ABSTRACT
Transportation (or transport) is an activity that
provides for the movement of goods or individuals
from one place to another. Freight transportation
involves the movement of goods; passenger transpor-
tation involves the movement of individuals. Freight
transportation allows for bringing together at a
given location the resources used in production
processes as well as providing access to markets for
the resulting products. Passenger transportation
provides the means to move individuals from various
origin-locations to various destination-locations.
