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An Introduction to Transportation Geography

Transport, Mobility, and Place

Julie Cidell

This clear text provides a broad introduction to transportation geography. With an emphasis on the social and political aspects of transport, Julie Cidell takes a multi-scalar approach across multiple modes and places. She covers waterborne transport, starting with logistics systems; aviation and air travel; railroads; roads (including bicycles and pedestrians as well as cars); and public transit. Each mode covers global systems of transportation, how national identities or landscapes are shaped by transport, the impact of regional governance, the local scale and how it integrates with each of these systems, and how individuals and bodies are part of these systems as well. Throughout, Cidell considers the concepts of equity and sustainability in terms of past, present, and possible future transportation systems. She provides historical and current perspectives to help us think about our present situation and how we might work toward more sustainable transport futures.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 262 • Trim: 7½ x 10½
978-1-5381-2938-8 • Hardback • September 2021 • $133.00 • (£102.00) - Currently out of stock. Copies will arrive soon.
978-1-5381-2939-5 • Paperback • September 2021 • $60.00 • (£46.00)
Series: Exploring Geography
Subjects: Social Science / Human Geography, Business & Economics / Industries / Transportation, Transportation / General

Julie Cidell is professor of geography and GIS at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Introducing Transportation Geography

Organization of This Book

Thinking Broadly about Transport

Final Introductory Thoughts

2 Moving Stuff around the World: Shipping, Waterways, and Logistics

2.1. Moving Stuff around the World

Shipping Containers and Global Logistics

Containers and Economic Globalization

Conclusion

2.2. National Waterways

Building Waterways

Using the Waterways

Reusing the Waterways

Conclusion

2.3. Shipping and Spin-Offs

Breaking the Bulk

Shipping Containers and a New Kind of Bulk

Conclusion

2.4. Where Water and Land Meet: The Anyport Model

Stage One: Primitive or Medieval Ports

Stage Two: Expanding Cityport

Stage Three: Modern Industrial

Stage Four: Specialization

Stage Five: Redevelopment

Anyport beyond the Coastline

Beyond the Individual Cityport

Conclusion

2.5. Working on the Water

Longshoremen

Polynesian Navigation

Conclusion

3 Flying Around: Aviation, Airports, and Airlines

3.1. Flying around the World

Geographies of Air Travel

Power Relations

Aeromobility

Conclusion

3.2. National Governments and Aviation

Aviation and National Identity

Regulating Aviation

Deregulating Aviation

From Deregulation to Privatization

Conclusion

3.3. Aviation and Metropolitan Regions

Airports and Regional Economic Development

The Southwest Effect

Low-Cost Carriers

Conclusion

3.4. Airports on the Local Scale

Airport-City Relationships

The Aerotropolis Concept

Conclusion

3.5. Aviation and the Individual

Airport Security and Surveillance

Airport Noise and Emissions

Conclusion

4 Riding the Rails: Railroads, Trains, and Trails

4.1. Railways as International, Not Global

Background on the Belt and Road Initiative

The Silk Railroad?

The Globalization of Chinese Railroads

Conclusion

4.2. Railroads as Empire-Builders

Extracting Resources with Railroads

The US Midwest

Colonies as Resource Extraction

Establishing Power from a Distance

Conclusion

4.3. Creating New Regions through Fixed Links

The Channel Tunnel

The Øresund Fixed Link

Conclusion

4.4. Railroads on the Local Scale

Railroad Deregulation

Redeveloping the Rails

Rails to Trails

Railyards to Yards

High-Speed Rail and Local Development

Conclusion

4.5. The Body and Trains

The Need for Speed

Sharing Space

Conclusion

5 Automobility: Cars, Roads, and Streets

5.1. Automobility

Automobility as an Industry

Cars as Objects of Consumption

Automobility and Individual Mobility

Automobility as the Dominant Culture

Automobility and Natural Resource Use

Automobility as a “Machinic Complex”

Conclusion

5.2. National Highway Networks

Premodern Roads

Building a National Highway System

The Effects of the US Interstate Highway System

The Golden Quadrilateral

Conclusion

5.3. Roads and the Regional Environment

Regional Air Pollution

Lead Emissions

Particulate Matter

Nitrogen Dioxide

Ozone Production

Evacuations

Severing Regional Links

Conclusion

5.4. Local Roads

The UTMS

Trip Generation

Trip Distribution

Modal Split

Trip Assignment

Modeling Urban Transportation

Local Streets and Privatization

Conclusion

5.5. Roads on the Scale of the Body

Cycling Choices

Velomobility

Walking the Streets

Street Culture

Micromobilities

Conclusion

6 Taking Transit: Metros, Light-Rail, and Transit-Oriented Development

6.1. Transit on the Global Scale

Bus Rapid Transit

Policy Mobilities

Conclusion

6.2. India’s Metros: National Transit?

Countering the Rise of the Automobile

“Message in a Metro”

Conclusion

6.3. Public Transit and Metropolitan Form

The Walking City (1800–1890)

The Streetcar Era (1890–1920)

The Recreational Auto Era (1920–1945)

The Freeway Era (1945–??)

