28 Facts About Passenger transport

Mode of Passenger transport is a solution that makes use of a certain type of vehicle, infrastructure, and operation.

Freight Passenger transport has become focused on containerization, although bulk Passenger transport is used for large volumes of durable items.

Human-powered Passenger transport remains popular for reasons of cost-saving, leisure, physical exercise, and environmentalism; it is sometimes the only type available, especially in underdeveloped or inaccessible regions.

Animal-powered Passenger transport is the use of working animals for the movement of people and commodities.

Land Passenger transport covers all land-based Passenger transport systems that provide for the movement of people, goods, and services.

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Land Passenger transport plays a vital role in linking communities to each other.

Rail Passenger transport is where a train runs along a set of two parallel steel rails, known as a railway or railroad.

Regional and commuter trains feed cities from suburbs and surrounding areas, while intra-urban Passenger transport is performed by high-capacity tramways and rapid transits, often making up the backbone of a city's public Passenger transport.

Road Passenger transport offers complete freedom to road users to transfer the vehicle from one lane to the other and from one road to another according to the need and convenience.

Water Passenger transport is movement by means of a watercraft—such as a barge, boat, ship, or sailboat—over a body of water, such as a sea, ocean, lake, canal, or river.

Pipeline Passenger transport sends goods through a pipe; most commonly liquid and gases are sent, but pneumatic tubes can send solid capsules using compressed air.

Cable Passenger transport is a broad mode where vehicles are pulled by cables instead of an internal power source.

Faster Passenger transport could be achieved through part of a low Earth orbit or by following that trajectory even faster, using the propulsion of the rocket to steer it.

Private Passenger transport is only subject to the owner of the vehicle, who operates the vehicle themselves.

The institution of policy enforces order in Passenger transport, which is by nature chaotic as people attempt to travel from one place to another as fast as possible.

Public Passenger transport was scheduled services on fixed routes, while private is vehicles that provide ad hoc services at the riders desire.

Long-haul Passenger transport involves the use of the automobile, trains, coaches, and aircraft, the last of which have become predominantly used for the longest, including intercontinental, travel.

Intermodal passenger transport is where a journey is performed through the use of several modes of transport; since all human transport normally starts and ends with walking, all passenger transport can be considered intermodal.

Buses are the cheapest mode of Passenger transport but are not necessarily flexible, and taxis are very flexible but more expensive.

Air medical services is a comprehensive term covering the use of air Passenger transport to move patients to and from healthcare facilities and accident scenes.

Freight Passenger transport, or shipping, is a key in the value chain in manufacturing.

Bulk Passenger transport is common with cargo that can be handled roughly without deterioration; typical examples are ore, coal, cereals, and petroleum.

Passenger transport is the essence of tourism, a major part of recreational transport.

Automotive Passenger transport can be seen as a tragedy of the commons, where the flexibility and comfort for the individual deteriorate the natural and urban environment for all.

In recent years, data has been collected to show that the Passenger transport sector contributes to a quarter of the global greenhouse gas emissions, and therefore sustainable Passenger transport has been mainstreamed across several of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, especially those related to food, security, health, energy, economic growth, infrastructure, and cities and human settlements.

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Water Passenger transport, including rowed and sailed vessels, dates back to time immemorial and was the only efficient way to Passenger transport large quantities or over large distances prior to the Industrial Revolution.

Early water Passenger transport was accomplished with ships that were either rowed or used the wind for propulsion, or a combination of the two.

Until the Industrial Revolution, Passenger transport remained slow and costly, and production and consumption gravitated as close to each other as feasible.