transportations
Ways of traveling
Transportations is the plural of transportation, referring to multiple systems, methods, or instances of moving people or goods from place to place: The city invested in public transportations including buses, subways, and light rail.
In historical and legal contexts, transportations were sentences of exile to penal colonies: The British transportations to Australia ended in 1868.
Multi-passenger road vehicles
- trainsLinked rail carriages
- carsMotor vehicles for travel
- taxisHired city cars
- subwaysUnderground urban railways
trams · ferries · rickshaws · motorcycles · bicycles · trucks · vans · jeepneys
Basic physical systems
- networksInterconnected groups or channels
- routesPaths for travel
- schedulesPlanned sequences of events
- terminalsEnd stations or connectors
stations · hubs · transit · commuting · logistics · ticketing · fares · transfers
Transfer of property rights
- carriageWheeled passenger vehicle
- transferMove between locations
- haulingTransporting heavy items
- ferryingConveying across water
shuttling · commuting · traveling · journeying · passage · transit · locomotion · mobility
Gaseous envelope surrounding Earth
- railHorizontal support bar
- seaSaltwater body, not ocean
- roadVehicle travel surface
- waterwayNavigable route for vessels
freight · cargo · passenger · ground · maritime · aviation · shipping · trucking
Horse-drawn route vehicle
- caravanTraveling group with goods
- horse-drawnPowered by equines
- canalDug water passage
- steamshipBoiler-propelled water vessel
locomotive · sedan chair · palanquin · chariot · oxcart · rickshaw · clipper · galleon
buses
Multi-passenger road vehicles
subways · trams · ferries · rickshaws · motorcycles · bicycles · trucks · vans · jeepneys · tuk-tuks
infrastructure
Basic physical systems
terminals · stations · hubs · transit · commuting · logistics · ticketing · fares · transfers · connections
conveyance
Transfer of property rights
ferrying · shuttling · commuting · traveling · journeying · passage · transit · locomotion · mobility · displacement
air
Gaseous envelope surrounding Earth
waterway · freight · cargo · passenger · ground · maritime · aviation · shipping · trucking · cycling
stagecoach
Horse-drawn route vehicle
- caravanTraveling group with goods
- horse-drawnPowered by equines
- canalDug water passage
steamship · locomotive · sedan chair · palanquin · chariot · oxcart · rickshaw · clipper · galleon · camel train
transportationsimmobility
Lack of motion
stasis · fixity · stationariness · staying put · immobilization
transportationsrepatriations
Restoring to native land
returns · pardons · amnesties · homecomings · releases
transportationsconfinement
State of being restricted
detention · imprisonment · containment · restriction · sequestration
- public transportationShared vehicles for commuters
- city transportationUrban passenger movement systems
- commercial transportationFee-based movement of cargo
- surface transportationMovement across land or water
- marine transportationWaterborne conveyance of cargo
- ground transportationNon-flying travel methods