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A transport network, or transportation network, is a network or graph in geographic space, describing an infrastructure that permits and constrains movement or flow. [1] Examples include but are not limited to road networks , railways , air routes , pipelines , aqueducts , and power lines .
Transportation geography detects, describes, and explains the Earth's surface's transportation spaces regarding location, substance, form, function, and genesis. It also investigates the effects of transportation on land use, on the physical material patterns at the surface of the earth known as 'cover patterns', and on other spatial processes ...
An alternative to, and in many ways the precursor of the road map, was the itinerarium, a listing of towns and other stops, with intervening distances.The Tabula Peutingeriana, mentioned above, is in effect an itinerarium in visual form, offering routes and distances with little geographical accuracy.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikibooks; Wikiquote; ... Transportation geography (2 C, 5 P) H. Health and transport (5 C, 16 P)
A transit map is a topological map in the form of a schematic diagram used to illustrate the routes and stations within a public transport system—whether this be bus, tram, rapid transit, commuter rail or ferry routes. Metro maps, subway maps, or tube maps of metropolitan railways are some common examples.
Transportation is often a natural monopoly and a necessity for the public; roads, and in some countries railways and airports are funded through taxation. New infrastructure projects can have high cost and are often financed through debt. Many infrastructure owners then impose usage fees, such as landing fees at airports, or toll plazas on roads.
Texas is looking at a plan to ramp up migrant buses again — but instead of sending them to sanctuary cities, officials would ship newly arrived illegal migrants directly to ICE holding centers ...
design the necessary transport projects, systems and services; understand the commercial aspects of operating transport systems and services; know about and apply the relevant tools and techniques; must be competent in all aspects of management, in particular communications, personal skills and project management. [7]