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    Transport involves the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another via various modes such as air, land, and water. Key modes of land transport include rail and road networks, while modes of transport infrastructure consist of roads, railways, and terminals. Vehicles used for transport include trains, automobiles, buses, trucks, and aircraft. Transport enables trade and is essential to economic development but can negatively impact the environment.

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    Transport

    Transport (commonly used in the U.K.), or transportation (used in the U.S.), is the movement of
    humans, animals and goods from one location to another. In other words, the action of transport is
    defined as a particular movement of an organism or thing from a point A (a place in space) to a point B.
    Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline and space. The field can be
    divided into infrastructure, vehicles and operations. Transport enables trade between people, which is
    essential for the development of civilizations.

    Transport infrastructure consists of the 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 fueling docks and fuel stations) and
    seaports. Terminals may be used both for interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance.

    automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, trucks, helicopters, watercraft, spacecraft and aircraft.

    Contents
    Modes
    Human-powered
    Animal-powered
    Air
    Land
    Rail
    Road
    Water
    Other modes
    Elements
    Infrastructure
    Vehicles
    Operation
    Policy
    Functions
    Passenger
    Medical
    Freight
    Impact
    Economic
    Planning
    Environment
    Sustainable development
    History
    Mechanical
    See also
    References
    Bibliography
    External links

    Modes
    A mode of transport is a solution that makes use of a particular type
    of vehicle, infrastructure, and operation. The transport of a person
    or of cargo may involve one mode or several of the modes, with the
    latter case being called inter-modal or multi-modal transport. Each
    mode has its own advantages and disadvantages, and will be chosen
    on the basis of cost, capability, and route.

    Governments deal with the way the vehicles are operated, and the
    procedures set for this purpose, including financing, legalities, and
    policies. In the transport industry, operations and ownership of
    infrastructure can be either public or private, depending on the
    country and mode.

    Passenger transport may be public, where operators provide


    scheduled services, or private. Freight transport has become focused
    on containerization, although bulk transport is used for large
    volumes of durable items. Transport plays an important part in
    economic growth and globalization, but most types cause air
    pollution and use large amounts of land. While it is heavily
    subsidized by governments, good planning of transport is essential to make traffic flow and restrain
    urban sprawl.

    Human-powered

    Human-powered transport, a form of sustainable transport, is the transport of people and/or goods
    using human muscle-power, in the form of walking, running and swimming. Modern technology has
    allowed machines to enhance human power. Human-powered transport remains popular for reasons of
    cost-saving, leisure, physical exercise, and environmentalism; it is sometimes the only type available,
    especially in underdeveloped or inaccessible regions.

    Although humans are able to walk without infrastructure, the transport can be enhanced through the use
    of roads, especially when using the human power with vehicles, such as bicycles and inline skates.
    Human-powered vehicles have also been developed for difficult environments, such as snow and water,
    by watercraft rowing and skiing; even the air can be entered with human-powered aircraft.

    Animal-powered

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