Editing Radio-frequency identification (section)

===Transportation and logistics===
Yard management, shipping and freight and distribution centers use RFID tracking. In the [[rail transport|railroad]] industry, RFID tags mounted on locomotives and rolling stock identify the owner, identification number and type of equipment and its characteristics. This can be used with a database to identify the type, origin, destination, etc. of the commodities being carried.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aeitag.com/aeirfidtec.html|title=AEI technology|publisher=Softrail|access-date=2008-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406031000/http://www.aeitag.com/aeirfidtec.html|archive-date=2008-04-06}}</ref>

In commercial aviation, RFID is used to support maintenance on commercial aircraft. RFID tags are used to identify baggage and cargo at several airports and airlines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qantas.com.au/travel/airlines/next-generation-checkin/global/en|title=Qantas Next Generation Check-in|publisher=Qantas Airways Limited|access-date=2010-12-27}}</ref><ref name="cargo-box">[http://www.cargo-box.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801102438/http://www.cargo-box.com/|date=August 1, 2015}}</ref>

Some countries are using RFID for vehicle registration and enforcement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/3321|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523234412/http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/3321/|archive-date=May 23, 2007|title=Bermuda's RFID Vehicle Registration System Could Save $2 Million/Year|publisher=Rfidjournal.com|date=2007-05-18|access-date=2013-09-03}}</ref> RFID can help detect and retrieve stolen cars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/89|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031018095931/http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/89|archive-date=October 18, 2003|title=Smart License May Cut Car Theft|publisher=Rfidjournal.com|date=2002-10-11|access-date=2013-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tollroadsnews.com/node/4513|title=Mexico's Electronic Vehicle Registration system opens with Sirit open road toll technology, Dec 29, 2009|publisher=Tollroadsnews.com|access-date=2013-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703170620/http://www.tollroadsnews.com/node/4513|archive-date=2013-07-03}}</ref>

[[File:TransCore RFID reader and antenna.jpg|thumb|RFID E-ZPass reader attached to the pole and mast arm (right) used in traffic monitoring in New York City]]
RFID is used in [[intelligent transportation system]]s. In [[New York City]], RFID readers are deployed at intersections to track [[E-ZPass]] tags as a means for monitoring the traffic flow. The data is fed through the broadband wireless infrastructure to the traffic management center to be used in [[adaptive traffic control]] of the traffic lights.<ref>{{cite news|title=New York's award-winning traffic control system|url=http://www.itsinternational.com/sections/nafta/features/new-yorks-award-winning-traffic-control-system/|access-date=3 May 2014|newspaper=ITS International|date=January–February 2013}}</ref>

Where ship, rail, or highway tanks are being loaded, a fixed RFID antenna contained in a transfer hose can read an RFID tag affixed to the tank, positively identifying it.<ref>{{Cite journal |author=Andrea Rosová |author2=Michal Balog |author3=Žofia Šimeková |date=2013|title=The use of the RFID in rail freight transport in the world as one of the new technologies of identification and communication.|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292665484|journal=Acta Montanistica Slovaca|volume=18|issue=1|pages=26–32}}</ref>