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Different modes of road transport, on a road in India

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, pipeline, 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 fueling docks and fuel stations), and seaports. Terminals may be used both for 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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An electric vehicle ('EV)' is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion. It can be powered by a collector system, with electricity from extravehicular sources, or it can be powered autonomously by a battery (sometimes charged by solar panels, or by converting fuel to electricity using fuel cells or a generator). EVs include, but are not limited to, road and rail vehicles, surface and underwater vessels, electric aircraft , and electric spacecraft. For road vehicles, together with other emerging automotive technologies such as autonomous driving, connected vehicles, and shared mobility, EVs form a future mobility vision called Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electric (CASE) Mobility.

EVs first came into existence in the late 19th century, when electricity was among the preferred methods for motor vehicle propulsion, providing a level of comfort and ease of operation that could not be achieved by the gasoline cars of the time. Internal combustion engines were the dominant propulsion method for cars and trucks for about 100 years, but electric power remained commonplace in other vehicle types, such as trains and smaller vehicles of all types. (Full article...)

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The following are images from various transport-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Lichterfelde tram, 1882 (from Rail transport)
Image 2A local transit bus operated by ACTION in Canberra, Australia
Image 3Cast 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 4Long freight train crossing the Stoney Creek viaduct on the Canadian Pacific Railway in southern British Columbia (from Rail transport)
Image 5Bardon 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 61940 Piper Cub (from Aviation)
Image 7Reisszug in 2011 (from Rail transport)
Image 8The Wright brothers' first flight in 1903 (from Transport)
Image 9Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon's first commercially AC-driven locomotive, the tramway in Lugano, Switzerland, 1896 (from Rail transport)
Image 10Road transport (from Transport)
Image 11Diagram of Priestman Oil Engine from The Steam engine and gas and oil engines (1900) by John Perry (from Rail transport)
Image 12A prototype of a Ganz AC electric locomotive in Valtellina, Italy, 1901 (from Rail transport)
Image 13The Salamanca locomotive (from Rail transport)
Image 1416th-century minecart, an early example of unpowered rail transport (from Rail transport)
Image 15The Beijing Subway is one of the world's largest and busiest rapid transit networks. (from Transport)
Image 16Bronocice pot with the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle in the world, found in Poland (from Transport)
Image 17European rail subsidies in euros per passenger-km for 2008 (from Rail transport)
Image 18Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Image 19Goods station in Lucerne, Switzerland (from Rail transport)
Image 20A DR2800 series passing Sijiaoting railway station in Ruifang District, New Taipei, Taiwan (from Rail transport)
Image 21Tire components -- NHTSA The Pneumatic Tire (from Road transport)
Image 22Freight train with shipping containers in the United Kingdom (from Transport)
Image 23An Air France Airbus A318 lands at London Heathrow Airport.
Image 24Traffic congestion persists in São Paulo, Brazil, despite the no-drive days based on license numbers.
Image 25Minecart shown in De Re Metallica (1556). The guide pin fits in a groove between two wooden planks. (from Rail transport)
Image 26Map of railways in Europe with main operational lines shown in black, heritage railway lines in green and former routes in light blue (from Rail transport)
Image 27Map of the world's railways showing the different gauges in use. Breaks of gauge generally occur where lines of different track gauge meet. (from Rail transport)
Image 28Highway D1 in Slovakia. (from Road transport)
Image 29Northwest Airlines Airbus A330-323 (from Aviation)
Image 30German Intercity Express (ICE)
Image 31The VR Class Sm3 Pendolino high-speed train at the Central Railway Station of Tampere, Finland (from Rail transport)
Image 32Tunnels, such as the Tampere Tunnel, allow traffic to pass underground or through rock formations. (from Transport)
Image 33Railroad in Macon, Georgia, c. 1876 (from Rail transport)
Image 34Interior view of a high-speed bullet train, manufactured in China (from Rail transport)
Image 35Human-powered transport remains common in developing countries. (from Transport)
Image 36Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from Rail transport)
Image 37The 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 38In Indonesia, the sole operator of railway is the state-owned company named KAI. In which the logo can be seen in every locomotives. (from Rail transport)
Image 39LZ 129 Hindenburg at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, 1936 (from Aviation)
Image 40San Diego Trolley over Interstate 8 (from Road transport)
