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Road transport or road transportation is a type of transport using roads. [1] Transport on roads can be roughly grouped into the transportation of goods and transportation of people. In many countries licensing requirements and safety regulations ensure a separation of the two industries.
Road transport (alternatively road transportation) is transport on roads, i.e. most transport over land which is not rail transport in the wide sense. See also: Category:Roads Subcategories
This includes all aspects of transportation, including the movement of goods and the purchase of all transportation-related products and services as well as the movement of people". [70] Employment in the transportation and material moving industry accounted for 7.4% of all employment, and was the 5th largest employment group in the United States.
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.
The road: An Ethnography of (im)mobility, spaces and cross-border infrastructures in the Balkans. Manchester: Manchester University press. Pawson, E. (1977), Transport and Economy: the turnpike roads of eighteenth century England
A hybrid of road transport and ship transport beginning in about 1740 is the horse-drawn boat in which the horse follows a cleared path along the river bank. [31] [32] From about 312 BC, the Roman Empire built straight [33] strong stone Roman roads throughout Europe and North Africa, in support of its military campaigns.
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