transportation of passengers and goods
1transportation — transport, transportation Transport is used both for the conveying of passengers and goods and for the vehicles used in this. Transportation, which is primarily an American word, is also used in BrE in the first of these meanings: • Its chief… …
2Transportation in the United States — is facilitated by road, air, rail, and water networks. The vast majority of passenger travel occurs by automobile for shorter distances, and airplane for longer distances. In descending order, most cargoes travel by railroad, truck, pipeline, or… …
3Transportation in New York City — Info Owner Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, local governments, states Locale New York City and the surrounding region in New York State, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania …
4Transportation in the People's Republic of China — has experienced major growth and expansion since 1949 and especially since the early 1980s. Airports, roads, and railway construction will provide a massive employment boost in China over the next decade.Rail, which is the primary mode of… …
5transportation — trans‧por‧ta‧tion [ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʆn ǁ spər ] noun [uncountable] 1. TRANSPORT the process or business of moving goods from one place to another by rail, air, ship etc: • Prices include transportation from London. 2. TRANSPORT …
6transportation — /trans peuhr tay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of transporting. 2. the state of being transported. 3. the means of transport or conveyance. 4. the business of conveying people, goods, etc. 5. price of travel or transport by public conveyance; fare. 6.… …
7transportation economics — Introduction the study of the allocation of transportation resources in order to meet the needs of a society. In a macroeconomic sense, transportation activities form a portion of a nation s total economic product and play a role in… …
8Transportation in Texas — The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is a governmental agency and its purpose is to provide safe, effective, and efficient movement of people and goods throughout the state.[1] Though the public face of the agency is generally… …
9Transportation in Kuala Lumpur — The transportation system of Kuala Lumpur is a cooperation of complex systems of infrastructure. Kuala Lumpur, being the capital of Malaysia, has an unrivaled transportation system in Malaysia, including an integrated rail network, and to a… …
10transportation — trans|por|ta|tion W3S3 [ˌtrænspo:ˈteıʃən US spər ] n [U] 1.) AmE a system or method for carrying passengers or goods from one place to another British Equivalent: transport ▪ The city needs to improve its public transportation (=buses, trains… …
