Transport

Transport or transportation is the movement of people, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles and operations. Transport is important because it enables trade between persons, which is essential for the development of civilizations.

Transport infrastructure consists of the fixed installations including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals and pipelines and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, re
...more

Last Stop on Market Street
Duck on a Tractor
How to Track a Truck
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Locomotive
Monster Trucks: A Lively Read-Aloud Halloween Story about a Surprising Race
The Airport Book
The Secret Subway
The Wheels on the Bus
A Fire Truck Named Red
Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot
The Mixed-Up Truck
Ride, Fly Guy, Ride!
Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? (Where Do...Series)
Mousetronaut: Based on a (Partially) True Story (The Mousetronaut Series)
Freight Train
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Pigeon, #1)
The Little Engine That Could
Locomotive
Little Blue Truck
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us
Supertruck
The Airport Book
I Stink!: The Beloved Animated Series―A Funny Garbage Truck Bedtime Story for Preschoolers (Ages 0-4)
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Two Little Trains: A Soft, Beautifully Illustrated Picture Book About a Journey West for Kids (Ages 4-8)
Sheep in a Jeep
Steam Train, Dream Train
My Car: A Wonderful Story About Vehicles, Colors, Shapes, and Community for Preschoolers
McToad Mows Tiny Island
An Accidental Philanthropist by Winsome Dunn McIntoshSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill  BrysonNew Space Capitalism by Rainer ZitelmannQuiet by Susan Cain
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,424 books — 2,254 voters

Johann Sebastian Bach by Christoph WolffHidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyA Guide to Running Your First Marathon by Doug LimbrickKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah
Non-Fiction read in 2017
485 books — 110 voters
The Night Bus by Tessa BickersThe Lost Ticket by Freya SampsonThe Night Bus Hero by Onjali Q. RaúfI Hear a New World by Alan MooreThe Maintenance of Headway by Magnus Mills
Double-Decker Buses
5 books — 1 voter



Mitta Xinindlu
“ Why do Christians always feel comfortable to bother other people's peace of mind in public spaces? ...more ”
― Mitta Xinindlu

Umberto Eco
“ [...] there is one inexorable law of technology, and it is this: when revolutionary inventions become widely accessible, they cease to be accessible. Technology is inherently democratic, because it promises the same services to all; but it works only if the rich are alone using it. When the poor also adopt technology, it stops working. A train used to take two hours to go from A to B; then the motor car arrived, which could cover the same distance in one hour. For this reason cars were very expe ...more ”
― Umberto Eco

More quotes...
Suffolk Veteran Suffolk Veteran is a group of suffolk veterans that help disabled veterans by selling American f…more
9 members, last active 15 years ago
Not Exceeding Ten Miles Square A DC Urban Planning Book Club We meet in DC on the first Wednesday of even-numbered months to d…more
29 members, last active one year ago
From the World Society for Transport and Land Use Research - nonfiction and fiction related to t…more
22 members, last active 5 years ago
Silent World — A discussion group A place to discuss all the unique aspects of Deaf culture as highlighted in the thriller Silent …more
1,753 members, last active 5 days ago

Tags

Tags contributing to this page include: transport and transportation