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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 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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The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is a major public transport network serving Hong Kong. Operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL), it consists of heavy rail, light rail, and feeder bus service centred on a 10-line rapid transit network serving the urbanised areas of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. The system included 240.6 km (149.5 mi) of rail as of 2022 with 167 stations, including 98 heavy rail stations, 68 light rail stops and one high-speed rail terminus.

Under the government's rail-led transport policy, the MTR system is a common mode of public transport in Hong Kong, with over five million trips made in an average weekday. It consistently achieves a 99.9 per cent on-time rate on its train journeys. As of 2018, the MTR has a 49.3 per cent share of the franchised public transport market, making it the most popular transport option in Hong Kong. The integration of the Octopus smart card fare-payment technology into the MTR system in September 1997 has further enhanced the ease of commuting on the MTR. (Full article...)

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Image 1The VR Class Sm3 Pendolino high-speed train at the Central Railway Station of Tampere, Finland (from Rail transport)
Image 20-Series Shinkansen, introduced in 1964, triggered the intercity train travel boom. (from Rail transport)
Image 3A USAF Thunderbird pilot ejecting from his F-16 aircraft at an air show in 2003 (from Aviation)
Image 4Map of world railway network as of 2022 (from Rail transport)
Image 5A replica of Trevithick's engine at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea (from Rail transport)
Image 6LZ 129 Hindenburg at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, 1936 (from Aviation)
Image 7The 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 8The engineering of this roundabout in Bristol, United Kingdom, attempts to make traffic flow free-moving.
Image 9Automobile ferry in Croatia (from Transport)
Image 10Eastlink - Wellington Rd Nortbound Toll Gantry (from Road transport)
Image 11The Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. (from Aviation)
Image 12KTT 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 13Tire components -- NHTSA The Pneumatic Tire (from Road transport)
Image 14Human-powered transport remains common in developing countries. (from Transport)
Image 15Passengers waiting to board a tube train on the London Underground in the early 1900s (sketch by unknown artist)
Image 16Bronocice pot with the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle in the world, found in Poland (from Transport)
Image 17Intercity Express, a German high-speed passenger train
Image 18A bulk carrier, BW Fjord (from Transport)
Image 19A bullock team hauling wool in Australia (from Transport)
Image 20German 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 21Cast 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 22According 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 23Freight train with shipping containers in the United Kingdom (from Transport)
Image 24The Beijing Subway is one of the world's largest and busiest rapid transit networks. (from Transport)
Image 251940 Piper Cub (from Aviation)
Image 26The Polish transport company Bedmet uses a special vehicle to transport two large silos. (from Road transport)
Image 27Incheon International Airport, South Korea
Image 28Goods station in Lucerne, Switzerland (from Rail transport)
Image 29Interior view of a high-speed bullet train, manufactured in China (from Rail transport)
Image 30Bardon 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 31Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Image 32Lichterfelde tram, 1882 (from Rail transport)
Image 33Lilienthal in mid-flight, Berlin c. 1895 (from Aviation)
Image 34Highway D1 in Slovakia. (from Road transport)
Image 35A prototype of a Ganz AC electric locomotive in Valtellina, Italy, 1901 (from Rail transport)
Image 36An Air France Airbus A318 lands at London Heathrow Airport.
Image 37A local transit bus operated by ACTION in Canberra, Australia
Image 38Bridges, such as Golden Gate Bridge, allow roads and railways to cross bodies of water. (from Transport)
Image 39Air traffic control towers at Amsterdam Airport (from Aviation)
Image 40Thomas Telford, the "Colossus of the Roads" in early 19th century Britain. (from Road transport)
Image 41Tunnels, such as the Tampere Tunnel, allow traffic to pass underground or through rock formations. (from Transport)
Image 42Arizona - North America - Southwest - Interstate Highway System (4893585908) (from Road transport)
Image 43Trans-Alaska Pipeline for crude oil
Image 44A Fiat Uno in 2018 (from Transport)
Image 4516th-century minecart, an early example of unpowered rail transport (from Rail transport)
Image 46Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from Rail transport)
Image 47San Diego Trolley over Interstate 8 (from Road transport)
Image 48Various modes of transport (from Transport)
Image 49An ambulance from World War I (from Transport)
Image 50Road transport (from Transport)
Image 51Water vapor contrails left by high-altitude jet airliners. These may contribute to cirrus cloud formation. (from Aviation)
Image 52The Wright brothers' first flight in 1903 (from Transport)
Image 53The Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history (from Aviation)
Image 54European rail subsidies in euros per passenger-km for 2008 (from Rail transport)
Image 55The 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 56A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon; the tracks are plateways. (from Rail transport)
Image 57A Hot bearing detector with dragging equipment unit (from Rail transport)
Image 58Traffic congestion persists in São Paulo, Brazil, despite the no-drive days based on license numbers.
Image 59NASA's Helios researches solar powered flight. (from Aviation)
Image 60Bulk cargo of minerals on a train (from Rail transport)
Image 61A Boeing 747 (from Aviation)
Image 62Northwest Airlines Airbus A330-323 (from Aviation)
Image 63First powered and controlled flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903 (from Aviation)

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... that lifelong Democrat Stephanie Pollack was appointed by lifelong Republican Charlie Baker to lead the Massachusetts Department of Transportation?
... that when Charles P. Gross became the chairman of the New York City Board of Transportation, the mayor told him that "if you think war is Hell, then you have something waiting for you on this job"?
... that a guerrilla garden established atop an abandoned railroad in Long Island City became legally recognized by the MTA?
... 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?
... that the Sanford station was often confused with the Stamford station?
... 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 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 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?