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Animal-powered Aviation Human-powered Ship Rail Road Transport title, both photos from sxc. ... (Non-human) animal-powered transport is a broad category of the human use of non-human animals (also known as beasts of burden) for the movement of people and goods. ... Aviation refers to flying using aircraft, machines designed by humans for atmospheric flight. ... Human-powered transport is transport of person(s) and/or goods powered by human muscle. ... Ship Transport is the process of moving people, goods, etc. ... A railway yard in Portland, Oregon. ... Disruptions in organized traffic flow can create delays lasting hours. ...

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Mode of transport (or means of transport or transport mode or transport modality or form of transport) is a general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo. This is a list of transport related topics. ... Cargo is a term used to denote goods or produce being transported generally for commercial gain, usually on a ship, plane, train or truck. ...

Where more than one mode of transport is used for a journey, or for transport analysis, the journey can be described as multi-modal. Journey can refer to: Journey (band), an American rock band. ...

Components of a mode of transport

A transport mode is a combination of the following:

• Traffic infrastructure: traffic routes, networks, nodes (stations, terminals), etc.
• Vehicles and containers: trucks, wagons, ships, aircraft and trains.
• A stationary or mobile workforce
• Propulsion system and power supply (traction)
• Operations: driving, management, traffic signals, railway switching, air traffic control, etc.

A transport network, or transportation network in American English, is typically a network of roads, streets, pipes, aqueducts, power lines, or nearly any structure which permits either vehicular movement or flow of some commodity. ... See: Station (telecommunication) Radio station Television station Station (network) Primary station Control station Slave station Station (Australian ranch) (the Australian equivalent of the North American Ranch) Public transport railway station or train station metro station (underground or elevated ) bus station Ground station Space station Gas station Power station (see Battersea... The term Terminal can be used in several way and includes various topics: Usually terminal means forming or pertaining to an end. ... The Trikke is a Human Powered Vehicle (HPV) This article is about the means of transport. ... Thousands of shipping containers at the terminal at Port Elizabeth, New Jersey A container ship being loaded by a portainer crane in Copenhagen Harbour A container freight train in England Part of an American doublestack container train Containerization is a system of intermodal cargo transport using standard ISO containers that... The driver of this DAF tractor with an auto-transport semi-trailer truck prepares to offload Å koda Octavia cars in Cardiff, Wales For other meanings, see Truck (disambiguation). ... A wagon (in British English waggon) or dray is a wheeled vehicle, ordinarily with four wheels, usually pulled by an animal, or animals, such as horses, mules or oxen and used for transport of heavy goods. ... Italian ship-rigged vessel Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft. ... An Airbus A380, currently the worlds largest airliner An aircraft is any vehicle or craft capable of atmospheric flight. ... A typical North American steam train In rail transport, a train consists of rail vehicles that move along guides to transport freight or passengers from one place to another. ... The workforce is the labour pool in employment. ... Propulsion method may refer to a number of different articles: For a list of space transport methods, see spacecraft propulsion. ... A wall wart style variable DC power supply with its cover removed. ... Traction usually refers to friction between a drive member and the surface it runs on, where friction is used to provide motion. ... Driving is the controlled operation of a vehicle, which is usually a motor vehicle such as a truck, bus, or car. ... The term management characterizes the process of and/or the personnel leading and directing all or part of an organization (often a business) through the deployment and manipulation of resources (human, financial, material, intellectual or intangible). ... Traffic lights will sometimes differ where there are several lanes of traffic. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Railroad switch. ... Air Traffic Control Towers (ATCTs) at Amsterdams Schiphol Airport (Netherlands) Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. ...

Examples of modes of transport

• Animal powered transport

• Aviation
  • Aircraft
  • Airship
  • Balloon (aircraft)
• Human-powered transport
  • Cyclist (Cycling)
  • Pedestrian (walking)
• Ship transport
  • Boat
  • Ship
  • Submarine
• Rail transport
  • Metro
  • Tram
  • Train
  • Cable car (railway)
  • Funicular
• Road transport
  • Bus
  • Car
  • Motorbike
  • Truck
  • Tuctuc
• Other
  • Cable car
  • Escalator
  • Lift
  • People mover

• • Spacecraft

-1... Aviation refers to flying using aircraft, machines designed by humans for atmospheric flight. ... An Airbus A380, currently the worlds largest airliner An aircraft is any vehicle or craft capable of atmospheric flight. ... USS Akron (ZRS-4) in flight, November 2, 1931 An airship or dirigible is a buoyant aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air. ... Balloons are a type of lighter than air aircraft that remain aloft due to their buoyancy. ... Human-powered transport is transport of person(s) and/or goods powered by human muscle. ... A cyclist is a person who engages in cycling whether as a sport or rides a bicycle for recreation or transportation. ... This road bicycle is built using lightweight, shaped aluminium tubing and carbon fiber stays and forks. ... Look up Pedestrian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... An animated demonstration of a six-legged insect walking. ... Ship Transport is the process of moving people, goods, etc. ... A boat is a craft or vessel designed to float on, and provide transport over, water. ... Italian ship-rigged vessel Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft. ... German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Günther Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine Inside of the Argonaute, showing the typical obstructed, tiny space of a post-WWII diesel attack submarine. ... A railway yard in Portland, Oregon. ... Metro is: a general term, synonymous with rapid transit, subway or underground, for an urban underground rail public transit system (see list of rapid transit systems); any of several specific public transport systems, including: Bi-State Development Agency in Missouri and Illinois, d/b/a Metro since 2003 Buffalo Metro... A CLRV Streetcar in the City of Toronto. ... A typical North American steam train In rail transport, a train consists of rail vehicles that move along guides to transport freight or passengers from one place to another. ... Cable Car in San Francisco A San Francisco cable car A cable car or cable railway is a mass transit system using rail cars that are propelled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed. ... Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California with gantlet track configuration Duquesne Incline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with full length parallel tracks The Gütschbahn in Lucerne, Switzerland – from an 1893 guidebook A funicular, also called funicular railway, inclined railway, inclined plane, or, in the United Kingdom, a cliff railway, is a system of... Disruptions in organized traffic flow can create delays lasting hours. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A motorcycle (or motorbike) is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine. ... The driver of this DAF tractor with an auto-transport semi-trailer truck prepares to offload Škoda Octavia cars in Cardiff, Wales For other meanings, see Truck (disambiguation). ... The Other or constitutive other is a key concept in continental philosophy, opposed to the Same. ... A cable car is any of a variety of transportation systems relying on cables to pull vehicles along or lower them at a steady rate, or a vehicle on these systems. ... Escalators at Canary Wharf, London. ... A set of elevators or lifts, in the lower level of a London Underground station. ... A people mover is a fully-automated light rail or tram system. ... A spacecraft is a vehicle, vessel, craft or device designed to operate beyond the surface of the Earth in outer space. ...

Worldwide comparison of the most important transport modes

Worldwide, the most widely used modes for passenger transport are the Automobile (16,000 bn passenger km), followed by Buses (7,000), Air (2,800), Railways (1,900), and Urban Rail (250) [1].

The most widely used modes for freight transport are Sea (40,000 bn ton km), followed by Road (7,000), Railways (6,500), Oil pipelines (2,000) and Inland Navigation (1,500) [2].

See also

• Dual mode transit
• Intermodal transport
• Transshipment
• Transportation hub
• Transport network
• Modal shift
• Mode choice