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Transportation: People
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The first Europeans who came to the New World brought with them a culture of transportation centred on the wheel. North America's Aboriginal peoples had developed differently, and moved through their country by means of canoes, kayaks, umiaks, coracles, and other water-borne vehicles, constructed from various types of bark, hide, bone, wood, and other materials; as well, the snowshoe, toboggan and sled were essential during the winter conditions that prevailed throughout the northern half of the continent for much of the year. Europeans quickly adopted all of these technologies themselves, and therefore were able to travel to the northern interior of Canada via the many waterways that branched out from the St. Lawrence River and from Hudson Bay.[2]
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EPA's Commuter Model, a project of EPA's TRAQ Center, calculates the transportation and emissions benefits of commuter choice and other voluntary strategies to reduce solo commuting. It is designed to be usable by people with basic computer skills who do not necessarily have experience with models.
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The shared-ride program provides public transportation services at discounted fares to senior citizens and people with disabilities. The transportation services are operated by county governments, transit authorities, area agencies on aging and private companies.
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Transport or [T]ransportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another. The term is derived from the Latin trans ("across") and portare ("to carry"). Industries which have the business of providing equipment, actual transport, transport of people or goods and services used in transport of goods or people make up a large broad and important sector of most national economies, and are collectively referred to as transport industries.
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The U.S. transportation system carries over 4.7 trillion passenger miles of travel and 3.7 trillion ton miles of domestic freight generated by about 270 million people, 6.7 million business establishments, and 88,000 units of government. Rail and maritime transportation each account for over 11 percent of the tonnage carried.
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The U.S. transportation system is a network of roads, airports, railroads, public transportation routes, ports, waterways, and the intermodal connections that tie them all together. Together they fuel the economy, moving goods and people throughout the nation and connecting them to the globe.
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