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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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@ihaveahat You have bested me with your greater lack of transportation skills, sir. :( (I also snore, quite loudly. I'm not even fat!)
randomfurlong (David) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:25:02 -0000
@ihaveahat You have bested me with your greater lack of transportation skills, sir. :( (I also snore, quite loudly. I'm not even fat!)
RT @afathersheart2 RT @Greatbearwoman âSometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith.â Margaret Shepherd
eadvocate (Kendra Kellogg) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:25:01 -0000
RT @afathersheart2 RT @Greatbearwoman “Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith.” Margaret Shepherd
This public transportation strike has become unbearable for speedracers like me... I hate sitting in traffic.. I like speeding right thru it
NydiaRose (Nydia Rosa) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:24:18 -0000
This public transportation strike has become unbearable for speedracers like me... I hate sitting in traffic.. I like speeding right thru it
MassDOT: @MassDOTdev Our presentation from today's O'Reilly Media webcast "Opening Transportation Data".. http://bit.ly/3jQwdm
MassGovTweets (Mass Gov Tweets) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:22:41 -0000
MassDOT: @MassDOTdev Our presentation from today's O'Reilly Media webcast "Opening Transportation Data".. http://bit.ly/3jQwdm
Report: Marin, North Bay pay more for transportation/housing costs http://bit.ly/2Bh8QN
carpenterco (Sue Adamo-Carpenter) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:22:29 -0000
Report: Marin, North Bay pay more for transportation/housing costs http://bit.ly/2Bh8QN
RT @CornRoots RT@MoAgriculture GovNixon dedicates new warehouse @ New Madrid Cty port boosting ag, CPS & transportation http://bit.ly/3P0spZ
HilHMo (Hilary Holeman) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:21:28 -0000
RT @CornRoots RT@MoAgriculture GovNixon dedicates new warehouse @ New Madrid Cty port boosting ag, CPS & transportation http://bit.ly/3P0spZ
Operation Lifesaver Inc. - A nationwide, non-profit public information program dedicated to reducing collisions, injuries and fatalities at highway-rail crossings and on railroad rights-of-way.
Bad Subjects: Traffic - Political commentary on modern transportation issues.
Meta Description: [ October 1998: Bad Subjects attempts to define, consider, and criticize the culture of movement. ]
Center for Neighborhood Technology - Founded in 1978, CNT develops creative strategies for making cities and their surrounding areas work for everyone, environmentally and economically. Transport and sustainable development.
Centre for Independent Transport (CILT) - A research and resource unit concerned with socially and environmentally sustainable urban transport. Includes their work, publications, a magazine, links and contact information.
Meta Description: [ CILT is a research and resource unit dedicated to investigating ways of improving urban transport in environmentally and socially sustainable ways. ]
Community Transportation Association of America - Includes federal and legislative updates, magazine, employment opportunities, current programs and articles.
Innovative Finance Clearinghouse - Clearinghouse provides finance information about surface-transportation techniques, programs and practices, and events and trends in the industry.
Meta Description: [ Clearinghouse provides innovative surface-transportation finance techniques, programs and practices, and cutting-edge events and trends in the industry (both domestic and international). Content includes legislation, events, publications, projects, techniques, application guidance, and participa... ]
Institute of Transportation Studies - Transportation studies at University of California-Berkeley and the other campuses in the UC system.
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Metropolitan Travel Survey Archive - A collection of travel and trip surveys compiled by the University of Minnesota.
NAS/NRC Reports: Transportation - Online access to topical reports by the National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council.
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RFF Library: Urban Transportation - Resources for the Future policy papers related to urban transportation policy
TransAct - Collection of information and resources about making communities more livable and helping the environment through innovative transportation projects and initiatives.
TransOptions - A non-profit transportation group servicing Northern New Jersey. Includes commuter options, information, partner companies and special projects.
Transportation Research Board - Promotes innovation and progress in transportation through research. The Board fulfills this mission through the work of some 200 standing technical committees and task forces that address all modes and aspects of transportation.
Meta Description: [ Encouraging Research and Innovation in Transportaion since 1920 ]
TRIS Online - Transportation Research Information Services Online, a database produced and maintained by the USDOT Bureau of Transportation and the Transportation Research Board at the National Academy of Sciences.
Urban Mobility Study - An annual statistical report on the extent and performance of the roadway systems in 68 U.S. cities, with data from several decades.
Meta Description: [ Texas Transportation Institute's urban mobility information site. Projects performed within TTI's Mobility Analysis Program. ]
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Urban Transport and Environment - TERI center addressing the problem of rising urbanization and motorization in India, including statistics, event information, and papers on emission control strategies and euro norms.
WALK Austin - Organizes citizen support for increased use and safety of pedestrian facilities.
Wendell Cox Consultancy and The Public Purpose - Works to facilitate the ideal of government as the servant of the people by identifying and implementing strategies to achieve public purposes at a cost that is no higher than necessary. Emphasis is on transportation issues.
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