2006-09-07 10:41:49 · 11 answers · asked by jhjhiwe 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The act of moving from point A to point B through some means. As in, the train was my form of transportation to get me from Mountain View to Palo Alto.
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2006-09-07 10:44:50 · answer #1 · answered by Haus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Transportation is contextually taken as that part of human activity where people, goods and other materials are physically transferred from one point to another through the use of manpower, mobility facilities and equipment as means of conveyances.
As such, rail transportation include not just the train and the railroad tracks, for but also the station platform, turnstiles, ticket booths and the people manning and working in such facilities.
2006-09-07 11:16:04 · answer #2 · answered by Bummerang 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's getting beamed up by a transporter, like on the Enterprise.
2006-09-07 10:45:21 · answer #3 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another. The term is derived from the Latin trans ("across") and portare ("to carry").
2006-09-07 10:49:13 · answer #4 · answered by Manis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
transporting people and goods from one place to another
2006-09-07 10:43:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
transportation is how u get somewhere, cars, walking, trains,buses, boats, are all forms or transportation
2006-09-07 10:43:47 · answer #6 · answered by FLeX_BoZaCK 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the means from getting from one to another
2006-09-07 10:44:12 · answer #7 · answered by alexwhlr3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shifting people from one place to another through rail,road,water or air
2006-09-07 10:44:34 · answer #8 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
getting people from here to there
2006-09-07 10:50:52 · answer #9 · answered by joalteeth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
2006-09-07 10:44:09 · answer #10 · answered by nw 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