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'''Transportation''' or '''transport''' is the operation of moving people or [[goods]] from one place to another using [[vehicle]]s, [[aircraft]], or [[ship]]ping, via infrastructure such as [[roads]], [[railway]]s, [[sea lane]]s, [[pipeline]]s, [[air way|air route]]s and [[outer space|space]]. | '''Transportation''' or '''transport''' is the operation of moving people or [[goods]] from one place to another using [[animal]]s, [[human]]s, [[vehicle]]s, [[aircraft]], or [[ship]]ping, via infrastructure such as [[roads]], [[railway]]s, [[sea lane]]s, [[pipeline]]s, [[air way|air route]]s and [[outer space|space]]. | ||
Transportation also refers to the [[business]] of moving goods and people [[commerce|commercially]], and to the machines used to undertake such operations. As transportation allows people to move beyond their immediate surroundings and thus facilitates [[trade]], it has contributed to the rise of [[civilization|civilisations]]. | |||
Latest revision as of 15:40, 5 December 2013
Transportation or transport is the operation of moving people or goods from one place to another using animals, humans, vehicles, aircraft, or shipping, via infrastructure such as roads, railways, sea lanes, pipelines, air routes and space.
Transportation also refers to the business of moving goods and people commercially, and to the machines used to undertake such operations. As transportation allows people to move beyond their immediate surroundings and thus facilitates trade, it has contributed to the rise of civilisations.