Outline of transport

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to transport:

Transport or transportation – movement of people and goods from one place to another.

Essence of transport

 * Driving involves controlling a vehicle, usually a motor vehicle such as a truck, bus, or automobile. For motorcycles, bicycles and animals, it is called riding.
 * Shipping, transporting of goods and cargo, by land, sea, and air
 * Travel, movement of people, by land, sea, and air

Types of transport, by availability

 * Private transport
 * Public transport (public transit)

Types of transport, by mode and vehicles



 * Intermodal passenger transport

Aviation
Aviation
 * Fixed-wing aircraft
 * Airship (dirigible)
 * Autogyro
 * Balloon
 * Blimp
 * Helicopter
 * Human-powered aircraft
 * Parachute (downward air transport only)
 * Rocket
 * Projectile (goods only, normally explosives) / Human cannonball
 * Supersonic transport
 * Zeppelin

Animal-powered transport
Animal-powered transport

Animals domesticated for transport

 * camel, Arabian, and Bactrian
 * carabao
 * deer
 * dog
 * sled dog
 * Dogcart (dog-drawn)
 * elephant
 * equine
 * donkey
 * hinny
 * horse
 * riding horse
 * packhorse
 * driving horse
 * draft horse
 * mule
 * llama
 * moose
 * ostrich
 * ox
 * reindeer
 * sheep
 * yak
 * Turtles were used for riding as a sport in early 20th-century Australia
 * Dolphins (to carry markers to attach to detected mines)
 * Pigeon (for carrying messages)

Animal-powered vehicles

 * barge (sometimes pulled by humans)
 * berlin (vehicle)
 * Brougham (carriage)
 * carriage
 * cart
 * chaise
 * charabanc
 * chariot (ancient form sometimes used in combat, later a racing machine, later a name for something entirely different in carriages)
 * coach
 * Conestoga wagon
 * curricle
 * dogcart
 * dray
 * ferry
 * float
 * gig
 * governess cart
 * Hansom cab
 * horsecar
 * horse-drawn boat
 * horse-powered boat
 * Experiment (horse-powered boat)
 * howdah
 * litter (vehicle) (sometimes carried by humans, mainly used with equines, though occasionally camels)
 * mail coach
 * Michigan logging wheels
 * omnibus
 * bullock cart
 * pantechnicon van
 * Park drag
 * phaeton (carriage)
 * postchaise
 * pulka
 * railway
 * rockaway (carriage)
 * sled
 * sledge
 * sleigh
 * stagecoach
 * streetcar
 * sulky
 * tangah
 * team boat
 * telega
 * towboat
 * travois
 * trolley
 * van
 * vardo
 * Victoria (carriage)
 * vis-a-vis (carriage)
 * wagon
 * wain

Cable transport
Cable transport
 * Aerial tramway
 * Cable car (railway)
 * Chairlift
 * Detachable chairlift
 * Elevator
 * Funicular (inclined plane)
 * Gondola lift
 * List of aerial lift manufacturers
 * Paternoster lift
 * chain ferry

Conveyor transport
Conveyor transport
 * Conveyor belt
 * Escalator
 * Moving walkway (moving sidewalk, travelator, and the inclined moving sidewalk, a moving ramp)

