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Transportation has many forms. Land transportation consists of cars and trucks, while public transit includes trains and buses. Logistics companies use planes, ships, and large trucks to get goods to consumers. With the help of world-class contributors, Shutterstock is the home of high-quality transportation images. Choose between authentic visuals ranging from photos to illustrations to highly-detailed vector graphics.
Transport images for marketing
Transportation stock images are a great fit for a variety of marketing projects and media formats, including brochures, pamphlets, web pages, social media pages, advertisements, and other types of marketing.
Local public transit organizations can advertise their services by using transportation stock images on their website or other marketing materials. Oftentimes, public transit organizations will advertise their services on posters at their bus and rail stops. Using transportation images featuring happy people using public transit is a great way to promote public transit.
Other industries, such as shipping and logistics, don’t typically advertise directly to consumers, as they do business with other businesses, but they may still want to market their services.
Vector graphics featuring icons of different modes of transportation are also great for marketing because they can be added as a visual aid on maps, vehicle manuals, and slideshow presentations.
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What to expect in a transportation image
Transportation images can range from long-exposure images of traffic to images of 18-wheelers on the road. Such images revolve around public transportation, shipping and logistics, and many images of cars on the road. Shutterstock has a library of transportation stock images that are perfect for whatever project you’re working on. Whether you need an image of a bus commuter to sell noise-canceling headphones or are looking for a vector graphic of different transportation modes, Shutterstock has what you need.
Questions about transportation images
Transportation stock images display any mode of transportation: trains, buses, planes, boats, trucks, cars, bicycles, and other means of transport. Transportation stock images tend to focus on the mode of transportation and not what is being transported, so many transportation images may not feature people (people are commonly present in public transportation images, though). Transportation stock images also highlight city commutes, with many aerial shots of roads and highways. Vector graphics featuring transportation illustrations are also common. In their most basic form, transportation stock images depict the to-and-from vehicles, and products across the air, land, and sea.
When it comes to transportation stock images, there are certain elements that can make the image engaging such as people commuting, transportation vehicles, and transportation icons. Aerial images of roads are captivating since it’s not typical for people to see the road from that perspective. The grid-like appearance of city streets and the maze-lize appearance of interstate highway loops, ramps, and exits, make for interesting subjects that will grab a viewer’s attention.
With so many images available on Shutterstock, finding what you’re looking for relies on Shutterstock’s search feature. Simply type in the term you’re looking for in the search bar at the top of this page and watch as Shutterstock fills the page with dozens of images relevant to your search term. If what you need isn’t on the first page, there are likely many other pages related to the search query. Better yet, Shutterstock can use its search algorithms to predict what you may be looking for. You can find suggested terms above the first row of images on each page. For example, if you search “transportation,” Shutterstock may suggest terms such as trucks, driver driving, or shipping.
Whether transporting people on a public train or packages on a delivery van, transportation vehicles make both of those things possible. Many transportation stock images include some, if not multiple, forms of transportation. So popular transportation images feature trucks, cars, planes, cargo boats, container ships, buses, trains. Aerial images of roads and container ships are also popular, as are nighttime transport images with bright city lights. Images featuring long exposure shots of moving traffic are also popular as they provide a sense of movement and rapid action.
Go to the image you wish to download and go through the process of acquiring a royalty free license for the image. The type of license you will need depends on the project you’re using the image for, so make sure you pick the right license. After purchasing a license for the stock image, you can download the image to your device. Alternatively, Shutterstock Editor provides many image editing features that you can use in your browser for free. Shutterstock Editor has also many templates, text fonts, and image elements that you can use to spruce up your transportation creative project.