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-- See Also the narrower term Air travel

-- See Also the narrower term Bridges

-- See Also the narrower term Carriages and carts

-- See Also the narrower term Carriers
Here are entered works on individuals or companies engaged in the transportation of passengers or goods.

-- See Also Commerce
Here are entered works on trade, both foreign and domestic. Works on the commerce of countries, cities, etc. are entered under headings of the type [place]--Commerce, further subdivided by place, if appropriate. If so subdivided, a second heading is assigned with the place names in reverse position, e.g. 1. Canada--Commerce--United States. 2. United States--Commerce--Canada.
--subdivision Commerce under names of countries, cities, etc., and ethnic groups

-- See Also Communication and traffic
Here are entered works on the communications industries treated collectively. Works on human communication, including both the primary techniques of language, pictures, etc. and the secondary techniques, such as the press and radio, are entered under Communication. Works on the modern means of mass communication are entered under Mass media.

-- See Also the narrower term Delivery of goods

-- See Also the narrower term Emergency transportation

-- See Also the narrower term Express service

-- See Also the narrower term Freight and freightage

-- See Also the narrower term Harbors

-- See Also the narrower term Local transit
Here are entered works on the various modes of local public transportation.

-- See Also the narrower term Ocean travel

-- See Also the narrower term Pack transportation

--subdivision Transportation under names of individual military services, e.g. United States. Army--Transportation

-- See Also the narrower term Pipelines

-- See Also the narrower term Pneumatic-tube transportation

-- See Also the narrower term Postal service

--subdivision Postal service under individual wars and names of individual military services, e.g. World War, 1939-1945--Postal service; United States. Army--Postal service

-- See Also the narrower term Railroads

--names of individual railroads; and headings beginning with the word Railroad

-- See Also the narrower term Roads

--headings beginning with the words Road or Roadside

-- See Also the narrower term Route surveying
Here are entered works on surveying for the location of routes of transportation and communication, including cableways, canals, pipe-lines, railroads, roads, transmission lines, and tunnels. Works limited to a route survey of one of these would be entered under the appropriate heading with subdivision Surveying, e.g. Railroads--Surveying; Roads--Surveying.

-- See Also the narrower term Rural transportation
Here are entered works on the various modes of public and private transportation in rural areas in general or in various rural areas discussed collectively. Works limited to transportation in a specific rural area are entered under Transportation with local subdivision. Works limited to the various modes of rural public transportation are entered under Rural transit.

-- See Also the narrower term Shipping
Here are entered general works on the transportation of persons or goods by water, as well as on the vessels used in this activity. Works confined to inland or coastal water transportation, in general, are entered under the headings Inland water transportation or Coastwise shipping. Works on water transportation on individual lakes, rivers, etc. are entered under Shipping subdivided by the name of the lake, river, etc. Works on ocean-going merchant fleets are entered under the heading Merchant marine.Works on shipping in the sense of the dispatch of goods by any means of transportation are entered under the heading Shipment of goods when relating to the activities of the shipper, or Freight and freightage when relating to those of the carrier.

-- See Also the narrower term Steam-navigation

-- See Also the narrower term Urban transportation
Here are entered comprehensive works on the various modes of public and private transportation in urban areas in general or in various urban areas discussed collectively. Works limited to transportation in a specific city, city region, or metropolitan area are entered under Transportation with local subdivision. Works limited to the various modes of local public transportation are entered under Local transit.

-- See Also the narrower term Vehicles

-- See Also the narrower term Waterways
Here are entered general works on canals, lakes, rivers, straits, etc. as highways of transportation and commerce.