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A transportation mode is a mode of travel, such as rail transport or automobile. It is a category defining a means of moving from one location to another.
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A bus (archaically also omnibus, multibus, or autobus) is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus seats a maximum of 8 to 300 passengers. Buses are widely used public transportation.
The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus,...
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| x Ferry |
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A ferry (or ferryboat) is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry (or ferry) primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent,...
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| x Water transportation |
Water transportation is the intentional movement of water over large distances. Methods of transportation fall into three categories:
Due to its weight, the transportation of water is very energy intensive. Unless it has the assistance of gravity, a...
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| x Train |
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A train is a connected series of vehicles for rail transport that move along a track (permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another. The track usually consists of two rails, but might also be a monorail or maglev...
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Rail transport is the conveyance of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles running along railways or railroads. Rail transport is part of the logistics chain, which facilitates international trade and economic growth. Rail transport is...
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| x Sailing - Ocean Cruising |
Sailing on the oceans. Coastal cruising and ocean crossing.Often means a couple who live on their boat and sail and sail and sail.
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| x Automobile |
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About 250 million vehicles are in the United States. Around the world, there were about 806 million cars and light trucks on the road in 2007; they burn over 260 billion gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel yearly. The automotive industry designs,...
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| x Air travel |
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Air travel is a form of travel using an airplane.
The comfort experienced when traveling by air depends on several factors starting with the airport, the choice of the airline and the travel class.
Travel class on an airplane is usually split into a...
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| x Tram |
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A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolleycar, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a conventional train, designed for the transport of passengers (and, very occasionally, freight) within, close to, or between villages...
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A monorail is a rail-based transportation system based on a single rail, which acts as its sole support and its guideway. The term is also used variously to describe the beam of the system, or the vehicles traveling on such a beam or track. The term...
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| x Helicopter |
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A helicopter is an aircraft that is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors, each rotor consisting of two or more rotor blades. Helicopters are classified as rotorcraft or rotary-wing aircraft to distinguish them from fixed-wing...
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A rapid transit, metro, subway, underground, or elevated railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with high capacity and frequency, and which is grade separated from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically either...
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