A New Era?

Conclusion

6.4. Local Transit

Turning Back to Transit

Transit-Oriented Development

Transportation Gentrification

Informal Transport

Conclusion

6.5. Transit on the Scale of the Body

The Civil Rights Era

Mobility Justice

Conclusion

7 Intermodalism

The Politics of Pipelines

Multimodalism and Intermodalism

Mobility as a Service (MaaS)

Conclusion

Index

Julie Cidell deftly guides readers toward a deep understanding of the spatial, social, cultural, and economic implications of the main transportation technologies and the mobility systems they support. Accessible writing and probing discussion questions combine to create a wonderful introductory text.


— Peter V. Hall, Simon Fraser University


Organized by transport mode as well as according to geographical scale, this excellent textbook offers a social science perspective on transport that is both comprehensive and clear. It is an essential guide for undergraduate courses in which transport is taught as a technological, social, economic, and political system and that aim to stimulate students to think critically about the many rapid changes that transport is currently experiencing.


— Tim Schwanen, University of Oxford


Providing both a comprehensive guide to transportation geography and a primer on exciting developments in the field, such as micromobilities, and crucial debates, such as transportation equity, this text is a must-read for anyone interested in transportation geography. The innovative organization of material across scales ranging from that of the human body to the global ties nicely to broader trends in human geography.


— Carol Atkinson-Palombo, University of Connecticut


  • Organized mode-by-mode, with an alternate scale-by-scale table of contents
  • Discussion questions to reinforce key concepts and terms
  • Emphasis on real-world examples
  • Introduces embodied and lived experience into the study of transportation geography
  • Includes examples from over twenty different countries in nine world regions
  • Gives equal weight to all major modes of transport
  • Incorporates new research on mobilities and mobility justice



An Introduction to Transportation Geography

Transport, Mobility, and Place

Cover Image
Hardback
Paperback
Summary
Summary
  • This clear text provides a broad introduction to transportation geography. With an emphasis on the social and political aspects of transport, Julie Cidell takes a multi-scalar approach across multiple modes and places. She covers waterborne transport, starting with logistics systems; aviation and air travel; railroads; roads (including bicycles and pedestrians as well as cars); and public transit. Each mode covers global systems of transportation, how national identities or landscapes are shaped by transport, the impact of regional governance, the local scale and how it integrates with each of these systems, and how individuals and bodies are part of these systems as well. Throughout, Cidell considers the concepts of equity and sustainability in terms of past, present, and possible future transportation systems. She provides historical and current perspectives to help us think about our present situation and how we might work toward more sustainable transport futures.

Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
    Pages: 262 • Trim: 7½ x 10½
    978-1-5381-2938-8 • Hardback • September 2021 • $133.00 • (£102.00) - Currently out of stock. Copies will arrive soon.
    978-1-5381-2939-5 • Paperback • September 2021 • $60.00 • (£46.00)
    Series: Exploring Geography
    Subjects: Social Science / Human Geography, Business & Economics / Industries / Transportation, Transportation / General
Author
Author
  • Julie Cidell is professor of geography and GIS at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Introducing Transportation Geography

    Organization of This Book

    Thinking Broadly about Transport

    Final Introductory Thoughts

    2 Moving Stuff around the World: Shipping, Waterways, and Logistics

    2.1. Moving Stuff around the World

    Shipping Containers and Global Logistics

    Containers and Economic Globalization

    Conclusion

    2.2. National Waterways

    Building Waterways

    Using the Waterways

    Reusing the Waterways

    Conclusion

    2.3. Shipping and Spin-Offs

    Breaking the Bulk

    Shipping Containers and a New Kind of Bulk

    Conclusion

    2.4. Where Water and Land Meet: The Anyport Model

    Stage One: Primitive or Medieval Ports

    Stage Two: Expanding Cityport

    Stage Three: Modern Industrial

    Stage Four: Specialization

    Stage Five: Redevelopment

    Anyport beyond the Coastline

    Beyond the Individual Cityport

    Conclusion

    2.5. Working on the Water

    Longshoremen

    Polynesian Navigation

    Conclusion

    3 Flying Around: Aviation, Airports, and Airlines

    3.1. Flying around the World

    Geographies of Air Travel

    Power Relations

    Aeromobility

    Conclusion

    3.2. National Governments and Aviation

    Aviation and National Identity

    Regulating Aviation

    Deregulating Aviation

    From Deregulation to Privatization

    Conclusion

    3.3. Aviation and Metropolitan Regions

    Airports and Regional Economic Development

    The Southwest Effect

    Low-Cost Carriers

    Conclusion

    3.4. Airports on the Local Scale

    Airport-City Relationships

    The Aerotropolis Concept

    Conclusion

    3.5. Aviation and the Individual

    Airport Security and Surveillance

    Airport Noise and Emissions

    Conclusion

    4 Riding the Rails: Railroads, Trains, and Trails

    4.1. Railways as International, Not Global

    Background on the Belt and Road Initiative

    The Silk Railroad?

