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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 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 San Francisco tech bus protests were a series of protests in the San Francisco Bay Area beginning in late 2013, when the use of shuttle buses employed by local area tech companies became widely publicized. The tech buses have been called "Google buses" although other companies—such as tech companies Apple, Facebook, and Yahoo, and biotechnology corporation Genentech, also pay for private shuttle services.

The buses are used to transport employees from their homes in San Francisco and Oakland to corporate campuses in Silicon Valley, about 40 miles (64 km) south. Anti-tech bus protesters viewed the buses as symbols of gentrification and displacement in a city where rapid growth in the tech sector and insufficient new housing construction has led to increasing rent and housing prices. (Full article...)

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

Image 1A Hot bearing detector with dragging equipment unit (from Rail transport)
Image 2The Locomotion at Darlington Railway Centre and Museum (from Rail transport)
Image 3Long freight train crossing the Stoney Creek viaduct on the Canadian Pacific Railway in southern British Columbia (from Rail transport)
Image 4San Diego Trolley over Interstate 8 (from Road transport)
Image 5Lichterfelde tram, 1882 (from Rail transport)
Image 6The engineering of this roundabout in Bristol, United Kingdom, attempts to make traffic flow free-moving.
Image 7A RegioSwinger multiple unit of the Croatian Railways (from Rail transport)
Image 8German 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 9Railway in the 1890s in Helsinki, Finland (from Rail transport)
Image 10A prototype of a Ganz AC electric locomotive in Valtellina, Italy, 1901 (from Rail transport)
Image 11Incheon International Airport, South Korea
Image 12Northwest Airlines Airbus A330-323 (from Aviation)
Image 13Railroad in Macon, Georgia, c. 1876 (from Rail transport)
Image 14Map of railways in Europe with main operational lines shown in black, heritage railway lines in green and former routes in light blue (from Rail transport)
Image 15European rail subsidies in euros per passenger-km for 2008 (from Rail transport)
Image 16Russian 2TE10U Diesel-electric locomotive (from Rail transport)
Image 17Japanese E5 Series Shinkansen (from Rail transport)
Image 18Long, double-stack container train in Arizona, USA (from Rail transport)
Image 19LZ 129 Hindenburg at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, 1936 (from Aviation)
Image 20Cast 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 21A bulk carrier, BW Fjord (from Transport)
Image 22Diagram of Priestman Oil Engine from The Steam engine and gas and oil engines (1900) by John Perry (from Rail transport)
Image 23The Beijing Subway is one of the world's largest and busiest rapid transit networks. (from Transport)
Image 24Tunnels, such as the Tampere Tunnel, allow traffic to pass underground or through rock formations. (from Transport)
Image 25Trans-Alaska Pipeline for crude oil
Image 26Goods station in Lucerne, Switzerland (from Rail transport)
Image 27Air traffic control towers at Amsterdam Airport (from Aviation)
Image 28The SL Hitoyoshi steam-hauled excursion train operating between Kumamoto and Hitoyoshi in Kyushu, Japan (from Rail transport)
Image 29An Air France Airbus A318 lands at London Heathrow Airport.
Image 30Eastlink - Wellington Rd Nortbound Toll Gantry (from Road transport)
Image 31The 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 32The 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 33The Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. (from Aviation)
Image 34In Indonesia, the sole operator of railway is the state-owned company named KAI. In which the logo can be seen in every locomotives. (from Rail transport)
Image 35Thomas Telford, the "Colossus of the Roads" in early 19th century Britain. (from Road transport)
Image 36Water vapor contrails left by high-altitude jet airliners. These may contribute to cirrus cloud formation. (from Aviation)
Image 37The Wright brothers' first flight in 1903 (from Transport)
Image 38Tire components -- NHTSA The Pneumatic Tire (from Road transport)
Image 39Interior view of a high-speed bullet train, manufactured in China (from Rail transport)
Image 40Freight train with shipping containers in the United Kingdom (from Transport)
Image 41The VR Class Sm3 Pendolino high-speed train at the Central Railway Station of Tampere, Finland (from Rail transport)
Image 42SEPTA regional passenger train (from Rail transport)
Image 43German Intercity Express (ICE)
Image 44Baltimore & Ohio electric engine (from Rail transport)
Image 45BNSF Railway freight service in the United States
Image 46An ambulance from World War I (from Transport)
Image 47Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon's first commercially AC-driven locomotive, the tramway in Lugano, Switzerland, 1896 (from Rail transport)
Image 480-Series Shinkansen, introduced in 1964, triggered the intercity train travel boom. (from Rail transport)
Image 49Automobile ferry in Croatia (from Transport)
Image 50Map of the world's railways showing the different gauges in use. Breaks of gauge generally occur where lines of different track gauge meet. (from Rail transport)
Image 511940 Piper Cub (from Aviation)
Image 5216th-century minecart, an early example of unpowered rail transport (from Rail transport)
Image 53According 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 54The Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history (from Aviation)
Image 55A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon; the tracks are plateways. (from Rail transport)
Image 56Minecart shown in De Re Metallica (1556). The guide pin fits in a groove between two wooden planks. (from Rail transport)
Image 57Bardon 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 58A DR2800 series passing Sijiaoting railway station in Ruifang District, New Taipei, Taiwan (from Rail transport)
Image 59A USAF Thunderbird pilot ejecting from his F-16 aircraft at an air show in 2003 (from Aviation)
Image 60Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from Rail transport)
Image 61The Salamanca locomotive (from Rail transport)
Image 62Map of world railway network as of 2022 (from Rail transport)
Image 63Bronocice pot with the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle in the world, found in Poland (from Transport)
Image 64In 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. (from Rail transport)
Image 65A bullock team hauling wool in Australia (from Transport)
Image 66Bulk cargo of minerals (from Rail transport)
Image 67Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Image 68Reisszug in 2011 (from Rail transport)
Image 69KTT 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 70Railroad at Central of Georgia roundhouse, c. 1875 (from Rail transport)
Image 71Highway D1 in Slovakia. (from Road transport)
Image 72Intercity Express, a German high-speed passenger train
Image 73Human-powered transport remains common in developing countries. (from Transport)
Image 74Arizona - North America - Southwest - Interstate Highway System (4893585908) (from Road transport)
Image 75Various modes of transport (from Transport)
Image 76First powered and controlled flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903 (from Aviation)
Image 77A replica of Trevithick's engine at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea (from Rail transport)
Image 78The Boeing 747 (from Aviation)
Image 79A local transit bus operated by ACTION in Canberra, Australia
Image 80Road transport (from Transport)
Image 81A Fiat Uno in 2018 (from Transport)
Image 82NASA's Helios researches solar powered flight. (from Aviation)
Image 83Traffic congestion persists in São Paulo, Brazil, despite the no-drive days based on license numbers.
Image 84Bridges, such as Golden Gate Bridge, allow roads and railways to cross bodies of water. (from Transport)
Image 85Passengers waiting to board a tube train on the London Underground in the early 1900s (sketch by unknown artist)

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... that a guerrilla garden established atop an abandoned railroad in Long Island City became legally recognized by the MTA?
... that the Sanford station was often confused with the Stamford station?
... that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority twice built new lines bypassing JFK/UMass station, only to add platforms later?
... that lifelong Democrat Stephanie Pollack was appointed by lifelong Republican Charlie Baker to lead the Massachusetts Department of Transportation?
... 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 the Houston Chamber of Commerce and the Southern Pacific Railroad invited Japanese farmers to advise them about rice production in Texas?
... 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 route of the former Waycross Air Line Railroad is now an important CSX Transportation line?