Transportation Geography

Catalog description

Explores the broad range of transportation modes, networks, services and infrastructure required for passenger, freight, and other transport services across geographic scales. Consideration is given to the historical development of transport systems while the course emphasizes the geographic, technical, political, social, environmental, and economic realities that challenge the maintenance of current, and provision of future, networks. The course has a strong focus on topical case studies, emerging technologies and the connections between effective transportation and environmental sustainability.