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Different modes of road transport, on a road in India

Various modes of transport in Manchester, England

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, 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 fixed installations, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, and pipelines, as well as 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...)

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Bristol Harbour, looking toward the city centre

Bristol Harbour is the harbour in the city of Bristol, England. The harbour covers an area of 70 acres (28 hectares). It is the former natural tidal river Avon through the city but was made into its current form in 1809 when the tide was prevented from going out permanently. A tidal by-pass was dug for 2 miles through the fields of Bedminster for the river, known as the "River Avon New Cut", "New Cut", or simply "The Cut". It is often called the Floating Harbour as the water level remains constant and it is not affected by the state of the tide on the river in the Avon Gorge, The New Cut or the natural river southeast of Temple Meads to its source.

Netham Lock at the east end of the 1809 Feeder Canal is the upstream limit of the floating harbour. Beyond the lock is a junction: on one arm the navigable River Avon continues upstream to Bath, and on the other arm is the tidal natural River Avon. The first 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) of the floating harbour, downstream from Netham Lock to Totterdown Basin, is an artificial canal known as the Feeder Canal, while the tidal River Avon follows its original route. Downstream of Totterdown Basin, the floating harbour occupies the former natural course of the River Avon, whilst the tidal River Avon flows through an artificial channel known as the New Cut. This separation of the floating harbour and the tidal River Avon allows boats in the harbour to remain floating at low tide, reduces currents and silting and prevents flooding. (Full article...)

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Image 1A Boeing 747 in 1978 operated by Pan Am. (from Aviation)
Image 2A dragging equipment unit with hot bearing detector (from Rail transport)
Image 3Arizona - North America - Southwest - Interstate Highway System (4893585908) (from Road transport)
Image 4San Diego Trolley over Interstate 8 (from Road transport)
Image 5A 16th-century mine-cart, an early example of un-powered rail transport, used man power to operate. (from Rail transport)
Image 6Highway D1 in Slovakia. (from Road transport)
Image 7According 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 8Passengers waiting to board a tube train on the London Underground in the early 1900s (sketch by unknown artist)
Image 9A replica of Trevithick's steam engine at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, Wales (from Rail transport)
Image 10NASA's Helios researches solar powered flight. (from Aviation)
Image 11Lichterfelde tram, 1882 (from Rail transport)
Image 12Human-powered transport remains common in developing countries. (from Transport)
Image 13Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Image 14Milan Metro is the largest rapid transit system in Italy in terms of length, number of stations and ridership; and the eighth longest in Europe. (from Rail transport)
Image 15First powered and controlled flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903. (from Aviation)
Image 16Bus, cars and bicycles in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States in August 2008. (from Transport)
Image 17Bulk cargo of minerals on a train (from Rail transport)
Image 18The VR Class Sm3 Pendolino high-speed train (from Rail transport)
Image 19A 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 20A22LS-Foxbat taxing after a student solo. (from Aviation)
Image 21A 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 22Technology trends in Air transportation: patent landscape in air transport. (from Aviation)
Image 23The Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. (from Aviation)
Image 24A local transit bus operated by Transperth in Perth, Australia
Image 25Trans-Alaska Pipeline for crude oil
Image 26The Italian Autostrada dei Laghi ("Lakes Motorway" in the 1950s; now parts of the Autostrada A8 and the Autostrada A9), the first controlled-access highway ever built in the world (from Road transport)
Image 27A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon, 1795; the tracks are plateways. (from Rail transport)
Image 28Inauguration of the electric tram in Saint Petersburg in 1907. By the early 1900s, most street railways were electrified. (from Rail transport)
Image 291940 Piper Cub. (from Aviation)
Image 30A push-pull train at Napoli Centrale (from Rail transport)
Image 31Bronocice pot with the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle in the world, found in Poland (from Transport)
Image 32A Sr1-pulled lumber train crossing the drawbridge along the Savo railway in Kuopio, Finland (from Rail transport)
Image 33Goods station in Lucerne, Switzerland (from Rail transport)
Image 34Bridges, such as Golden Gate Bridge, allow roads and railways to cross bodies of water. (from Transport)
Image 35A bulk carrier, BW Fjord (from Transport)
Image 36The Wright brothers' first flight in 1903 (from Transport)
Image 37Water vapor contrails left by high-altitude jet airliners. These may contribute to cirrus cloud formation. (from Aviation)
Image 38LZ 129 Hindenburg at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, 1936. (from Aviation)
Image 39A USAF Thunderbird pilot ejecting from his F-16 aircraft at an air show in 2003. (from Aviation)
Image 40A prototype of a Ganz AC electric locomotive in Valtellina, Italy, 1901 (from Rail transport)
Image 41Eastlink - Wellington Rd Northbound Toll Gantry (from Road transport)
Image 42A train in Alaska transporting crude oil in March 2006 (from Rail transport)
Image 43Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from Rail transport)
Image 44Tire components -- NHTSA The Pneumatic Tire (from Road transport)
Image 45The Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history. (from Aviation)
Image 46Thomas Telford, the "Colossus of the Roads" in early 19th century Britain. (from Road transport)
Image 47German 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 48Trams, lorries, cars, bicycles and rickshaws, 1945 (from Transport)
Image 490-Series Shinkansen, introduced in 1964 in Japan, started the high-speed rail boom. (from Rail transport)
Image 50United Airlines Boeing 767-400 taxing at Frankfurt Airport in April 2011. (from Transport)

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31 August 2026 – Russo-Ukrainian war: Ukraine tightens security measures for Kyiv's public transport, schools, and parliament amid increased Russian drone attacks, including restrictions on large school gatherings, possible remote learning, and expanded shelter arrangements. (AFP via Bangkok Post)
23 August 2026 – Somali Civil War: The Turkish Armed Forces carries out an airstrike in Garmaal, Puntland, killing at least four people, in response to the previous hijacking of a Cameroon-flagged vessel by Somali pirates, which was transporting military equipment to the Camp TURKSOM in Mogadishu. The authorities of Puntland identified the victims as civilian fishermen. (Somali Guardian)
1 August 2026 – Russo-Ukrainian war: Ukrainian forces sink a Rosatom-owned container ship in the Black Sea, forcing its 17-member crew to abandon it. Rosatom says it had been transporting civilian goods, including frozen food and construction materials. (BBC News)
28 July 2026 –: Taiwanese prosecutors detain an Nvidia employee in an investigation into alleged smuggling of advanced artificial intelligence chips to China through falsified transport documents. Authorities hold seven people over shipments of about 50 Supermicro servers that may violate U.S. export controls. (AFP via France 24)
22 July 2026 –: Seven people are killed after a truck collides with a medical transport van in Pernambuco, Brazil. (Xinhua)

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A San Francisco cable car on Hyde Street in 2016, with Alcatraz Island and Fisherman's Wharf in the background

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

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