Main modes of transportation : air , land , water , and space . Transport 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...
Pre-fabricated gas station, Culver City, California , US 1977A filling station gas station [US petrol station [UK fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles . The most common fuels sold are gasoline (or petrol) and diesel fuel .
Fuel dispensers are used to pump gasoline, diesel, compressed natural gas , compressed hydrogen , hydrogen compressed natural gas , liquefied petroleum gas , liquid hydrogen , kerosene , alcohol fuels (like methanol , ethanol , butanol , and propanol ), biofuels (like straight vegetable oil and biodiesel ), or other types of fuel into the tanks within vehicles and calculate the financial cost of the fuel transferred to the vehicle. Besides gasoline pumps, one other significant device which is also found in filling stations and can refuel certain (compressed-air) vehicles is an air compressor , although generally these are just used to inflate car tires . (Full article...
The following are images from various transport-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 The
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 2 According 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 4 A 16th-century minecart, an early example of unpowered rail transport (from
Rail transport )
Image 5 An ambulance from World War I (from
Transport )
Image 6 A
Sr1 -pulled lumber train crossing the drawbridge along the
Savonia railway in
Kuopio, Finland (from
Rail transport )
Image 7 Bridges, such as
Golden Gate Bridge , allow roads and railways to cross bodies of water. (from
Transport )
Image 9 A
Fiat Uno in 2018 (from
Transport )
Image 10 The
Wright brothers ' first flight in 1903 (from
Transport )
Image 12 Passengers waiting to board a tube train on the
London Underground in the early 1900s (sketch by unknown artist)
Image 13 Traffic congestion persists in
São Paulo , Brazil, despite the no-drive days based on license numbers.
Image 14 Highway
D1 in
Slovakia . (from
Road transport )
Image 15 The
Beijing Subway is one of the world's largest and busiest rapid transit networks. (from
Transport )
Image 16 The
Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history (from
Aviation )
Image 17 A
USAF Thunderbird pilot
ejecting from his
F-16 aircraft at an
air show in 2003 (from
Aviation )
Image 22 A
bulk carrier ,
BW Fjord (from
Transport )
Image 24 Lilienthal in mid-flight, Berlin
c. 1895 (from
Aviation )
Image 25 A cast iron fishbelly edge rail manufactured by Outram at the Butterley Company for the
Cromford and High Peak Railway in 1831; these are smooth edge rails for wheels with flanges. (from
Rail transport )
Image 26 Interior view of a high-speed bullet train, manufactured in China (from
Rail transport )
Image 27 Various modes of transport in
Manchester , England (from
Transport )
Image 28 Bronocice pot with the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle in the world, found in
Poland (from
Transport )
Image 29 Bulk cargo of minerals on a train (from
Rail transport )
Image 30 First powered and controlled flight by the
Wright brothers , December 17, 1903 (from
Aviation )
Image 32 A prototype of a Ganz AC electric locomotive in
Valtellina , Italy, 1901 (from
Rail transport )
Image 33 0-Series
Shinkansen , introduced in 1964, triggered the intercity train travel boom. (from
Rail transport )
Image 34 A
Boeing 747 in 1978 operated by
Pan Am (from
Aviation )
Image 35 A local transit bus operated by
ACTION in
Canberra ,
Australia
Image 36 Intercity Express , a German
high-speed passenger train
Image 37 Goods station in
Lucerne , Switzerland (from
Rail transport )
Image 38 The Polish transport company Bedmet uses a special vehicle to transport two large
silos . (from
Road transport )
Image 39 Thomas Telford , the "Colossus of the Roads" in early 19th century Britain. (from
Road transport )
Image 40 Automobile ferry in
Croatia (from
Transport )
Image 41 Eastlink - Wellington Rd Northbound Toll Gantry (from
Road transport )
Image 42 Arizona - North America - Southwest - Interstate Highway System (4893585908) (from
Road transport )
Image 43 Map of world railway network as of 2022 (from
Rail transport )
Image 45 Human-powered transport remains common in developing countries. (from
Transport )
Image 46 Tire components -- NHTSA The Pneumatic Tire (from
Road transport )
Image 48 Swiss &
German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from
Rail transport )
Image 49 Bardon 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 50 The engineering of this
roundabout in
Bristol , United Kingdom, attempts to make traffic flow free-moving.
Image 51 The
Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. (from
Aviation )
Image 52 German 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 53 NASA 's
Helios researches
solar powered flight. (from
Aviation )
Image 54 A
United Airlines Boeing 777-200 taxiing on the tarmac of
Heathrow Airport in January 2011. The Boeing 777 is a popular choice for airlines that operate a
wide-body aircraft . (from
Aviation )
Image 55 European rail subsidies in euros per passenger-km for 2008 (from
Rail transport )
Image 56 The Italian
Autostrada dei Laghi ("Lakes Motorway"; now parts of the
Autostrada A8 and the
Autostrada A9 ), the first
controlled-access highway ever built in the world, in 1925, the year following its inauguration. (from
Road transport )
Image 57 Customized motorcycle to maximize load capacity. Mobility is important for motorcycles, which are primarily used for transporting light cargo in urban areas. (from
Transport )
Image 58 San Diego Trolley over Interstate 8 (from
Road transport )
Image 59 1940
Piper Cub (from
Aviation )
Image 60 Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in
Seattle, Washington , United States.
Image 61 A
bullock team hauling
wool in
Australia (from
Transport )
Image 62 A train in
Alaska transporting
crude oil in March 2006 (from
Rail transport )
Image 63 Water vapor
contrails left by high-altitude jet
airliners . These may contribute to
cirrus cloud formation. (from
Aviation )
Image 64 Lichterfelde tram, 1882 (from
Rail transport )
Image 65 Modes of road transport in Dublin, 1929 (from
Road transport )
Image 67 A replica of Trevithick's engine at the
National Waterfront Museum in
Swansea , Wales (from
Rail transport )
Image 68 Tunnels, such as the
Tampere Tunnel , allow traffic to pass underground or through rock formations. (from
Transport )
Image 69 A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon; the tracks are plateways. (from
Rail transport )
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