Transportation Labor

Definition

Transportation labor refers to work involved in moving people or goods from one place to another via different modes such as cars, trucks trains, ships, airplanes etc.

Analogy

Consider transportation labor as the veins and arteries in our body. Just like they transport blood to different parts of the body, transportation labor moves goods and people around a city, country or even globally.

Related terms

Logistics: This is the management of transporting goods or equipment from one place to another. It's a big part of what makes transportation labor necessary.

Supply Chain: The network created among different companies producing, handling and distributing a specific product. Transportation labor plays a key role in maintaining this chain.

Public Transit: A system for transporting large numbers of people within urban areas using buses, trains etc., which relies heavily on transportation labor.