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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/; Malayalam: [koˈtːʃi] ^ⓘ), also known by its former name 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 has been described 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. 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 1Northwest Airlines Airbus A330-323 (from Aviation)
Image 2Passengers waiting to board a tube train on the London Underground in the early 1900s (sketch by unknown artist)
Image 3Bulk cargo of minerals on a train (from Rail transport)
Image 4A local transit bus operated by ACTION in Canberra, Australia
Image 5A Sr1-pulled lumber train crossing the drawbridge along the Savonia railway in Kuopio, Finland (from Rail transport)
Image 6The Wright brothers' first flight in 1903 (from Transport)
Image 70-Series Shinkansen, introduced in 1964, triggered the intercity train travel boom. (from Rail transport)
Image 8A 16th-century minecart, an early example of unpowered rail transport (from Rail transport)
Image 9Human-powered transport remains common in developing countries. (from Transport)
Image 10San Diego Trolley over Interstate 8 (from Road transport)
Image 11Lichterfelde tram, 1882 (from Rail transport)
Image 12A Boeing 747 (from Aviation)
Image 13Interior view of a high-speed bullet train, manufactured in China (from Rail transport)
Image 14LZ 129 Hindenburg at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, 1936 (from Aviation)
Image 15The Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history (from Aviation)
Image 161940 Piper Cub (from Aviation)
Image 17Freight train with shipping containers in the United Kingdom (from Transport)
Image 18Eastlink - Wellington Rd Northbound Toll Gantry (from Road transport)
Image 19A Fiat Uno in 2018 (from Transport)
Image 20A train in Alaska transporting crude oil in March 2006 (from Rail transport)
Image 21Goods station in Lucerne, Switzerland (from Rail transport)
Image 22Lilienthal in mid-flight, Berlin c. 1895 (from Aviation)
Image 23An Air France Airbus A318 landing at London Heathrow Airport
Image 24A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon; the tracks are plateways. (from Rail transport)
Image 25Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from Rail transport)
Image 26A bulk carrier, BW Fjord (from Transport)
Image 27The Beijing Subway is one of the world's largest and busiest rapid transit networks. (from Transport)
Image 28Incheon International Airport, South Korea
Image 29European rail subsidies in euros per passenger-km for 2008 (from Rail transport)
Image 30Intercity Express, a German high-speed passenger train
Image 31German 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 32Water vapor contrails left by high-altitude jet airliners. These may contribute to cirrus cloud formation. (from Aviation)
Image 33Road transport (from Transport)
Image 34Main modes of transportation: air, land, water, and space. (from Transport)
Image 35NASA's Helios researches solar powered flight. (from Aviation)
Image 36Tire components -- NHTSA The Pneumatic Tire (from Road transport)
Image 37The Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. (from Aviation)
Image 38Thomas Telford, the "Colossus of the Roads" in early 19th century Britain. (from Road transport)
Image 39Bardon 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 40The Boeing 737 series of aircraft, as seen here in the United Airways livery, is a popular choice for airlines that operate narrow-body aircraft. (from Aviation)
Image 41The VR Class Sm3 Pendolino high-speed train at the Central Railway Station of Tampere, Finland (from Rail transport)
Image 42A Hot bearing detector with dragging equipment unit (from Rail transport)
Image 43The 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 44A 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 45A replica of Trevithick's engine at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, Wales (from Rail transport)
Image 46Trans-Alaska Pipeline for crude oil
Image 47A prototype of a Ganz AC electric locomotive in Valtellina, Italy, 1901 (from Rail transport)
Image 48Bridges, such as Golden Gate Bridge, allow roads and railways to cross bodies of water. (from Transport)
Image 49Modes of road transport in Dublin, 1929 (from Road transport)
Image 50Arizona - North America - Southwest - Interstate Highway System (4893585908) (from Road transport)
Image 51According 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 52A bullock team hauling wool in Australia (from Transport)
Image 53Bronocice pot with the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle in the world, found in Poland (from Transport)
Image 54Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Image 55The Italian Autostrada dei Laghi ("Lakes Motorway"; now parts of the Autostrada A8 and the Autostrada A9), the first controlled-access highway ever built in the world, in 1925, the year following its inauguration. (from Road transport)
Image 56Automobile ferry in Croatia (from Transport)
Image 57A USAF Thunderbird pilot ejecting from his F-16 aircraft at an air show in 2003 (from Aviation)
Image 58The engineering of this roundabout in Bristol, United Kingdom, attempts to make traffic flow free-moving.
Image 59Highway D1 in Slovakia. (from Road transport)
Image 60An ambulance from World War I (from Transport)
Image 61Tunnels, such as the Tampere Tunnel, allow traffic to pass underground or through rock formations. (from Transport)
Image 62Traffic congestion persists in São Paulo, Brazil, despite the no-drive days based on license numbers.
Image 63Various modes of transport in Manchester, England (from Transport)
Image 64First powered and controlled flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903 (from Aviation)
Image 65Map of world railway network as of 2022 (from Rail transport)
Image 66The Polish transport company Bedmet uses a special vehicle to transport two large silos. (from Road transport)
Image 67Air traffic control towers at Amsterdam Airport (from Aviation)

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The US Navy attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) rests in the Arctic Ocean after surfacing through three feet of ice during Ice Exercise 2009 on March 21, 2009.

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