Wikipedia / Outline of transport
Wikipedia / Outline of transport
The following outline provides an overview of and topical guide to transport:
Transport or transportation movement of people and goods from one place to another.
Essence of transport
Driving involves controlling a vehicle, usually a motor vehicle such as a truck, bus, or automobile. For motorcycles, bicycles and animals, it is called riding.
Shipping, transporting of goods and cargo, by land, sea, and air
Travel, movement of people, by land, sea, and air
Types of transport, by availability
Public transport (public transit)
Types of transport, by mode and vehicles
Aviation
Airship (dirigible)
Parachute (downward air transport only)
Projectile (goods only, normally explosives) / Human cannonball
Animal-powered transport
Animals domesticated for transport
dog
Turtles were used for riding as a sport in early 20th-century Australia
Pigeon (for carrying messages)
Animal-powered vehicles
barge (sometimes pulled by humans)
chariot (ancient form sometimes used in combat, later a racing machine, later a name for something entirely different in carriages)
ferry
litter (vehicle) (sometimes carried by humans, mainly used with equines, though occasionally camels)
railway
van
Cable transport
Funicular (inclined plane)
Conveyor transport
Moving walkway (moving sidewalk, travelator, and the inclined moving sidewalk, a moving ramp)
Convoy
Human-powered transport
Pedal-powered vehicles
Treadle-powered vehicles
Hand-powered vehicles
Row action-powered vehicles
Foot-powered vehicles
Pushed or pulled vehicles
Carried vehicles
Weight-shifting vehicles
Human-powered amphibious vehicles
Human-powered snow and ice vehicles
Fatbiking (biking in snow with bikes with wide tires)
Hybrid transport
Military transport
Air forceAir force transport
Army transport
Navy transport
Ground transportation
Motorized road transport
Automobile (car)
Motorized off-road transport
Rail transport
Rack railway (cog railway)
Rapid transit (metro, underground, subway); see also List of rapid transit systems
Tram, light rail (streetcar, trolley); see also List of tram and light-rail transit systems
Pipeline transport
Ship transport
Space transport
Transport on the Moon and Mars
Lunar rover (various, crewed and robotic, Moon, 1971–1973)
Nomad rover (robotic test vehicle, has not been in space, 1997)
Opportunity rover (MER-Brobotic, Mars, 2004)
Sojourner (robotic, Mars, 1997)
Spirit rover (MER-Arobotic, Mars, 2004)
Space transport launched from the surface of the Moon
Ascent stage of Apollo Lunar Module, crewed, six times, 1969-1972 (return to Earth in the Apollo program)
Transmission
Transportation systems
Networks
Railroadss (also called railways)
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Subsystems
History of transport
Theory and design
Locomotion - self-powered motion of a human, non-human animal or vehicle
Transport Logistic (trade show)
Fictional and proposed future transport
Flying sled (see Santa Claus)
Transport by region
Transport lists
Aircraft• Manufacturers• Engines• Engine manufacturers• Weapons• By date and usage
Aviation accidents and incidents: By airline• By location• By year
Airports:Busiest• Africa• Asia• Europe• North America• Oceania• South America
History:
Land transport:
Automobiles: Manufacturers• Truck types• Convoy codes
Cycles: Bicycle parts• Bicycle types• Motorcycle manufacturers
Rail transport: Heritage railways• Tram and light-rail transit systems• Melbourne tram routes• Metro systems (subways)• London Underground stations• Closed London Underground stations• Melbourne railway stations• Closed Melbourne railway stations• Named passenger trains• UK railway stations
Road systems:
Roads and highways: Highways in Australia• UK motorways• Interstate Highways in the U.S.• U.S. Numbered Highways• State highways in the U.S.
Maritime: Ships• Fictional ships• Sailing boat types• Marinas
Space transport: Spacecraft
See also
External links
Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley
"Friedrich List" Faculty of Transportation and Traffic Sciences, Dresden - Germany