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Highway Engineering Practice Test: Transportation Basics — Flashcards

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Transportation is a part of the distribution process. It involves moving products from their original location to the rightful receiver.
 
Transportation can be grouped into three broad categories based on the medium they use: Land, Water, Air. 
The four important means of transport are: Road transport, Rail transport, Water transport, Air transport. 

Transportation is a sub-discipline of logistics, which includes:
Warehousing
Inventory control and purchasing
Freight forwarding 

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The main objective of transportation is?
Safe economical and efficient transport of goods and passengers
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