Technology: Engineering & Design

Chapter 22: The Structure of Transportation

Chapter Summaries

  • Five basic modes of transportation are air and space, water, rail, highway, and pipeline.
  • Air transportation is the fastest form of Earth-centered transportation, and land transportation is the most common.
  • Each mode of transportation has facilities designed to meet the needs of the system.
  • Pipeline transportation is the only system in which the vehicle is stationary while the cargo moves.
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