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Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipelines, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Transport enables human trade, which is essential for the development of civilizations.

Transport infrastructure consists of both fixed installations, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, and pipelines, and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fuel docks and fuel stations), and seaports. Terminals may be used both for the interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance.

Means of transport are any of the different kinds of transport facilities used to carry people or cargo. They may include vehicles, riding animals, and pack animals. Vehicles may include wagons, automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, trucks, helicopters, watercraft, spacecraft, and aircraft. (Full article...)

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Kochi (/ˈkoʊtʃi/ KOH-chee, Malayalam: [kotˈt͡ʃi] ^ⓘ), formerly known as Cochin (/ˈkoʊtʃɪn/ KOH-chin), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Kerala. The city is also commonly referred to as Ernakulam. As of 2011, the Kochi Municipal Corporation had a population of 677,381 over an area of 94.88 km², and the larger Kochi urban agglomeration had over 2.1 million inhabitants within an area of 440 km², making it the largest and the most populous metropolitan area in Kerala. Kochi city is also part of the Greater Cochin development region and is classified as a Tier-II city by the Government of India. The civic body that governs the city is the Kochi Municipal Corporation, which was constituted in the year 1967, and the statutory bodies that oversee its development are the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) and the Goshree Islands Development Authority (GIDA).

Nicknamed the Queen of the Arabian Sea, Kochi was an important spice trading center on the west coast of India from antiquity. The port of Muziris traded with the Romans, Persians, Arabs, and Chinese. From 1503 to 1663, the Portuguese established Fort Kochi (Fort Emmanuel), before it was taken over by the Dutch in 1663. The Dutch then ceded the area to the United Kingdom. Kochi remained under the control of the Kingdom of Cochin, which became a princely state of the British. Today, Kochi is known as the financial, commercial and industrial capital of Kerala. Kochi is the only city in the country to have a water metro system, which has been described as the world's largest electric boat metro transportation infrastructure. Kochi also successfully conducted the test flight for Kerala's first seaplane service. The Cochin International Airport is the first in the world to operate solely on solar energy. Kochi was one of the 28 Indian cities among the emerging 440 global cities that will contribute 50% of the world GDP by 2025, in a 2011 study done by the McKinsey Global Institute. In July 2018, Kochi was ranked the topmost emerging future megacity in India by global professional services firm JLL. (Full article...)