Convoy
Convoy
 * caravan
 * Camel train

Human-powered transport
Human-powered transport


 * Human-powered land vehicles
 * Pedal-powered vehicles
 * Bicycle (outline)
 * Bicycle trailer
 * BMX bike
 * Boneshaker
 * City bicycle
 * Cold-weather biking
 * Cruiser bicycle
 * Cycle rickshaw
 * Cyclo-cross bicycle
 * Fatbike
 * Flat bar road bike
 * Folding bicycle
 * Freight bicycle
 * Hybrid bicycle
 * Mountain bike
 * Party bike
 * Pedelec
 * Penny-farthing
 * Porteur bicycle
 * Prone bicycle
 * Quadracycle
 * Recumbent bicycle
 * Road bicycle
 * Roadster
 * Safety bicycle
 * Small wheel bicycle
 * Tandem bicycle
 * Touring bicycle
 * Trailer bike
 * Tricycle
 * Unicycle
 * Utility bicycle
 * Velocar
 * Velocipede
 * Velomobile
 * Treadle-powered vehicles
 * Treadle bicycle
 * Hand-powered vehicles
 * Handcar
 * Handcycle
 * Hobcart
 * Wheelchair
 * Row action-powered vehicles
 * Rowing cycle
 * Foot-powered vehicles
 * Balance bicycle
 * Dandy horse
 * Kick scooter
 * Inline skating
 * skates
 * Roller skating
 * skates
 * Walking
 * Board-based vehicles
 * Brakeboard
 * Caster board
 * Freeboard
 * Freeline skates
 * Longboard
 * Skateboard
 * Snakeboard
 * Street luge
 * Pushed or pulled vehicles
 * Baby transport
 * Baggage cart
 * Cart
 * Hand truck
 * Pulled rickshaw
 * Shopping cart
 * Stairclimber
 * Stretcher
 * Wheelbarrow
 * Carried vehicles
 * Litter/sedan chair
 * Scoop stretcher
 * Weight-shifting vehicles
 * Trikke
 * Human-powered watercraft
 * Canoe
 * Hydrocycle
 * Hydrofoil
 * Kayak
 * Paddleboarding
 * Pedalo
 * Rowing
 * Human-powered amphibious vehicles
 * Amphibious cycle
 * Human-powered snow and ice vehicles
 * Alpine touring skis
 * Cold-weather biking
 * Crampons
 * Cross-country skis
 * Fatbiking (biking in snow with bikes with wide tires)
 * Ice skates
 * Kicksled
 * Sled
 * Snowboard
 * Snowshoes
 * Telemark skis
 * Aircraft (list)
 * Helicopter
 * Ornithopter

Hybrid transport

 * Amphibious vehicle
 * Hybrid vehicle
 * Moped
 * Motorized bicycle

Air force transport

 * Military aircraft

Army transport

 * Armoured fighting vehicle
 * Armoured personnel carrier
 * Jeep
 * Landing craft
 * Limbers and caissons (military)
 * Mega Tank
 * Mini-Tank
 * German Panzer

Navy transport

 * Aircraft carrier
 * Escort carrier
 * Naval ship
 * PT boat
 * Submarine
 * U-boat
 * Torpedo boat
 * Naval Tank ship

Ground transportation
Ground transportation

Motorized road transport
Road transport
 * Automobile (car)
 * Car body styles
 * Auto rickshaw
 * Bus
 * Midibus
 * Minibus
 * School bus
 * Trolleybus
 * Minivan
 * Motorcycle
 * Share taxi
 * Truck
 * Trucking industry in the United States
 * Unimog
 * Van
 * Campervan
 * Trailer
 * Caravan
 * Sports car

Motorized off-road transport
Off-road transport
 * All-terrain vehicle
 * Engineering vehicle
 * Hovercraft
 * Ice boat
 * Snowmobile
 * Sport utility vehicle
 * Tank
 * Traction engine
 * Tractor

Rail transport
Rail transport
 * Accessibility
 * Glossary of rail terminology
 * High-speed rail
 * Locomotive
 * Maglev (transport)
 * Monorail
 * Mountain railway
 * Cable car (railway)
 * Funicular
 * Rack railway (cog railway)
 * Multiple unit
 * Diesel multiple unit
 * Electric multiple unit (EMU)
 * People mover
 * Personal rapid transit
 * Rail tracks
 * Rail transport by country
 * History of rail transport by country
 * Rapid transit (metro, underground, subway); see also List of rapid transit systems
 * Train
 * Tram, light rail (streetcar, trolley); see also List of tram and light-rail transit systems

Pipeline transport
Pipeline transport
 * Natural gas
 * Petroleum
 * Pneumatic tube
 * Sanitary sewer
 * Slurry
 * Water

Ship transport
Ship transport
 * Barge
 * Boat
 * Jet ski
 * Jetboat
 * Lifeboat (rescue)
 * Lifeboat (shipboard)
 * Narrowboat
 * Punt (boat)
 * Wherry
 * Ferry
 * Cable ferry
 * Horse-drawn boat
 * Hydrofoil
 * Sailing
 * Ship
 * Tank ship
 * Yacht

Space transport
Space transport
 * Interplanetary spaceflight
 * Rocket
 * Space Shuttle
 * Space station
 * Spacecraft
 * Spacecraft propulsion

