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Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipelines, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Transport enables human trade, which is essential for the development of civilizations.

Transport infrastructure consists of both fixed installations, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, and pipelines, and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fuel docks and fuel stations), and seaports. Terminals may be used both for the interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance.

Means of transport are any of the different kinds of transport facilities used to carry people or cargo. They may include vehicles, riding animals, and pack animals. Vehicles may include wagons, automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, trucks, helicopters, watercraft, spacecraft, and aircraft. (Full article...)

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The Royal Road was an ancient highway reorganized and rebuilt by the Persian king Darius the Great (Darius I) of the first (Achaemenid) Persian Empire in the 5th century BC. Darius built the road to facilitate rapid communication on the western part of his large empire from Susa to Sardis. Mounted couriers of the Angarium were supposed to travel 1,677 miles (2,699 km) from Susa to Sardis in nine days; the journey took ninety days on foot. (Full article...)

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Image 1A local transit bus operated by ACTION in Canberra, Australia
Image 2Map of world railway network as of 2022 (from Rail transport)
Image 3NASA's Helios researches solar powered flight. (from Aviation)
Image 4A bullock team hauling wool in Australia (from Transport)
Image 50-Series Shinkansen, introduced in 1964, triggered the intercity train travel boom. (from Rail transport)
Image 6A USAF Thunderbird pilot ejecting from his F-16 aircraft at an air show in 2003 (from Aviation)
Image 7Incheon International Airport, South Korea
Image 8Arizona - North America - Southwest - Interstate Highway System (4893585908) (from Road transport)
Image 9Human-powered transport remains common in developing countries. (from Transport)
Image 10A prototype of a Ganz AC electric locomotive in Valtellina, Italy, 1901 (from Rail transport)
Image 11Tunnels, such as the Tampere Tunnel, allow traffic to pass underground or through rock formations. (from Transport)
Image 12LZ 129 Hindenburg at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, 1936 (from Aviation)
Image 13Trans-Alaska Pipeline for crude oil
Image 141940 Piper Cub (from Aviation)
Image 15Goods station in Lucerne, Switzerland (from Rail transport)
Image 16Passengers waiting to board a tube train on the London Underground in the early 1900s (sketch by unknown artist)
Image 17The Beijing Subway is one of the world's largest and busiest rapid transit networks. (from Transport)
Image 18First powered and controlled flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903 (from Aviation)
Image 19The Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. (from Aviation)
Image 20Bulk cargo of minerals on a train (from Rail transport)
Image 21San Diego Trolley over Interstate 8 (from Road transport)
Image 22The Great North Road near High gate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land. (from Road transport)
Image 23German soldiers in a railway car on the way to the front in August 1914. The message on the car reads Von München über Metz nach Paris ("From Munich via Metz to Paris"). (from Rail transport)
Image 24A Boeing 747 (from Aviation)
Image 25The Boeing 737 series of aircraft, as seen here in the United Airways livery, is a popular choice for airlines that operate narrow-body aircraft. (from Aviation)
Image 26Bronocice pot with the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle in the world, found in Poland (from Transport)
Image 27Freight train with shipping containers in the United Kingdom (from Transport)
Image 28A bulk carrier, BW Fjord (from Transport)
Image 29The Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history (from Aviation)
Image 30A Hot bearing detector with dragging equipment unit (from Rail transport)
Image 31Water vapor contrails left by high-altitude jet airliners. These may contribute to cirrus cloud formation. (from Aviation)
Image 32The Taipei Metro in Taipei, Taiwan (from Rail transport)
Image 33A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon; the tracks are plateways. (from Rail transport)
Image 34The Polish transport company Bedmet uses a special vehicle to transport two large silos. (from Road transport)
Image 35Northwest Airlines Airbus A330-323 (from Aviation)
Image 36Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Image 37Air traffic control towers at Amsterdam Airport (from Aviation)
Image 38Intercity Express, a German high-speed passenger train
Image 39A Fiat Uno in 2018 (from Transport)
Image 40Tire components -- NHTSA The Pneumatic Tire (from Road transport)
Image 41Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from Rail transport)
Image 42Traffic congestion persists in São Paulo, Brazil, despite the no-drive days based on license numbers.
Image 43According to Eurostat and the European Railway Agency, the fatality risk for passengers and occupants on European railways is 28 times lower when compared with car usage (based on data by EU-27 member nations, 2008–2010). (from Rail transport)
Image 44An Air France Airbus A318 landing at London Heathrow Airport
Image 45Bridges, such as Golden Gate Bridge, allow roads and railways to cross bodies of water. (from Transport)
Image 46Cast iron fishbelly edge rail manufactured by Outram at the Butterley Company ironworks for the Cromford and High Peak Railway (1831). These are smooth edgerails for wheels with flanges. (from Rail transport)
Image 47Highway D1 in Slovakia. (from Road transport)
Image 48Thomas Telford, the "Colossus of the Roads" in early 19th century Britain. (from Road transport)
Image 49Road transport (from Transport)
Image 50The engineering of this roundabout in Bristol, United Kingdom, attempts to make traffic flow free-moving.
Image 51Eastlink - Wellington Rd Nortbound Toll Gantry (from Road transport)
Image 52Various modes of transport (from Transport)
Image 53Bardon Hill box in England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches. (from Rail transport)
Image 54Lilienthal in mid-flight, Berlin c. 1895 (from Aviation)
Image 55A replica of Trevithick's engine at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea (from Rail transport)
Image 56Automobile ferry in Croatia (from Transport)
Image 57Lichterfelde tram, 1882 (from Rail transport)
Image 58The Wright brothers' first flight in 1903 (from Transport)
Image 59An ambulance from World War I (from Transport)
Image 60Interior view of a high-speed bullet train, manufactured in China (from Rail transport)
Image 6116th-century minecart, an early example of unpowered rail transport (from Rail transport)
Image 62European rail subsidies in euros per passenger-km for 2008 (from Rail transport)
Image 63The VR Class Sm3 Pendolino high-speed train at the Central Railway Station of Tampere, Finland (from Rail transport)

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... that the route of the former Waycross Air Line Railroad is now an important CSX Transportation line?
... that only about a quarter of New York City's 472 subway stations had elevators in 2018, among the lowest accessibility rates of the world's major transit systems?
... that the Sanford station was often confused with the Stamford station?
... that United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg wrote an essay in 2000 on Bernie Sanders, his future competitor in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries?
... that a section of Mississippi Highway 489 was designated as the Jason Boyd Memorial Highway to commemorate the MDOT superintendent who was killed while removing debris from the road?
... that when Charles P. Gross became the chairman of the New York City Board of Transportation, the mayor told him that "if you think war is Hell, then you have something waiting for you on this job"?
... that a guerrilla garden established atop an abandoned railroad in Long Island City became legally recognized by the MTA?