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.
- 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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Biographical note
Julie Cidell is associate professor of geography at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.