Transport Atlas

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This page groups transport networks in the atlas by the kind of network they are, such as a rail, road or airline network. A transport network is a network or graph in geographic space describing an infrastructure that permits and constrains movement or flow, and examples include road networks, railways, air routes and pipelines.

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Era of Emergence
1887 CE 1
Network Type
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Interstate Commerce Commission
Wikipedia
  • Interstate Commerce Commission, creation
    was a regulatory agency in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
  • Interstate Commerce Commission, first independent agency claim
    This was the first independent agency (or so-called Fourth Branch).
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