Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries

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Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries

Chapter 3

Different Modes and Their Characteristics

3.1 Mode of transport

Modes of transport or transport modality is a term used to describe the substantially dif-

ferent ways of transportation. The ability of people and goods to move from one place to

an other is fulfilled through the use of one or an other modes of transport.

The most dominant modes of transport are air transport, land transport and water trans-

port. Land transport includes road, rail, and off-road transport. Off-road transport consists

of pipelines, cable transport,