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Some modes of road transport, on a road in India.

Transport (commonly used in the U.K.), or transportation (used in the U.S.), is the easiest way of 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.

Vehicles traveling on these networks may include automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, trucks, helicopters, watercraft, spacecraft and aircraft. (Full article...)

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Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and commonly known as Pan Am, was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial flag carrier of the United States from 1927 until its collapse on December 4, 1991. It was founded in 1927 as a scheduled airmail and passenger service operating between Key West, Florida, and Havana, Cuba. The airline is credited for many innovations that shaped the international airline industry, including the widespread use of jet aircraft, jumbo jets, and computerized reservation systems. It was also a founding member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global airline industry association.

Identified by its blue globe logo ("The Blue Meatball"), the use of the word "Clipper" in its aircraft names and call signs, and the white uniform caps of its pilots, the airline was a cultural icon of the 20th century. In an era dominated by flag carriers that were wholly or majority government-owned, it was also the unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States. During most of the jet era, Pan Am's flagship terminal was the Worldport located at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. (Full article...)

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The SS America was an ocean liner built in 1940 for the United States Lines. She carried many names in the 54 years between her construction and her 1994 wrecking, as she served as the SS America (carrying this name three different times during her career), the USS West Point, the SS Australis, the SS Italis, the SS Noga, the SS Alferdoss, and the SS American Star. She served most notably in passenger service as the SS America, and as the Greek-flagged SS Australis for Chandris. In 1941, she carried two Nazi spies from the Duquesne Spy Ring in her crew: Erwin Wilhelm Siegler and Franz Joseph Stigler. Both men were charged by the FBI with espionage and sentenced to 10 years and 16 years' imprisonment, respectively.

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... that Kristiania Sporveisselskab (pictured) established the first tramway in Oslo, Norway, in 1875?
... that the U.S. and Canadian ships escorting the British merchant ships of Convoy ON-67 in 1942 had one working radar between them, lacked sufficient binoculars and had never operated together before?
... that New York State Route 192 and its suffixed route, 192A, were two of only three decommissioned routes in Franklin County's section of Adirondack Park?
... that the sinking of the year-old United States cargo ship SS Washingtonian with her $1,000,000 cargo of raw sugar in January 1915 contributed to a 9% rise in the price of sugar in the United States?

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

Traffic congestion persists in São Paulo, Brazil, despite the no-drive days based on license numbers.
A public transport bus in Perth, Western Australia
Russian 2TE10U Diesel-electric locomotive
Interior view of a high speed bullet train, manufactured in China
French National Police use several modes of transport, each with its distinct advantages and disadvantages.
Tire components -- NHTSA The Pneumatic Tire
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).
Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Japanese E5 Series Shinkansen
Intercity Express, a German high-speed passenger train
Cast 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.
A DR2800 series passing Sijiaoting railway station in Ruifang District, New Taipei, Taiwan
Trans-Alaska Pipeline for crude oil
Reisszug in 2011
Diagram of Priestman Oil Engine from The Steam engine and gas and oil engines (1900) by John Perry
The Beijing Subway is one of the world's largest and busiest rapid transit networks.
German Intercity Express (ICE)
European rail subsidies in euros per passenger-km for 2008
Passengers waiting to board a tube train on the London Underground in the early 1900s (sketch by unknown artist)
LZ 129 Hindenburg at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, 1936
Baltimore & Ohio electric engine
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.
Long freight train crossing the Stoney Creek viaduct on the Canadian Pacific Railway in southern British Columbia
A prototype of a Ganz AC electric locomotive in Valtellina, Italy, 1901
Incheon International Airport, South Korea
BNSF Railway freight service in the United States
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).
First powered and controlled flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903
Eastlink - Wellington Rd Nortbound Toll Gantry
The SL Hitoyoshi steam-hauled excursion train operating between Kumamoto and Hitoyoshi in Kyushu, Japan
An Air France A380 on approach to Washington Dulles International Airport
Water vapor contrails left by high-altitude jet airliners. These may contribute to cirrus cloud formation.
Minecart shown in De Re Metallica (1556). The guide pin fits in a groove between two wooden planks.
The Locomotion at Darlington Railway Centre and Museum
Bridges, such as Golden Gate Bridge, allow roads and railways to cross bodies of water.
Automobile ferry in Croatia
Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel-electric railcar 1914
A replica of Trevithick's engine at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea
Map of world railway network
Bulk cargo of minerals
Air traffic control towers at Amsterdam Airport
The Harbor Freeway is often heavily congested at rush hour in Downtown Los Angeles.
Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon's first commercially AC-driven locomotive, the tramway in Lugano, Switzerland, 1896
Thomas Telford, the "Colossus of the Roads" in early 19th century Britain.
A USAF Thunderbird pilot ejecting from his F-16 aircraft at an air show in 2003
A Hot bearing detector with dragging equipment unit
Arizona - North America - Southwest - Interstate Highway System (4893585908)
In 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.
The Boeing 747
The Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history
16th-century minecart, an early example of unpowered rail transport
San Diego Trolley over Interstate 8
An Air France Airbus A318 lands at London Heathrow Airport.
Bike parking in Amsterdam
1947 Cessna 120
Freight train with shipping containers in the United Kingdom
Bronocice pot with the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle in the world, found in Poland
Highway D1 in Slovakia.
Lichterfelde tram, 1882
Railway in the 1890s in Helsinki, Finland
The Salamanca locomotive
Goods station in Lucerne, Switzerland
A local transit bus operated by ACTION in Canberra, Australia
A bulk carrier, BW Fjord
The engineering of this roundabout in Bristol, United Kingdom, attempts to make traffic flow free-moving.
NASA's Helios researches solar powered flight.
A Fiat Uno in 2018
The Wright brothers' first flight in 1903
The Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance.
A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon, the tracks are plateways
Interior view of the top deck of a VR InterCity2 double-deck carriage
SEPTA Regional Railroad Train
An ambulance from World War I
A RegioSwinger multiple unit of the Croatian Railways
0-Series Shinkansen, introduced in 1964, triggered the intercity train travel boom.
Human-powered transport remains common in developing countries.
Northwest Airlines Airbus A330-323
A bullock team hauling wool in Australia
KTT set operating the Guangdong Through Train service on the Guangshen railway, used by the MTR Corporation Limited, an example of modern rail transport
The Great North Road near High gate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land.
Map of railways in Europe with main operational lines shown in black, heritage railway lines in green and former routes in light blue