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Introduction What does the word travel mean to you Traveling is something people do all the time both in small and big ways A means of traveling or getting from one place to another is a form of transportation Can you name a few forms of transportation Probably the ones that spring to mind are cars trains and planes For instance when you take the bus to school you are traveling But did you know that escalators are also a form of transportation Of course escalators don’t take you very far but they still move you from one place to another The width and speed of the escalator determine how many people an escalator can carry per minute A narrow escalator moving at 1 5 feet 45 meters per second can carry about 34 people per minute 4
In this book you’re going to learn about different types of transportation You will also learn about the differences between these types of transportation You see not all forms of transportation are equal The key difference between forms of transportation is speed in other words what method of travel will get you to your destination the quickest To figure out the fastest way to get from one place to another you are going to use math to compare the different forms of transportation What would you guess is the slowest form of transportation Probably the slowest form of transportation is something you do every day walking Did you know that when you walk from one classroom to another you are using a form of transportation 5