Transport on the Moon and Mars

 * Lunar rover (various, crewed and robotic, Moon, 1971–1973)
 * Lunokhod programme
 * Nomad rover (robotic test vehicle, has not been in space, 1997)
 * Opportunity rover (MER-B – robotic, Mars, 2004)
 * Sojourner (robotic, Mars, 1997)
 * Spirit rover (MER-Arobotic, Mars, 2004)

Space transport launched from the surface of the Moon

 * Ascent stage of Apollo Lunar Module, crewed, six times, 1969-1972 (return to Earth in the Apollo program)

Transmission
Transmission
 * Power transmission
 * Electric power transmission
 * Telecommunication
 * Transmission (telecommunications)

Networks

 * Airlines
 * Bridges
 * Canals
 * Foreshoreways
 * Freeways
 * Greenways
 * Highways
 * Motorways
 * Personal rapid transit
 * Pipeline transport
 * Railroads (also called railways)
 * Rivers
 * Roads
 * List of roads and highways
 * Cycling infrastructure
 * Sidewalks
 * Skyways
 * Stairways, ladders
 * Tunnels

Nodes

 * Transport hub
 * Airport, Heliport, List of airports
 * Air traffic control
 * Bus stop (including bus station, bus depot) and tram stop
 * Harbor, Port
 * Metro station
 * Cross-platform interchange
 * List of London Underground stations
 * Architecture of the Paris Métro
 * Junction (road), Parking
 * Spaceport
 * Train station
 * Railway platform

Subsystems

 * Air safety
 * Containerization
 * Continuous track
 * Engine
 * Foot
 * Wheel

History of transport

 * Aviation history
 * Domestication of the horse
 * Horse-drawn vehicle
 * Horse transports in the Middle Ages
 * History of the bicycle
 * History of rail transport
 * History of rapid transit
 * History of the automobile
 * List of transport museums
 * Maritime history

Theory and design

 * Engineering
 * Civil engineering
 * Highway engineering
 * Traffic engineering (transportation)
 * Transport engineering
 * Fuel efficiency in transportation
 * Intelligent transportation system
 * Infrastructure
 * Locomotion - self-powered motion of a human, non-human animal or vehicle
 * Logistics
 * Navigation
 * Queueing theory
 * Resource management
 * Sustainable transport
 * Tourism
 * Ecotourism
 * Traffic congestion
 * Traffic psychology
 * Transport economics
 * Transport finance
 * Transport Logistic (trade show)
 * Transportation forecasting
 * Transportation planning
 * Travel
 * Travel behavior
 * Travel class
 * Urban economics
 * Urban planning

Fictional and proposed future transport

 * Broomstick
 * Flying car (disambiguation)
 * Flying sled (see Santa Claus)
 * Interstellar travel
 * Launch loop
 * Magic carpet
 * Moller Skycar M400
 * Space elevator
 * Starship
 * Teleportation
 * Transporter (Star Trek)

Transport by region

 * United States Department of Transportation
 * Worldwide transportation infrastructure

Transport lists
Transportation:


 * Aviation articles:
 * Aircraft • Manufacturers • Engines • Engine manufacturers • Weapons • By date and usage


 * Aviation accidents and incidents: By airline • By location • By year


 * Airports: AU • BE • FR • GR • JP •  PL • UK


 * History:
 * Transport museums


 * Land transport:
 * Automobiles: Manufacturers • Truck types • Convoy codes


 * Cycles: Bicycle parts • Bicycle types • Motorcycle manufacturers


 * Rail transport: Heritage railways • Tram and light-rail transit systems • Melbourne tram routes • Metro systems (subways) • London Underground stations • Closed London Underground stations • Melbourne railway stations • Closed Melbourne railway stations • Named passenger trains • UK railway stations


 * Road systems:
 * Roads and highways: Highways in Australia • UK motorways • Interstate Highways in the U.S. • U.S. Numbered Highways • State highways in the U.S.


 * Bridges: UK • US • Longest suspension bridge spans
 * Tunnels: NL • NZ • UK


 * Maritime: Ships • Fictional ships • Sailing boat types • Marinas


 * Space transport: Spacecraft