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Road Mode

Transport modes that move people or goods over roads and streets under a vehicle's own wheeled contact with the surface, from private cars and freight trucks to buses and taxis. Belongs here: any wheeled mode of transport that travels on ordinary paved or unpaved roads shared with other traffic, whether privately owned or operated as a public or commercial service. Does not belong here: rail-guided vehicles such as trams, which run in the street but are grouped under Rail Mode, or human- and animal-powered road transport, grouped separately.

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Era of Emergence
450 BCE 1
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1. Wikipedia: Royal Road
WikipediaRoyal Road, Achaemenid reconstruction, Road Mode subcategory
Quote, Royal Road, Achaemenid reconstruction, Road Mode subcategory
reorganized and rebuilt for trade in the 5th century BCE by the Achaemenid Empire
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