Transportation Index

Far left, The Chiva Bus Parade. Left Center, Mother Goose Auto Parade.
Center Right, Road Sign Graphics. Far Right, one of the first airplanes.

       Transport or transportation is the movement of people, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles and operations. Transport is important because it 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, people, helicopters, watercraft, spacecraft and aircraft.

       Operations deal with the way the vehicles are operated, and the procedures set for this purpose including financing, legalities, and policies. In the transport industry, operations and ownership of infrastructure can be either public or private, depending on the country and mode.

       Passenger transport may be public, where operators provide scheduled services, or private. Freight transport has become focused on containerization, although bulk transport is used for large volumes of durable items. Transport plays an important part in economic growth and globalization, but most types cause air pollution and use large amounts of land. While it is heavily subsidized by governments, good planning of transport is essential to make traffic flow and restrain urban sprawl.

• Visit Our Transportation Coloring Index at Crayon Palace

Our Transportation Artifacts:

• The Proud Miss O'Haggin
• Mother Goose Auto Parade - mini book
• United States Road Sign Graphics - printable
• The Chiva Bus Parade
• The Train by C. H. Crandall
• Craft a Paper Monoplane
• Color and Shade Vintage Racing Cars
• Coloring Pages of Antique Automobiles
• How to Draw: Old Fashioned Airplanes
• "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines"
• Design a Superior Paper Airplane 
• Air Transportation Silhouettes
  

Visit Transportation Museums Online:

• The National Museum of Transportation
• New York Transit Museum
• Explore St. Louis' Museum of Transportation