List of transport topics

This is a list of transport topics.

Table of contents 1 Categories 1.1 Technologies 1.2 Networks 1.3 Nodes 1.4 Modes 1.4.1 Air transport 1.4.2 Animal-powered transport 1.4.2.1 Animal power sources 1.4.2.2 Animal powered Vehicles 1.4.3 Cable transport 1.4.4 Conveyor transport 1.4.5 Human-powered transport 1.4.6 Hybrid transport 1.4.7 Military transport 1.4.7.1 Airforce transport 1.4.7.2 Army transport 1.4.7.3 Navy transport 1.4.8 Motorized road transport 1.4.9 Motorized off-road transport 1.4.10 Pipeline transport 1.4.11 Rail transport 1.4.12 Ship transport 1.4.13 Space transport 1.4.13.1 Planetary transport 1.4.14 Fictional (fairy tales, science fiction, etc.) and proposed future transport[?]

Categories

• Civil engineering
• Engineering
• Highway engineering
• Intelligent transportation system
• Logistics
• Navigation
• Public transport (also called public transit)
• Queueing theory
• Timeline of transportation technology
• Transport finance
• Transport economics
• Transport engineering
• Transport traffic engineering
• Transportation planning
• Travel behavior[?]
• Urban planning
• Urban economics
• U.S. Department of Transportation
• Vehicle

Technologies

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

Networks

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

Nodes

• Airport, List of airports
• Air traffic control
• Bus stop (incuding bus station, bus depot)
• Harbor, Seaport
• Road junction, Parking
• Train station

Modes

Air transport

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

Animal-powered transport

Animal power sources

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

Animal powered Vehicles

• Carriage
• Cart
• Chariot
• Sled
• Stagecoach

Cable transport

• Aerial tramway
• Cable car on rails
• Chair lift[?]
• Elevator
• Funicular (Inclined plane)

Conveyor transport

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

Human-powered transport

• Bicycle
• Buggy, cart
• Human-powered aircraft
• Ice skate
• Perambulator
• Punt (boat)
• Rickshaw
• Rowing
• Roller skate
• 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
• Bus
• Electric trolleybus
• Minivan
• Motorcycle
• Truck
• 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
• Maglev
• Metro (underground, subway); see also List of metro systems
• Monorail
• Mountain railway
  • Cable car or Funicular
  • Cog railway
• People mover
• Personal rapid transit
• Train
• Tram, light rail (streetcar, trolley); see also List of light-rail transit systems

Ship transport

• Barge
• Boat
  • Jetboat
  • Lifeboat
  • Punt
  • Wherry
• Ferry
• Hydrofoil
• Sailing Yacht
• Ship
• Shipping
• Tanker

Space transport

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

Planetary transport

• For use on the Moon and other planets
  • Lunar rover (manned and unmanned)
  • Mars Exploration Rover Mission (unmanned)
  • Nomad rover (unmanned test vehicle)
  • Sojourner (unmanned, Mars)

Fictional (fairy tales, science fiction, etc.) and proposed future transport[?]

• Broomstick
• Flying car
• Flying sled (see Santa Claus)
• Interstellar travel
• Magic carpet[?]
• Skycar
• Space elevator
• Teleportation
• Starship