    The Globalization of Chinese Railroads

    Conclusion

    4.2. Railroads as Empire-Builders

    Extracting Resources with Railroads

    The US Midwest

    Colonies as Resource Extraction

    Establishing Power from a Distance

    Conclusion

    4.3. Creating New Regions through Fixed Links

    The Channel Tunnel

    The Øresund Fixed Link

    Conclusion

    4.4. Railroads on the Local Scale

    Railroad Deregulation

    Redeveloping the Rails

    Rails to Trails

    Railyards to Yards

    High-Speed Rail and Local Development

    Conclusion

    4.5. The Body and Trains

    The Need for Speed

    Sharing Space

    Conclusion

    5 Automobility: Cars, Roads, and Streets

    5.1. Automobility

    Automobility as an Industry

    Cars as Objects of Consumption

    Automobility and Individual Mobility

    Automobility as the Dominant Culture

    Automobility and Natural Resource Use

    Automobility as a “Machinic Complex”

    Conclusion

    5.2. National Highway Networks

    Premodern Roads

    Building a National Highway System

    The Effects of the US Interstate Highway System

    The Golden Quadrilateral

    Conclusion

    5.3. Roads and the Regional Environment

    Regional Air Pollution

    Lead Emissions

    Particulate Matter

    Nitrogen Dioxide

    Ozone Production

    Evacuations

    Severing Regional Links

    Conclusion

    5.4. Local Roads

    The UTMS

    Trip Generation

    Trip Distribution

    Modal Split

    Trip Assignment

    Modeling Urban Transportation

    Local Streets and Privatization

    Conclusion

    5.5. Roads on the Scale of the Body

    Cycling Choices

    Velomobility

    Walking the Streets

    Street Culture

    Micromobilities

    Conclusion

    6 Taking Transit: Metros, Light-Rail, and Transit-Oriented Development

    6.1. Transit on the Global Scale

    Bus Rapid Transit

    Policy Mobilities

    Conclusion

    6.2. India’s Metros: National Transit?

    Countering the Rise of the Automobile

    “Message in a Metro”

    Conclusion

    6.3. Public Transit and Metropolitan Form

    The Walking City (1800–1890)

    The Streetcar Era (1890–1920)

    The Recreational Auto Era (1920–1945)

    The Freeway Era (1945–??)

    A New Era?

    Conclusion

    6.4. Local Transit

    Turning Back to Transit

    Transit-Oriented Development

    Transportation Gentrification

    Informal Transport

    Conclusion

    6.5. Transit on the Scale of the Body

    The Civil Rights Era

    Mobility Justice

    Conclusion

    7 Intermodalism

    The Politics of Pipelines

    Multimodalism and Intermodalism

    Mobility as a Service (MaaS)

    Conclusion

    Index

Reviews
Reviews
  • Julie Cidell deftly guides readers toward a deep understanding of the spatial, social, cultural, and economic implications of the main transportation technologies and the mobility systems they support. Accessible writing and probing discussion questions combine to create a wonderful introductory text.


    — Peter V. Hall, Simon Fraser University


    Organized by transport mode as well as according to geographical scale, this excellent textbook offers a social science perspective on transport that is both comprehensive and clear. It is an essential guide for undergraduate courses in which transport is taught as a technological, social, economic, and political system and that aim to stimulate students to think critically about the many rapid changes that transport is currently experiencing.


    — Tim Schwanen, University of Oxford


    Providing both a comprehensive guide to transportation geography and a primer on exciting developments in the field, such as micromobilities, and crucial debates, such as transportation equity, this text is a must-read for anyone interested in transportation geography. The innovative organization of material across scales ranging from that of the human body to the global ties nicely to broader trends in human geography.


    — Carol Atkinson-Palombo, University of Connecticut


Features
Features
    • Organized mode-by-mode, with an alternate scale-by-scale table of contents
    • Discussion questions to reinforce key concepts and terms
    • Emphasis on real-world examples
    • Introduces embodied and lived experience into the study of transportation geography
    • Includes examples from over twenty different countries in nine world regions
    • Gives equal weight to all major modes of transport
    • Incorporates new research on mobilities and mobility justice



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