A transport network, or transportation network in American English, is typically a network of roads, streets, pipes, aqueducts, power lines, or nearly any structure which permits either vehicular movement or flow of some commodity

Commodity

In economics, a commodity is the generic term for any marketable item produced to satisfy wants or needs. Economic commodities comprise goods and services....

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A transport network is used for transport network analysis to determine the flow of vehicles

Traffic flow

Traffic flow, in mathematics and civil engineering, is the study of interactions between vehicles, drivers, and infrastructure , with the aim of understanding and developing an optimal road network with efficient movement of traffic and minimal traffic congestion problems.-History:Attempts to...

 (or people) through it within the field of transport engineering

Transport engineering

Transportation engineering is the application of technology and scientific principles to the planning, functional design, operation and management of facilities for any mode of transportation in order to provide for the safe, rapid, comfortable, convenient, economical, and environmentally...

, typically using mathematical graph theory

Transportation network (graph theory)

A transportation network is a type of directed, weighted graph or network.Transportation networks are used to model the flow of commodity, information, or traffic ....

. It may combine different modes of transport

Mode of transport

Mode of transport is a term used to distinguish substantially different ways to perform transport. The most dominant modes of transport are aviation, land transport, which includes rail, road and off-road transport, and ship transport...

, for example, walking and car to model multi-modal journeys.

See also

• Transportation network (graph theory)
  Transportation network (graph theory)
  A transportation network is a type of directed, weighted graph or network.Transportation networks are used to model the flow of commodity, information, or traffic ....
  
  
• Heuristic routing
  Heuristic routing
  Heuristic is an adjective used in relation to methods of learning, discovery, or problem solving.Routing is the process of selecting paths to specific destinations. According to Schuster :...