Overview of and topical guide to transport
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to transport:
Transport or transportation – movement of people and goods from one place to another.
Essence of transport
[edit]- 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
Types of transport, by availability
[edit]Types of transport, by mode and vehicles
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Aviation
Animal-powered transport
[edit]Animal-powered transport
Animals domesticated for transport
[edit]Animal-powered vehicles
[edit]Cable transport
Conveyor transport
Convoy
Human-powered transport
[edit]Human-powered transport
Ground transportation
[edit]Ground transportation
Motorized road transport
[edit]Road transport
Motorized off-road transport
[edit]Off-road transport
Rail transport
Pipeline transport
Ship transport
Space transport
Transport on the Moon and Mars
[edit]- Lunar rover (various, crewed and robotic, Moon, 1971–1973)
- Lunokhod programme
- Nomad rover (robotic test vehicle, has not been in space, 1997)
- Opportunity rover (MER-B – robotic, Mars, 2004)
- Sojourner (robotic, Mars, 1997)
- Spirit rover (MER-Arobotic, Mars, 2004)
Space transport launched from the surface of the Moon
[edit]- Ascent stage of Apollo Lunar Module, crewed, six times, 1969-1972 (return to Earth in the Apollo program)
Transmission
Transportation systems
[edit]History of transport
[edit]Fictional and proposed future transport
[edit]Transport by region
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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 • US • Longest suspension bridge spans
- Tunnels: NL • NZ • UK
- Maritime: Ships • Fictional ships • Sailing boat types • Marinas
- Space transport: Spacecraft