What modes of transportation are there?

There are the following modes of transportation:

1. Road transportation: the way to build roads on land and transport passengers and goods by car. The advantages of highway transportation are short-distance flexibility, convenient turnover and convenient loading and unloading; Disadvantages are small transportation volume and high transportation cost.

2. Railway transportation: the way to transport passengers and goods by railway train. The advantages of railway transportation are large transportation volume, low transportation cost and fast transportation speed, which is suitable for long-distance transportation; Disadvantages are high railway construction cost and low transportation flexibility.

3. Waterway transportation: the way to transport passengers and goods by ship through inland rivers and seas. The advantages of waterway transportation are large transportation volume and low transportation cost; The disadvantage is that the transportation speed is slow and the transportation flexibility is low, which is greatly affected by the navigation channel and climate.

4. Air transportation: the way to transport passengers and goods by plane. The advantage of air transport is fast; Disadvantages are small transportation volume and high transportation cost.

5. Pipeline transportation: Long-distance transportation of liquid and gas by pipeline. The advantages of pipeline transportation are large transportation volume, low loss of goods and high safety; Disadvantages are high cost of pipeline equipment and low transportation flexibility.