Transit

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Transit may refer to:

Contents 1 Transportation 2 Science and technology 3 Other uses 4 Media

[edit] Transportation

• Ford Transit, a van made by the Ford Motor Company
• Mass transit, transportation systems in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles
• Navigational transit, when a navigator observes two fixed reference points in line
• Transit (ship), the name given to three sailing vessels designed and built to the order of Captain Richard Hall Gower
• TransIT, the public transportation bus service in Frederick, Maryland
• Transit New Zealand, a crown entity responsible for the New Zealand national state highway network.

[edit] Science and technology

• Astronomical transit, the apparent motion of one celestial body across the face of another celestial body or meridian
• Transit telescope, a special purpose telescope mounted so as to point only at objects transiting the local meridian
• A specialized type of Theodolite used in surveying
• Transit (satellite), the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally
• Internet transit, one of the two mechanisms by which Internet traffic is exchanged between internet service providers
• Routing transit number, an identifying code used in transference of funds through banking institutions

[edit] Other uses

• Transit, Canadian shoe retailer now operating under the name Spring
• Astrological transit, the comparison and evaluation of planets in their current position in relation to those on a Natal Chart

[edit] Media

• Transit (film), a 2006 film about Russian and American pilots in World War II
• Transit (Sponge Cola album)
• Transit (A. J. Croce album)
• Transit (Staying-Alive film), a film produced by MTV and Staying-Alive about 4 people in different countries in the world.
• Transit, a 1992 novel by Ben Aaronovitch based on the TV series Doctor Who

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