What is Land transport?
[[File:Larousse universel en 2 volumes; nouveau dictionnaire encyclopédique publié sous la direction de Claude Augé (1922) (14596082918).jpg|thumb]] [[File:66554 , Morton (4487791298).jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|[[Freight]] train}}]] '''Land transport''' or '''Land transportation''' is the [[movement]] of [[people]], [[animal]]s, and [[Good (economics)|goods]] from one location to another on land. Today this is usually by [[Rail transport|rail]] or [[highway|road transport]]. == Roads == Early [[civilization]]s utilized [[human]] power to move goods. The ancient Greeks preferred to [[travel]] and move goods by [[sea]]. But they did have a respectable road system to move heavy loads by [[cart]].<ref name=Hughes179.80>J. Donald Hughes, ''Environmental Problems of the Greeks and Romans'' (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014), pp. 179–180</ref> The Romans built [[wieather|all-weather]] roads throughout the Roman Empire. They were an improvement over [[Etruscan]] roads. They were to allow the rapid movement of [[troop]]s and [[military]] supplies. It was also important for [[trade]] and the transport of goods. Roman roads were well [[Drainage|drained]], relatively smooth and straight wherever possible.<ref name=Greene40>Kevin Greene, ''The Archaeology of the Roman Economy'' (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986), p. 40</ref> The Romans built [[bridge]]s to cross water and [[causeway]]s to cross [[marsh]]es. They were well built but needed constant [[wikt:maintenance|maintenance]].<ref name=Greene40/> By the [[16th century]] roads were used by coaches ([[public transport]]) and heavy [[wagon]]s.<ref name=Savage25.30>Christopher Savage; T.C. Barker, ''Economic History of Transport in Britain'' (Oxford; New York: Routledge, 2011), pp. 25–30</ref> Wagon building became an important business. Special [[horse]]s were bred to pull the heavy loads. For longer distances, teams of horses were changed several times as they became tired.<ref name=Savage25.30/> [[Inn]]s sprang up in countries like [[E