Transport
Transportation
helped to promote civilisation. Communication among countries started to
expand with land travel. A good road network today enables communication and transport to progress. Cars, coaches, buses and
trains deal with passengers, whereas trucks deal with freight. Trains
also carry cargo for long distance transportation. Motorcycles, mopeds and
scooters are useful in day to day transportation while snowmobiles skim
across ice.
Water
transportation
People
use boats on rivers, canals and lakes. Engine powered ships and sea going
vessels travel all over the world. Cargo ships together with barges,
facilitate the import and export businesses. Air transportation with big
airlines and supersonic jets, links major cities and provide one of the
fastest means of communication while helicopters and smaller air crafts
are very useful for inter-city business travels.
History
During
prehistoric times people travelled mainly on foot. Goods were transported
on their backs or heads and sometimes animals were used to help in the
carrying of goods. By 3000.B.C wagons and sailing vessels were invented
and over the centuries it improved slowly. In the middle ages, around
1500's, great improvements were brought to both land and water transport.
As a result bigger ships were built but by 1700's, the steam
age started. In the 1800's engine-powered vehicles were designed,
leading to a revolution in
communication.
