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URBAN TRANSPORTATION [1 record]

Record 1 2011-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transportation
CONT

Urban transportation includes the movement of people and materials within any town or city but particularly within large metropolitain areas.

CONT

Elements of Urban Transportation. Streets, expressways … Parking … Traffic control … Surface Transit … Subway and elevated transit … Commuter rail service.

OBS

urban transportation; urban transport: [These] generic terms emcompass all aspects of transportation in cities.

OBS

urban transportation: term recommended by the Terminology Committee and standardized by the Validation Committee of the Sustainable Mobility Glossary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports
DEF

Ensemble des systèmes de transport et des infrastructures qui permettent la circulation des personnes et des biens dans une zone urbaine.

OBS

transport urbain : terme recommandé par le Comité de terminologie et normalisé par le Comité de validation du Lexique de la mobilité durable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte
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