Goods are transitted also.... so delivery trucks!

A Kiss Baking Company Delivery truck

  "Cities are dominant centers of production and consumption, urban activities are accompanied by large movements of freight. These movements are mostly characterized by delivery trucks moving between industries, distribution centers, warehouses and retail activities, as well as from major terminals such as ports, railyards, distribution centers and airports. The mobility of freight within cities tends to be overlooked." (Rodrigue et al 2013) When raking my brains to decipher what other forms of transport are available in urban areas post photographing, delivery trucks hit me, and then while preparing my 'City's Gate' post, I realized that there happened to be a delivery truck in front of it (yellow truck to the right). I agree with Rodrigue et al (2013) in the last statement, because when I first thought of transport, I immediately thought about people commuting, 'overlooking' as he said, the actuality that not only humans are transported in and around urban centres, but also the goods which they consume.
  The downtown business district (CBD) of Port-of-Spain (POS) is dependent on delivery trucks, like the Kiss baking company truck, to bring to businesses commodities that are consumed. The Kiss factory is located in Chaguanas, which is located in central Trinidad, and so the items transit via delivery trucks to all corners of the country.  A lot of retailing occurs in downtown POS, and many businesses in the CBD have warehouses located in peripheral areas, hence the mode via which these businesses receive their goods are imperative to the economics of downtown POS.
  However a concern is that it is hazardous to have these freights, particularly containers, traversing on the same roadways as humans. Therefore it is in my opinion that Trinidad's government rather than build highways for more cars to go nowhere on, should build separate transport networks for freights and heavily transported cargo. This reduces possible fatal accidents and may also be a way to reduce congestion on roadways.

Reference

·                     Rodrigue, J., C. Comtois, B. Slack.2013.The geography of transport systems.3rd ed. London and New York: Routledge. http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch6en/conc6en/ch6c1en.html. (accessed February 10, 2014).