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Image 1Human-powered transport remains common in developing countries. (from Transport)
Image 2Bronocice pot with the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle in the world, found in Poland (from Transport)
Image 3A push-pull train at Napoli Centrale (from Rail transport)
Image 4Elephant transporting a person and some cargo on a highway between Delhi and Jaipur, India (from Transport)
Image 5A bulk carrier, BW Fjord (from Transport)
Image 6A bullock team hauling wool in Australia (from Transport)
Image 71940 Piper Cub. (from Aviation)
Image 8Main modes of transportation: air, land, water, and space. (from Transport)
Image 9Incheon International Airport, South Korea
Image 10A Sr1-pulled lumber train crossing the drawbridge along the Savonia railway in Kuopio, Finland (from Rail transport)
Image 11Map of world railway network as of 2022 (from Rail transport)
Image 12A replica of Trevithick's steam engine at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, Wales (from Rail transport)
Image 13Passengers waiting to board a tube train on the London Underground in the early 1900s (sketch by unknown artist)
Image 14A train in Alaska transporting crude oil in March 2006 (from Rail transport)
Image 15The VR Class Sm3 Pendolino high-speed train (from Rail transport)
Image 16Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from Rail transport)
Image 17Interior view of a high-speed bullet train, manufactured in China (from Rail transport)
Image 18Bardon Hill box in England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches. (from Rail transport)
Image 19The Italian Autostrada dei Laghi ("Lakes Motorway" in the 1950s; now parts of the Autostrada A8 and the Autostrada A9), the first controlled-access highway ever built in the world (from Road transport)
Image 20Two trucks with a very long load (Convoi Exceptionnel) in the port of Ystad, 2025 (from Transport)
Image 21The Polish transport company Bedmet uses a special vehicle to transport two large silos. (from Road transport)
Image 22The Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history. (from Aviation)
Image 23The Beijing Subway is one of the world's largest and busiest rapid transit networks. (from Transport)
Image 24LZ 129 Hindenburg at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, 1936. (from Aviation)
Image 25Milan Metro is the largest rapid transit system in Italy in terms of length, number of stations and ridership; and the eighth longest in Europe. (from Rail transport)
Image 26Customized motorcycle to maximize load capacity. Mobility is important for motorcycles, which are primarily used for transporting light cargo in urban areas. (from Transport)
Image 27Tunnels, such as the Tampere Tunnel, allow traffic to pass underground or through rock formations. (from Transport)
Image 28NASA's Helios researches solar powered flight. (from Aviation)
Image 29A prototype of a Ganz AC electric locomotive in Valtellina, Italy, 1901 (from Rail transport)
Image 30A United Airlines Boeing 777-200 taxiing on the tarmac of Heathrow Airport in January 2011. The Boeing 777 is a popular choice for airlines that operate a wide-body aircraft. (from Aviation)
Image 31The Great North Road near High gate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land. (from Road transport)
Image 32A local transit bus operated by ACTION in Canberra, Australia
Image 33A dragging equipment unit with hot bearing detector (from Rail transport)
Image 34Water vapor contrails left by high-altitude jet airliners. These may contribute to cirrus cloud formation. (from Aviation)
Image 35Arizona - North America - Southwest - Interstate Highway System (4893585908) (from Road transport)
Image 36A 16th-century mine-cart, an early example of un-powered rail transport, used man power to operate. (from Rail transport)
Image 37A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon, 1795; the tracks are plateways. (from Rail transport)
Image 38Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Image 39Air traffic control towers at Amsterdam Airport. (from Aviation)
Image 40The Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. (from Aviation)
Image 41San Diego Trolley over Interstate 8 (from Road transport)
Image 42Lichterfelde tram, 1882 (from Rail transport)
Image 43Traffic congestion persists in São Paulo, Brazil, despite the no-drive days based on license numbers.
Image 44The Wright brothers' first flight in 1903 (from Transport)
Image 45A Fiat Uno in 2018 (from Transport)
Image 46German soldiers in a railway car on the way to the front in August 1914. The message on the car reads Von München über Metz nach Paris ("From Munich via Metz to Paris"). (from Rail transport)
Image 47Goods station in Lucerne, Switzerland (from Rail transport)
Image 48An ambulance from World War I (from Transport)
Image 49Bridges, such as Golden Gate Bridge, allow roads and railways to cross bodies of water. (from Transport)
Image 50Intercity Express, a German high-speed passenger train
Image 51Automobile ferry in Croatia (from Transport)
Image 52Bulk cargo of minerals on a train (from Rail transport)
Image 53Various modes of transport in Manchester, England (from Transport)
Image 54Freight train with shipping containers in the United Kingdom (from Transport)
Image 55Modes of road transport in Dublin, 1929 (from Road transport)
Image 56Trans-Alaska Pipeline for crude oil
Image 57First powered and controlled flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903. (from Aviation)
Image 58Technology trends in Air transportation: patent landscape in air transport. (from Aviation)
Image 59Tire components -- NHTSA The Pneumatic Tire (from Road transport)
Image 60According to Eurostat and the European Railway Agency, the fatality risk for passengers and occupants on European railways is 28 times lower when compared with car usage (based on data by EU-27 member nations, 2008–2010). (from Rail transport)
Image 61European rail subsidies in euros per passenger-km for 2008 (from Rail transport)
Image 62Highway D1 in Slovakia. (from Road transport)
Image 63Delta Airlines Airbus A330-323 taking off at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in July 2017. (from Aviation)
Image 64Lilienthal in mid-flight, Berlin c. 1895. (from Aviation)
Image 650-Series Shinkansen, introduced in 1964 in Japan, started the high-speed rail boom. (from Rail transport)
Image 66The engineering of this roundabout in Bristol, United Kingdom, attempts to make traffic flow free-moving.
Image 67Thomas Telford, the "Colossus of the Roads" in early 19th century Britain. (from Road transport)
Image 68A USAF Thunderbird pilot ejecting from his F-16 aircraft at an air show in 2003. (from Aviation)
Image 69Road transport (from Transport)
Image 70A cast iron fishbelly edge rail manufactured by Outram at the Butterley Company for the Cromford and High Peak Railway in 1831; these are smooth edge rails for wheels with flanges. (from Rail transport)
Image 71Eastlink - Wellington Rd Northbound Toll Gantry (from Road transport)
Image 72A Boeing 747 in 1978 operated by Pan Am. (from Aviation)
Image 73The New York City Subway is the world's largest single-operator rapid transit system by number of stations. (from Rail transport)
Image 74An Air France Airbus A318 landing at London Heathrow Airport

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