Transportation
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Canals
Canals serve primarily as channels for boats to travel. Until the invention of the motor boat Canals in Venice were populated only by small Gondola boats. However since the introduction of the first Vaporetto the number of Gondola's used for daily transport has decreased dramatically. Now private passenger boats, Vaporetto and small water taxis known as Motoscafi populate the Canals while gondola's are used mostly as a tourist attraction. Vaporetto travel the Grand Canal as well as the outskirts of Venice and surrounding islands in the lagoon while private boats, Motoscafi and gondolas travel the smaller more constricting Canals. Other service boats such as garbage boats, ambulance's, and freight barges can be seen traveling along the Canals of Venice.
Bridges
Venetian Bridges are utilized for mainly two different types of transportation: pedestrian and cargo. Pedestrian traffic is the most commonly used and the main reason that bridges were created in the city.Cargo transportation over bridges has developed into an enormously important aspect of Venetian lifestyle since there are no cars in the city. Cargo is brought in by boats and then delivered by dollies throughout the city by merchants and deliverers.
