Identification should include publicly owned systems, privately owned systems, and public-private partnerships. Types of transportation systems include
- land
- water
- air
- space
- intermodal.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What are examples of each type of transportation system?
- How do you determine which transportation system to use?
- What are advantages and disadvantages of each transportation system?
- Why is transportation important to developing new technologies?
- What types of products are most efficiently transported by air? By water?
- How are transportation systems funded?
- How does the expansion of a transportation system affect the communities around it?
- How does the availability of transportation affect cultural activities of a society? Economic activities?