Transportation

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This high-quality book from a noted transport geographer is a welcome addition to the literature. Readers interested in networks, flow analysis, and spatial interaction will find it especially indispensable. Clear and insightful sections on the transport planning process, transport impact analysis, and transport's impact on the environment are major bonuses. From a contemporary perspective, the sections on geographic information systems in transport and the treatment of such current issues as congestion and sustainable transport are critical reading for academics and policymakers alike.--Thomas R. Leinbach, Department of Geography, University of Kentucky

This is the best and most comprehensive analysis available of regional transportation systems in the United States, befitting William R. Black's reputation as one of the field's foremost authorities. Not only is Black's work on the evolution of U.S. transportation insightful, but his development and demonstration of research methodologies is also without peer. The book distills historical and recent policy questions into clear, researchable issues, blending spatial, economic, environmental, and social considerations. It concludes on a positive note of sustainability that is both optimistic and judicious. This book should be required reading for all transportation researchers and analysts. As a text, it is sure to dominate the field for the next decade.--Kingsley E. Haynes, University Professor and Dean, School of Public Policy, George Mason University

It would be difficult to imagine a more useful or comprehensive introductory text in the field of transportation geography. The author successfully manages to infuse the text with his abiding interest in the geographical aspects of all things to do with travel and transport.--Andrew Gillespie, University of Newcastle, UK
- ...provides a major contribution to the transport geography literature....each chapter could easily be used as a lecture topic in its own right. Its strengths are in placing the geographical literature in the centre of the transport literature, as the richness of that material has much to offer all students and researchers. The book is full of nuggets of information and ideas, with an overall clarity of perspective. --Built Environment, 6/8/2003