Portal:Transportation/Introduction
Transport (or transportation) is the movement of people, animals and produce from one location to another (commonly referred to as "Point A to point B"). Forms of transportation include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles and operations. Transport enables trade between people, which is essential for the development of civilizations and societies.
Transport infrastructure consists of fixed installations, such as roads, railways, airways, aqueducts, canals and pipelines and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fueling docks and fuel stations) and seaports. Terminals may be used both for interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance.
In the Micronational world, transportation usually involves scale models of railway rolling stock or aircraft, as most Nations cannot afford for 1:1 vehicles and the associated infastructure alongside it. Roads are usually operated with ride-on vehicles such as bicycles, scooters, ect. These are usually run over pavements or walkways classified as "Roads" or in some cases, "Motorways".