Buses are a popular____ of transportation.空格填way 还是 means

Buses are a popular____ of transportation.空格填way 还是 means
这是一个完形填空里的一句话,选填mean ways way means 应该填哪个呢?means和way有什么不同之处?希望详细一点,举例更好!

交通方式应该用means
比如
means
Are there any means of getting there?
有什么方法可以到那里吗?
The quickest means of travel is by plane.
最快的旅行途径是乘飞机.
way
[weɪ]
noun
a method, style, or manner of doing something
方法；方式
I hated their way of cooking potatoes with their jackets on.
我讨厌他们连皮炒土豆的做法.
there are two ways of approaching this problem.
这个问题有两个解决方法.
■a person's characteristic or habitual manner of behaviour or expression
性格,习惯,作风
it was not his way to wait passively for things to happen.
被动等待事情发生不是他的性格.
■(ways)the customary modes of behaviour or practices of a group
习俗；习惯
my years of acclimatization to British ways.
我适应英国风俗习惯的岁月.
■[in sing.]the typical manner in which something happens or in which someone or something behaves
（事情发生或做事的）典型方式
he was showing off, as is the way with adolescent boys.
他像青春期的男孩一样炫耀自己.
■[in sing](formal or Scottish)a person's occupation or line of business
(正式,苏格兰)职业；业务范围
a road, track, path, or street for travelling along
路,道路；街道,巷
[in place names]No. 3, Church Way.
丘奇路3号.
■[usu. in sing.]a course of travel or route taken in order to reach a place
通路,通道
can you tell me the way to Leicester Square?.
请问去莱斯特广场怎么走?.
■a means of entry or exit from somewhere, such as a door or gate
出口,出路
I nipped out the back way.
我飞快地从后门出来.
■[in sing.](亦作 北美,非正式 ways)a distance travelled or to be travelled; the distance from one place to another
路程,距离
they still had a long way ahead of them.
他们前面的路程还很漫长.
the area's wine industry still has some way to go to full maturity.
这个地区的酿酒业尚未完全成熟.
■[in sing]a period between one point in time and another
时段
September was a long way off.
离9月份还有很长的一段时间.
■[in sing.]travel or motion along a particular route; the route along which someone or something would travel if unobstructed
行进；线路
Christine tried to follow but Martin blocked her way.
克里斯廷想跟上去,但是马丁挡住了她的路.
■[in sing]a specified direction
（某个）方向
we just missed another car coming the other way.
我们刚刚幸免于撞上对面开来的另一辆汽车.
■(ways)parts into which something divides or is divided
（分成）部分
the national vote split three ways.
全国投票是三分天下.
means means
plural noun
[usu.treated as sing.](常作 means of/to do something)an action or system by which a result is brought about; a method
手段；方法
technology seen as a means to bring about emancipation.
被视为解放手段的技术.
resolving disputes by peaceful means.
通过和平手段解决争端.
money; financial resources
金钱；收入
a woman of modest but independent means.
收入不多但经济上独立的女人.
prospective students without the means to attend Cornell.
没有财力却想上康奈尔大学的学生.
■resources; capability
办法；手腕
he has the means to kill every one of those people.
他有办法杀死所有那些人.
■wealth
财富
a man of means.
富人.