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Human-powered transport, the Glossary

Human-powered transport is the transport of person(s) and/or goods (freight) using human muscle power.^[1]

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Active mobility

Active mobility, soft mobility, active travel, active transport or active transportation is the transport of people or goods, through non-motorized means, based around human physical activity.

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Adirondack guideboat

The Adirondack Guideboat is a rowboat that was developed in the 1840s for recreational activities in Adirondack Park.

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Aerodynamics

Aerodynamics (ἀήρ aero (air) + δυναμική (dynamics)) is the study of the motion of air, particularly when affected by a solid object, such as an airplane wing.

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AeroVelo Atlas

The AeroVelo Atlas is a human-powered helicopter (HPH) that was built for AHS International's Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition.

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Airship

An airship is a type of aerostat or lighter-than-air aircraft that can navigate through the air flying under its own power.

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Animal locomotion

In ethology, animal locomotion is any of a variety of methods that animals use to move from one place to another.

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Balloon

A balloon is a flexible membrane bag that can be inflated with a gas, such as helium, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, oxygen, or air.

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Battle Mountain, Nevada

Battle Mountain is an unincorporated town in and the county seat of Lander County, Nevada, United States.

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Bicycle

A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other.

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Bonneville Salt Flats

The Bonneville Salt Flats are a densely packed salt pan in Tooele County in northwestern Utah, United States.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Canoe

A canoe is a lightweight narrow water vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel and using paddles.

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Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center

The Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center is one of eight Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Surface Warfare Centers.

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Carfree city

A carfree city is an urban area absent of motor vehicles.

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Cargo

In transportation, freight refers to goods conveyed by land, water or air, while cargo refers specifically to freight when conveyed via water or air.

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Cargo bike

There have been many human powered vehicles designed and constructed specifically for transporting loads since their earliest appearance in the 20th century.

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Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or other parts of the body to ascend a steep topographical object that can range from the world's tallest mountains (e.g. the eight thousanders) to small boulders.

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Crawling (human)

Crawling or quadrupedal movement is a method of human locomotion that makes use of all four limbs.

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Crete

Crete (translit, Modern:, Ancient) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.

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Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing whereby skiers traverse snow-covered terrain without use of ski lifts or other assistance.

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Cycle rickshaw

The cycle rickshaw is a small-scale local means of transport.

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David Taylor Model Basin

The David Taylor Model Basin (DTMB) is one of the largest ship model basins—test facilities for the development of ship design—in the world.

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Decavitator

Decavitator is a human-powered hydrofoil equipped with pedals and an air propeller that was built by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Derek Piggott

Alan Derek Piggott (27 December 1922 – 6 January 2019) was one of Britain's best known glider pilots and instructors.

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Developing country

A developing country is a sovereign state with a less developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries.

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Energy efficiency in transport

The energy efficiency in transport is the useful travelled distance, of passengers, goods or any type of load; divided by the total energy put into the transport propulsion means.

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Energy transformation

Energy transformation, also known as energy conversion, is the process of changing energy from one form to another.

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English Channel

The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.

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Environmentalism

Environmentalism or environmental rights is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement about supporting life, habitats, and surroundings.

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Erden Eruç

Erden Eruç (born 14 July 1961) is a Turkish-American adventurer who became the first person in history to complete an entirely solo and entirely human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth on 21 July 2012 in Bodega Bay, California, United States.

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Eureka, California

Eureka (Wiyot: Jaroujiji; Hupa: Dahwilahł-ding; Uuth) is a city and the county seat of Humboldt County, located on the North Coast of California.

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Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

The (FAI; World Air Sports Federation) is the world governing body for air sports, and also stewards definitions regarding human spaceflight.

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Fred Rompelberg

Fred Rompelberg (born 30 October 1945, in Maastricht) is a Dutch cyclist who is mainly known for taking several attempts to break the Absolute World Speed Record Cycling.

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Galley

A galley was a type of ship which relied mostly on oars for propulsion that was used for warfare, trade, and piracy mostly in the seas surrounding Europe.

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Glider (aircraft)

A glider is a fixed-wing aircraft that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does not depend on an engine.

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Goods

In economics, goods are items that satisfy human wantsQuotation from Murray Milgate, 2008, "Goods and Commodities".

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Head-carrying

Carrying on the head is a common practice in many parts of the world as an alternative to carrying a burden on the back, shoulders and so on.

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Heraklion

Heraklion or Herakleion (Ηράκλειο), sometimes Iraklion, is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit.

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Human power

Human power is the rate of work or energy that is produced from the human body.

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Human-powered helicopter

A human-powered helicopter (HPH) is a helicopter powered solely by one or more humans carried on board.

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Human-powered hydrofoil

A human-powered hydrofoil is a small hydrofoil watercraft propelled entirely by the muscle power of its operator(s).

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Ice skating

Ice skating is the self-propulsion and gliding of a person across an ice surface, using metal-bladed ice skates.

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Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition

The Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition was established in 1980 by the American Helicopter Society (AHS) International.

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Inline skating

Inline skating is a multi-disciplinary sport and can refer to a number of activities practiced using inline skates.

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International Human Powered Vehicle Association

The International Human Powered Vehicle Association (IHPVA) is a US-based organization dedicated to promoting the design and development of human powered vehicles (HPVs) and the keeping of speed and distance records for these vehicles and bikes.

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Jason Lewis (adventurer)

Jason Lewis (born 13 September 1967) is an English author, explorer and sustainability campaigner credited with being the first person to circumnavigate the globe by human power.

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Kanellos Kanellopoulos

Kanellos Kanellopoulos (born 25 April 1957) is a Greek former cyclist.

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Kinetic sculpture race

Kinetic sculpture races are organized contests of human-powered amphibious all-terrain works of art.

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List of bicycle- and human-powered vehicle museums

Bicycle and human powered vehicle museums by country.

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Litter (vehicle)

The litter is a class of wheelless vehicles, a type of human-powered transport, for the transport of people.

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MacCready Gossamer Albatross

The Gossamer Albatross is a human-powered aircraft built by American aeronautical engineer Dr Paul B MacCready's company AeroVironment.

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Machine

A machine is a physical system that uses power to apply forces and control movement to perform an action.

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Mechanical advantage device

A simple machine that exhibits mechanical advantage is called a mechanical advantage device - e.g..

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MIT Daedalus

The MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics Department's Daedalus is a class of three human-powered aircraftJohn McIntyre,, AeroModeller, August 1988 (in files of Royal Aeronautical Society Human Powered Aircraft Group) (accessed Nov. 13 2012) that included Daedalus 88which, on 23 April 1988, flew a distance of in 3 hours, 54 minutes, from Heraklion on the island of Crete to the island of Santorini.

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Motor vehicle

A motor vehicle, also known as a motorized vehicle, automotive vehicle, '''automobile,''' or road vehicle, is a self-propelled land vehicle, commonly wheeled, that does not operate on rails (such as trains or trams) and is used for the transportation of people or cargo.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human-powered_transport

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