Contents
Road Transport
Resources
See Also
- Transport
- Transportation Means
- Transport Law
- Transport Contract
Hierarchical Display of Road transport
Transport > Land transport > Land transport
Industry > Mechanical engineering > Mechanical engineering > Motor vehicle industry
Transport > Transport policy > Traffic regulations > Driving licence
Transport > Transport policy > Transport price > Charges for use of infrastructure > Axle tax
Finance > Insurance > Insurance > Transport insurance > Motor vehicle insurance
Transport > Transport policy > Transport price > Transportation tariff > Road transport tariff
Road transport
Concept of Road transport
See the dictionary definition of Road transport.
Characteristics of Road transport
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Resources
Translation of Road transport
- Spanish: Transporte por carretera
- French: Transport routier
- German: Transport über Straße
- Italian: Trasporto stradale
- Portuguese: Transporte rodoviário
- Polish: Transport drogowy
Thesaurus of Road transport
Transport > Land transport > Land transport > Road transport
Industry > Mechanical engineering > Mechanical engineering > Motor vehicle industry > Road transport
Transport > Transport policy > Traffic regulations > Driving licence > Road transport
Transport > Transport policy > Transport price > Charges for use of infrastructure > Axle tax > Road transport
Finance > Insurance > Insurance > Transport insurance > Motor vehicle insurance > Road transport
Transport > Transport policy > Transport price > Transportation tariff > Road transport tariff > Road transport
See also
- Road traffic
- Road network
- AETR agreement
- International road transport
- Vehicle fleet
- Two-wheeled vehicle
- ADR agreement
- Road cabotage
- Transport by road
- Road haulage
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