Transport

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Transport, or transportation, is moving people or things from one place to another place.
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Transport can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles and operations.
Infrastructure includes roads, railways, airports, canals and pipelines. The infrastructure is
the network where things are carried. Infrastructure also includes airports, railway stations, bus
stations and seaports (docks). Infrastructure is usually built by governments and paid for
by taxes from the citizens of a country or region. Infrastructure such as roads and railways is
designed by civil engineers and urban planners.
Vehicles or vessels travel on the infrastructure. Vehicles
include cars, trucks, trains and airplanes. Vehicles are usually designed by mechanical
engineers. Vessels include boats,ferries, and barges which travel on canals and use docks and
seaports. In the same way that trains use train stations, airplanes use airports. In the same way
that trains use railway lines (train tracks), airplanes use flight paths.[2]
Operations control the system. Operations include traffic signals, railway signals and air traffic
control. Operations also include the government policies (a policy is a plan of action to guide
decisions and actions) and regulations (a set or group of laws and rules) used to control the
system, such as tolls, fuel taxes, and traffic laws.