# 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

### Military transport
#### 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)

## Transportation systems
### 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: Busiest • Africa • Asia • Europe • North America • Oceania • South America
    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