Outline of transport

The following outline is provided as 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

Animal-powered transport

Animals domesticated for transport

Animal-powered vehicles

Cable transport

Conveyor transport

Conveyor belt
Escalator
Moving walkway (moving sidewalk, travelator, and the inclined moving sidewalk, a moving ramp)

Human-powered transport

Hybrid transport

Military transport

Air force transport

Military aircraft

Army transport

Navy transport

Motorized road transport

Road transport

Automobile (car)
- Car body styles
Auto rickshaw
Bus
- Midibus
- Minibus
- School bus
- Trolleybus
Minivan
Motorcycle
Share taxi
Truck
- Trucking industry in the United States
Unimog
Van

Motorized off-road transport

Off-road transport

Pipeline transport

Rail transport

Accessibility
Glossary of rail terminology
High-speed rail
Locomotive
Maglev (transport)
Monorail
Mountain railway
- Cable car (railway)
- Funicular
- Rack railway (cog railway)
Multiple unit
- Diesel multiple unit
- Electric multiple unit (EMU)
People mover
Personal rapid transit
Rail tracks
Rail transport by country
- History of rail transport by country
Rapid transit (metro, underground, subway); see also List of rapid transit systems
Train
Tram, light rail (streetcar, trolley); see also List of tram and light-rail transit systems
Steam Train

Ship transport

Space transport

Transport on the Moon and Mars

Lunar rover (various, manned and unmanned, Moon, 1971–1973)
Lunokhod programme
Nomad rover (unmanned test vehicle, has not been in space, 1997)
Opportunity rover (MER-B – unmanned, Mars, 2004)
Sojourner (unmanned, Mars, 1997)
Spirit rover (MER-A – unmanned, Mars, 2004)

Space transport launched from the surface of the Moon

Ascent stage of Apollo Lunar Module, manned, six times, 1969-1972 (return to Earth in the Apollo program)

Transportation systems

Networks

Nodes

Transport hub
Airport, Heliport, List of airports
Air traffic control
Bus stop (including bus station, bus depot) and tram stop
Harbor, Port
Metro station
Junction (road), Parking
Spaceport
Train station
- Railway platform

Subsystems

History of transport

Theory and design

Engineering
- Civil engineering
- Highway engineering
- Traffic engineering (transportation)
- Transport engineering
Fuel efficiency in transportation
Intelligent transportation system
Locomotion - self-powered motion of a human, non-human animal or vehicle
Logistics
Navigation
Queueing theory
Sustainable transport
Tourism
- Ecotourism
Traffic congestion
Traffic psychology
Transport economics
Transport finance
Transport Logistic (trade show)
Transport puzzle
Transportation forecasting
Transportation planning
Travel
- Travel behavior
- Travel class
Urban economics
Urban planning

Fictional and proposed future transport

For a more comprehensive list, see List of proposed future transport.

Transport by region

Transport in Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Western Sahara

Transport in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

Transport in Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria

Dependencies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Jersey Isle of Man Svalbard

Other entities	European Union

Transport in North America

Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States

Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

Transport in South America

Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Transport in Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Indonesia Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Easter Island French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna

Transport lists

Transportation:

Aviation articles:

Aircraft • Manufacturers • Engines • Engine manufacturers • Weapons • By date and usage

Aviation accidents and incidents: By airline • By location • By year

Airports: AU • BE • FR • GR • JP • PL • UK

History:

Transport museums

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.

Bridges: UK • USA • Longest suspension bridge spans

Tunnels: NL • NZ • UK

Maritime: Ships • Fictional ships • Sailing boat types • Marinas

Space transport: Spacecraft

External links

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