domesticated for transport 2.2.2.2 Animal-powered vehicles 2.2.3 Cable transport 2.2.4 Conveyor transport 2.2.5 Human-powered transport 2.2.6 Hybrid transport 2.2.7 Military transport 2.2.7.1 Air force transport 2.2.7.2 Army transport 2.2.7.3 Navy transport 2.2.8 Motorized road transport 2.2.9 Motorized off-road transport 2.2.10 Pipeline transport 2.2.11 Rail transport 2.2.12 Ship transport 2.2.13 Space transport 2.2.13.1 Transport on the Moon and Mars 2.2.13.2 Space transport launched from the surface of the Moon 3 Transportation systems 3.1 Networks 3.2 Nodes 3.3 Subsystems 4 History of transport 5 Theory and design 5.1 Fictional and proposed future transport 6 Transport by region 7 Transport lists 8 See also 9 External links

[edit] Essence of transport

• Driving involves controlling a vehicle, usually a motor vehicle such as a truck, bus, or automobile. For motorcycles, bicycles and animals, it is called riding.
• Shipping, transporting of goods and cargo, by land, sea, and air
• Travel, movement of people, by land, sea, and air

[edit] Types of transport

[edit] By availability

• Private transport
• Public transport (public transit)

[edit] Modes and vehicles

• Intermodal passenger transport

[edit] Aviation

• Aircraft

• Fixed-wing aircraft

• Airship (dirigible)
• Autogyro
• Balloon
• Blimp
• Helicopter
• Human-powered aircraft
• Parachute (downward air transport only)
• Rocket
• Projectile (goods only, normally explosives)
• Supersonic transport
• Zeppelin

[edit] Animal-powered transport

[edit] Animals domesticated for transport

• Camel
• Dog
• Donkey (burro)
• Elephant
• Homing pigeon
• Horse
• Mule
• Llama
• Ox
• Pigeon (goods only)
• Reindeer
• Yak

[edit] Animal-powered vehicles

• Carriage
• Cart
• Chariot
• Horse-drawn boat
• Sled
• Stagecoach

[edit] Cable transport

• Aerial tramway
• Cable car (railway)
• Chairlift
  • Detachable chairlift
• Elevator
• Funicular (inclined plane)
• Gondola lift
• List of aerial lift manufacturers
• Paternoster

[edit] Conveyor transport

• Conveyor belt
• Escalator
• Moving walkway (moving sidewalk, travelator, and the inclined moving sidewalk, a moving ramp)

[edit] Human-powered transport

• Baby transport
• Bicycle
• Boda-boda
• Buggy (cart)
• Human-powered aircraft
• Ice skate
• Kick scooter
• Punt (boat)
• Rickshaw
• Roller skates
• Shopping cart
• Skateboard
• Ski
• Snakeboard
• Unicycle
• Watercraft rowing
• Wheelbarrow
• Wheelchair

[edit] Hybrid transport

• Amphibious vehicle
• Hybrid vehicle
• Moped
• Motorized bicycle

[edit] Military transport

[edit] Air force transport

• Military aircraft

[edit] Army transport

• Armoured fighting vehicle
• Armoured personnel carrier
• Jeep
• Landing craft
• Limbers and caissons (military)
• Mega Tank
• Mini-Tank
• German Panzer

[edit] Navy transport

• Aircraft carrier
  • Escort carrier
• Naval ship
• PT boat
• Submarine
  • U-boat
• Torpedo boat

[edit] Motorized road transport

• Automobile (car)
  • Car body styles
• Auto rickshaw
• Bus
  • Midibus
  • Minibus
  • School bus
  • Trolleybus
• Minivan
• Motorcycle
• Share taxi
• Truck
  • Trucking industry in the United States
• Unimog
• Van

[edit] Motorized off-road transport

• All-terrain vehicle
• Engineering vehicle
• Hovercraft
• Ice boat
• Snowmobile
• Sport utility vehicle
• Tank
• Traction engine
• Tractor

[edit] Pipeline transport

• Natural gas
• Petroleum
• Pneumatic tube
• Sanitary sewer
• Slurry
• Water

[edit] Rail transport

• Accessibility
• Glossary of rail terminology
• High-speed rail
• Locomotive
• Maglev (transport)
• Monorail
• Mountain railway
  • Cable car (railway)
  • Funicular
  • Rack railway (cog railway)
• Multiple unit
  • Diesel multiple unit
  • Electric multiple unit (EMU)
• People mover
• Personal rapid transit
• Rail tracks
• Rail transport by country
  • History of rail transport by country
• Rapid transit (metro, underground, subway); see also List of rapid transit systems
• Train
• Tram, light rail (streetcar, trolley); see also List of tram and light-rail transit systems