Image 41Japanese E5 Series Shinkansen (from Rail transport)
Image 42Arizona - North America - Southwest - Interstate Highway System (4893585908) (from Road transport)
Image 43BNSF Railway freight service in the United States
Image 44Baltimore & Ohio electric engine (from Rail transport)
Image 45Water vapor contrails left by high-altitude jet airliners. These may contribute to cirrus cloud formation. (from Aviation)
Image 46Eastlink - Wellington Rd Nortbound Toll Gantry (from Road transport)
Image 47A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon; the tracks are plateways. (from Rail transport)
Image 48A Hot bearing detector with dragging equipment unit (from Rail transport)
Image 49Thomas Telford, the "Colossus of the Roads" in early 19th century Britain. (from Road transport)
Image 50Incheon International Airport, South Korea
Image 51The Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history (from Aviation)
Image 52Passengers waiting to board a tube train on the London Underground in the early 1900s (sketch by unknown artist)
Image 53First powered and controlled flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903 (from Aviation)
Image 54The SL Hitoyoshi steam-hauled excursion train operating between Kumamoto and Hitoyoshi in Kyushu, Japan (from Rail transport)
Image 55A Boeing 747 (from Aviation)
Image 56NASA's Helios researches solar powered flight. (from Aviation)
Image 57Lilienthal in mid-flight, Berlin c. 1895 (from Aviation)
Image 58Long, double-stack container train in Arizona, US (from Rail transport)
Image 59The 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 60In the United States, railroads such as the Union Pacific traditionally own and operate both their rolling stock and infrastructure, with the company itself typically being privately owned. (from Rail transport)
Image 61Bridges, such as Golden Gate Bridge, allow roads and railways to cross bodies of water. (from Transport)
Image 62German 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 63Bulk cargo of minerals (from Rail transport)
Image 64The Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. (from Aviation)
Image 65The engineering of this roundabout in Bristol, United Kingdom, attempts to make traffic flow free-moving.
Image 66Trans-Alaska Pipeline for crude oil
Image 67A bulk carrier, BW Fjord (from Transport)
Image 68A USAF Thunderbird pilot ejecting from his F-16 aircraft at an air show in 2003 (from Aviation)
Image 69A RegioSwinger multiple unit of the Croatian Railways (from Rail transport)
Image 70Russian 2TE10U Diesel-electric locomotive (from Rail transport)
Image 71An ambulance from World War I (from Transport)
Image 72According 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 73KTT set operating the Guangdong Through Train service on the Guangshen railway, used by the MTR Corporation, an example of modern rail transport (from Rail transport)
Image 74A replica of Trevithick's engine at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea (from Rail transport)
Image 75Railroad at Central of Georgia roundhouse, c. 1875 (from Rail transport)
Image 76Various modes of transport (from Transport)
Image 77Railway in the 1890s in Helsinki, Finland (from Rail transport)
Image 78SEPTA regional passenger train (from Rail transport)
Image 79The Polish transport company Bedmet uses a special vehicle to transport two large silos. (from Road transport)
Image 80A bullock team hauling wool in Australia (from Transport)
Image 81Air traffic control towers at Amsterdam Airport (from Aviation)
Image 82The Locomotion at Darlington Railway Centre and Museum (from Rail transport)
Image 83Intercity Express, a German high-speed passenger train
Image 84Map of world railway network as of 2022 (from Rail transport)
Image 85Automobile ferry in Croatia (from Transport)
Image 86A Fiat Uno in 2018 (from Transport)
Image 870-Series Shinkansen, introduced in 1964, triggered the intercity train travel boom. (from Rail transport)

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The Wright Flyer (often retrospectively referred to as Flyer I and occasionally Kitty Hawk) was the first powered aircraft designed and built by the Wright brothers. The flight is recognized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the standard setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics, as "the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight".

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... that a guerrilla garden established atop an abandoned railroad in Long Island City became legally recognized by the MTA?
... that lifelong Democrat Stephanie Pollack was appointed by lifelong Republican Charlie Baker to lead the Massachusetts Department of Transportation?
... 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 the Sanford station was often confused with the Stamford station?
... that the route of the former Waycross Air Line Railroad is now an important CSX Transportation line?
... 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 the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the probable cause of the 2014 Bedford Gulfstream IV crash was the flight crew's failure to perform the flight-control check before takeoff?
... 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?

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Aerial tramway across the Yangtze river in the Chongqing CBD, China

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