List of transport topics

This is a list of transport related topics.

For more topics there is a collection of transportation related lists and a transportation category.

Contents

1 General topics 1.1 Design 1.2 Theory 1.3 History and geography 1.4 Ownership 2 Technologies 3 Networks 3.1 Links 3.2 Nodes 4 Modes and vehicles 4.1 Aviation 4.2 Non-human animal-powered transport 4.2.1 Non-human animal power sources 4.2.2 Non-human animal powered vehicles 4.3 Cable transport 4.4 Conveyor transport 4.5 Human-powered transport 4.6 Hybrid transport 4.7 Military transport 4.7.1 Airforce transport 4.7.2 Army transport 4.7.3 Navy transport 4.8 Motorized road transport 4.9 Motorized off-road transport 4.10 Pipeline transport 4.11 Rail transport 4.12 Ship transport 4.13 Space transport 4.13.1 Transport on the Moon and Mars 4.13.2 Space transport launched from the surface of the Moon 4.14 Fictional and proposed future transport 5 Related terms and topics 6 External links

General topics

Design

• Civil engineering
• Engineering
• Highway engineering
• Transport engineering
• Transport traffic engineering
• Transportation planning
• Urban planning

Theory

• Logistics
• Navigation
• Queueing theory
• Tourism
• Traffic congestion
• Transport finance
• Transport economics
• Traffic psychology
• Transport puzzle
• Travel class
• Travel behavior
• Urban economics

History and geography

• List of transport museums
• Timeline of transportation technology
• U.S. Department of Transportation
• Transportation by country,
• Economy of Earth (transportation section)

Ownership

• Private transport
• Public transport (also called public transit)

Technologies

• Caterpillar track
• Containerization
• Engine
• Footwear
• Horse tack (Saddle, Stirrup)
• Intelligent transportation system
• Jet engine
• Magnetic levitation (transport)
• Motor
• Parachute
• Personal rapid transit
• Low floor
• Vertical take-off and landing
• Wheel

Networks

Links

• Airline
• Bridge
• Canal
• Freeway
• Highway
• Motorway
• Personal rapid transit
• Pipeline
• Railroad (also called railway)
• River
• Road, List of roads and highways
• Sidewalk
• Skyway
• Staircase, ladder
• Tunnel

Nodes

• Airport, Heliport, List of airports
• Air traffic control
• Bus stop (including bus station, bus depot) and tram stop
• Harbor, Seaport, List of seaports
• Metro station
  • List of London Underground stations
  • Stations of the Paris Metro
• Road junction, Parking
• Spaceport
• Railway station
  • Terminal station (Terminus)

Modes and vehicles

Aviation

• Aircraft (Airplane, Plane)
• Airship
• Autogyro
• Balloon
• Blimp
• Dirigible (see Airship)
• Helicopter
• Human-powered aircraft
• Parachute (downward air transport only)
• Zeppelin

Non-human animal-powered transport

Non-human animal power sources

• Burro
• Camel
• Dog
• Donkey
• Elephant
• Homing pigeon
• Horse
• Mule
• Llama
• Ox
• Reindeer
• Yak

Non-human animal powered vehicles

• Carriage
• Cart
• Chariot
• Horse-drawn boat
• Sled
• Stagecoach

Cable transport

• Aerial tramway
• Cable car (railway)
• Chairlift
• Detachable chairlift
• Elevator
• Paternoster
• Gondola lift
• Funicular (Inclined plane)
• List of aerial lift manufacturers

Conveyor transport

• Conveyor belt
• Escalator
• Moving sidewalk (moving walkway, travelator), including the inclined moving sidewalk (moving ramp)

Human-powered transport

• Bicycle
• Baby transport
• Buggy, cart
• Crawling
• Human-powered aircraft
• Ice skate
• Punt (boat)
• Rickshaw
• Rowing
• Roller skate
• Running
• Scooter
• Shopping cart
• Skateboard
• Swimming
• Walking
• Wheelbarrow
• Wheelchair

Hybrid transport

• Amphibian vehicle
• Moped
• Segway HT

Military transport

Airforce transport

• Military aircraft

Army transport

• Armoured fighting vehicle
• Armoured personnel carrier
• Gun carriage
• Jeep
• Landing craft
• Tank

Navy transport

• Naval ship
• Aircraft carrier
  • Escort aircraft carrier
• PT boat
• Submarine
  • U-boat
• Torpedo boat

Motorized road transport

• Automobile or Car
  • Car body styles
• Auto rickshaw
• Bus
• Electric trolleybus
• Minivan
• Motorcycle
• School bus
• Truck
• Unimog
• Van

Motorized off-road transport

• All-terrain vehicle
• Hovercraft
• Ice yacht
• sports-utility/four-wheel-drive vehicles
• Snowmobile
• Tank
• Tractor

Pipeline transport

• Natural gas
• Oil
• Pneumatic tube
• Sewer
• Slurry
• Water

Rail transport

• High-speed rail
• Low floor
• Locomotive
• Maglev
• Metro (underground, subway); see also List of metro systems
• Monorail
• Mountain railway
  • Cable car or Funicular
  • Cog railway
• Multiple unit
  • Diesel multiple unit
• People mover
• Personal rapid transit
• Rail transport by country
  • History of rail transport by country
• Rail terminology
• Rail tracks
• Train
• Tram, light rail (streetcar, trolley); see also List of light-rail transit systems

Ship transport

• Barge
• Boat
  • Jetboat
  • Jet ski
  • Lifeboat
  • Punt
  • Wherry
  • Narrowboat
• Ferry
• Horse-drawn boat
• Hydrofoil
• Sailing Yacht
• Ship
• Shipping
• Tanker

Space transport

• Interplanetary travel
• Propulsion method
• Rocket
• Space shuttle
• Space station
• Spacecraft, Spacecraft propulsion

Transport on the Moon and Mars

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

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)

Fictional and proposed future transport

• Broomstick
• Flying car
• Flying sled (see Santa Claus)
• Interstellar travel
• Magic carpet
• Skycar
• Space elevator
• Teleportation
• Transporter (Star Trek)
• Starship

Related terms and topics

• Air safety
• Alternative Transportation Movement
• Driving involves controlling a vehicle, usually a motor vehicle such as a truck, bus, or car. For motorcycles, bicycles and animals it is called riding.
• Locomotion - self-powered motion of a human, non-human animal or vehicle

External links

• http://artzia.com/Recreation/Travel/Mode/ - links
• http://www.archenzo.it A new concept in motorway design - Rethink the highways
• http://www.dasautoshippers.com Auto Transport Specialists Since 1954