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Authors: Dr. John Bowen and Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue Air transportation is the mobility of passengers and freight by any conveyance that can sustain controlled flight. 1. The Rise of Air Transportation Air transportation was slow to take off after the Wright Brothers breakthrough at Kitty Hawk in 1903. More than a

Authors: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Dr. Theo Notteboom Maritime transportation concerns the movement of passengers and freight over water masses, from oceans to rivers. 1. Maritime Geography and Routes From its modest origins as Egyptian coastal and river sailships around 3,200 BCE, maritime transportation has always been the dominant support

Authors: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Dr. Brian Slack Rail transportation refers to the movement of vehicles on guideways. The most common guideways are rails, but recent technological developments have also made available monorails and magnetic levitation trains. 1. Rail Transportation and Rail Lines Although primitive rail systems existed by the

Authors: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Dr. Brian Slack Road transportation involves moving passengers and freight with vehicles over a prepared surface. 1. The Setting of Road Transport Systems Roads and rails are the two major modes that compose the land transport system. Roads were established first, as steam rail technology

Note: Vehicles are not to scale. Because of their operational characteristics, freight transportation modes have different capacities and efficiency levels. While trucks are the mode that has the least capacity, they have a level of flexibility (speed and door-to-door services) unmatched by rail, maritime, and fluvial transportation. Intermodal capacity in

Source: adapted from W.J. DeWitt. Freight Transport & Modes in Global Logistics & Supply Chains. Several modal options are available to support the mobility of freight depending on what is being transported, the concerned distance, and modal availability. Freight modal options are more diversified than passengers considering the variety of

To support their mobility, passengers have several modal options depending on the type of movement (e.g. commuting, traveling), the concerned distance, and modal availability. They fall into four general categories:

Author: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue Transport modes are the means supporting the mobility of passengers and freight. They are mobile transport assets and fall into three basic types; land (road, rail, pipelines), water (shipping), and air. 1. A Diversity of Modes Transport modes are designed to carry passengers or freight, but most

Source: Adapted from World Economic Forum, SIMSystem: Designing Seamless Integrated Mobility. Contemporary mobility systems are supported by physical, digital (information) and regulatory (rules) foundations. While physical (e.g. infrastructures) and regulatory (governance, policies) issues are well understood, the digital dimension has considerably evolved in recent years with the introduction of new information