Transport enables people to fulfil their need for food/clothing and shelter.

Transport can and should be separated from society as it is not considered important.

Transport have little or no value to the development of civilizations.

Which of the following are the transport roles in society?

_______________ ____________ involve production, distribution and consumption of goods and services

There are a lot of difference in standard of living in different societies due to geographical distances and different local resources.

The total journey time taken to travel from one point to another point within or between one state to another state is called _________ ________.

The state where people demand for transport to fulfil another purpose is called __________ __________.

Specific function of transport is to fulfill the demand for ______________.

Bridging the producer-consumer gap means:

Transportation has no purpose when ___________.

____________________ arise because producers and consumers are not in the same place.

One of the following is NOT part of the economic contribution of transport:

Early formation of human settlement is believed to be near the caves or major forests.

Visiting family members, tourism and shopping are examples of compulsory trips.

Going to school or work, hospital appointments, attending meetings are considered compulsory trips.

What is a high-speed rail?

How has transportation changed over the years?

Plane, Helicopter, Hot Air Balloon are ... transportation

Pedicab, bus and car are ... transportation

The definition of the Transportation System is...

The four main modes of transportation currently active in the transportation system are:

The fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, as transportation and communication systems, power plants, and schools is called:

Prior to the industrial revolution, what was the only realistic transportation method for moving large volumes of products?

What is the largest sector of the transportation industry?

The largest negative impact of the transportation industry is...

The use of different modes of transportation such as highways, railways and waterways as part of an interconnected system that can move people and goods easily from one mode to another is called...

What is a train?

The route along which traffic moves is called the _______.

There are no cost involved for natural type of way.

It costs money to build natural but artificially improved & purely artificial ways.

Removing loose rocks and obstruction, strengthening river banks, building new connecting point, widening of navigable rivers are examples of ___________.

_______________ require enormous capital expenditure in their construction and maintenance.

Examples of natural ways are railways, pipelines and highways.

Most suitable for long distance bulk traffic:

_______________ are 100% artificial, constructed usually by a private user for his own particular purposes, e.g. moving crude oil and natural gas.

A place where interchange between similar & different vehicle of the same mode or between different modes of transport can take place is called a ________________.

Self-loading and self-discharging, move on its own are the characteristics of __________

The part of the transport system where passenger and goods are accommodated is called _________.

All transport service is highly perishable meaning that they can be stored.

Aircraft, vessels and road vehicles are flexible to the extent that they are not tied to their track as compared to the rail & pipelines.

This is the only mode of transport that can provide door-to-door service:

Must provide their own permanent way, stations, signaling and all the necessary apparatus to ensure the safe passage of passengers and goods: