Outline of land transport

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to land transport:

Land transport – transport or movement of people, animals, and goods from one location to another on land, usually by railway or road, but also off-road.

Land transport can be described as all of the following:

• Technology – all forms of land transport, except walking and running, are types of technology.
  • Transport – movement of humans, animals and goods from one location to another.

Types of land transport

• Human-powered transport
  • Walking
  • Running
  • Cycling
  • Skateboarding
  • Human-powered aircraft
• Animal-powered transport
• Off-road transport
• Road transport
• Rail transport
• Other
  • Pipeline transport
  • Cable transport

• Travel
• Public transport
• Freight transport

History of land transport

• History of human-powered transport
  • History of cycling
  • History of running
  • History of skateboarding
  • History of human-powered aircraft
• History of animal-powered transport
• History of road transport
  • History of trucking
    • History of the trucking industry in the United States
• History of rail transport
• Other
  • History of pipeline transport
  • History of cable transport

• Rail transport infrastructure
  • Railroad tracks
  • Railway electrification system
  • Railway signaling
  • Bridges
  • Tunnels
  • Train stations
• Road transport
  • Cycling infrastructure
  • Roads
  • Bridges
  • Tunnels
  • Street lights
  • Traffic lights
  • Traffic signs
• Other
  • Pipeline

• Rail transport operations
  • Public transport timetable
• Road transport operations
  • Driving
    • Driver licensing
  • Motor vehicle registration
    • Vehicle registration certificate
      • Vehicle licence
    • Vehicle registration plate
  • Road traffic safety
    • Highway patrol
  • Trucking
    • Truck driver
  • Transportation planning
  • Road construction
  • Road maintenance
    • Roadworks

• Rail vehicles – hook them together, and they make a train.
  • Locomotive
  • Railroad car
• Off-road vehicle
• Road vehicle
  • Bicycle
  • Car
  • Truck

• Journal of Transport and Land Use

• Amzi L. Barber
• Henry Ford
• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Outline of transport