[edit] Ship transport

• Barge
• Boat
  • Jet Ski
  • Jetboat
  • Lifeboat (rescue)
  • Lifeboat (shipboard)
  • Narrowboat
  • Punt (boat)
  • Wherry
• Ferry
• Horse-drawn boat
• Hydrofoil
• Sailing
• Ship
• Tank ship
• Yacht

[edit] Space transport

• Interplanetary spaceflight
• Rocket
• Space Shuttle
• Space station
• Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft propulsion

[edit] Transport on the Moon and Mars

• Lunar rover (various, manned and unmanned, Moon, 1971–1973)
• Lunokhod programme
• Nomad rover (unmanned test vehicle, has not been in space, 1997)
• Opportunity rover (MER-B- unmanned, Mars, 2004)
• Sojourner (unmanned, Mars, 1997)
• Spirit rover (MER-A- unmanned, Mars, 2004)

[edit] Space transport launched from the surface of the Moon

• Ascent stage of Apollo Lunar Module, manned, six times, 1969-1972 (return to Earth in the Apollo program)

[edit] Transportation systems

[edit] Networks

• Airlines
• Bridges
• Canals
• Foreshoreways
• Freeways
• Greenways
• Highways
• Motorways
• Personal rapid transit
• Pipeline transport
• Railroads (also called railways)
• Rivers
• Roads
  • List of roads and highways
• Segregated cycle facilities
• Sidewalks
• Skyways
• Stairways, ladders
• Tunnels

[edit] Nodes

• Airport, Heliport, List of airports
• Air traffic control
• Bus stop (including bus station, bus depot) and tram stop
• Harbor, Port, List of seaports
• Metro station
  • Cross-platform interchange
  • List of London Underground stations
  • Architecture of the Paris Métro
• Junction (road), Parking
• Spaceport
• Train station
  • Railway platform

[edit] Subsystems

• Air safety
• Containerization
• Continuous track
• Engine
• Foot
• Wheel

[edit] History of transport

• Aviation history
• Domestication of the horse
• Horse-drawn vehicle
• Horse transports in the Middle Ages
• History of rail transport
• History of rapid transit
• History of the automobile
• List of transport museums
• Maritime history

[edit] Theory and design

• Engineering
  • Civil engineering
  • Highway engineering
  • Traffic engineering (transportation)
  • Transport engineering
• Fuel efficiency in transportation
• Intelligent transportation system
• Locomotion - self-powered motion of a human, non-human animal or vehicle
• Logistics
• Navigation
• Queueing theory
• Sustainable transport
• Tourism
  • Ecotourism
• Traffic congestion
• Traffic psychology
• Transport economics
• Transport efficiency
• Transport finance
• Transport Logistic (trade show)
• Transport puzzle
• Transportation forecasting
• Transportation planning
• Travel
  • Travel behavior
  • Travel class
• Urban economics
• Urban planning

[edit] Fictional and proposed future transport

It has been suggested that List of fictional animal-powered transport be merged into this page or section. (Discuss).

• Broomstick
• Flying car
• Flying sled (see Santa Claus)
• Interstellar travel
• Launch loop
• Magic carpet
• Moller Skycar M400
• Space elevator
• Starship
• Teleportation
• Transporter (Star Trek)

[edit] Transport by region

• United States Department of Transportation
• Worldwide transportation infrastructure

[edit] Transport lists

Transportation:

Aviation articles:

Aircraft • Manufacturers • Engines • Engine manufacturers • Weapons • By date and usage

Aviation accidents and incidents:  By airline • By location • By year

Airports:  AU • BE • FR • GR • JP • PL • UK

History:

Transport museums

Land transport:

Automobiles:  Manufacturers • Truck types • Convoy codes

Cycles:  Bicycle parts • Bicycle types • Motorcycle manufacturers

Rail transport:  Heritage railways • Tram and light-rail transit systems • Melbourne tram routes • Metro systems (subways) • London Underground stations • Closed London Underground stations • Melbourne railway stations • Closed Melbourne railway stations • Named passenger trains • UK railway stations

Road systems:

Roads and highways:  Highways in Australia • UK motorways • Interstate Highways in the U.S. • U.S. Numbered Highways • State highways in the U.S.

Bridges:  UK • USA • Longest suspension bridge spans

Tunnels:  NL • NZ • UK

Maritime:  Ships • Fictional ships • Sailing boat types • Marinas

Space transport:  Spacecraft

[edit] See also

• Index of environmental articles

[edit] External links

• Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley
• "Friedrich List" Faculty of Transportation and Traffic Sciences, Dresden - Germany
• Northwestern University Transportation Library

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