Author: Jean-Paul Rodrigue

Online retail sales have steadily been increasing, particularly in terms of share of total retail sales. They account for about 16% of retail sales. Although the COVID-19 pandemic was a disruptive event, resulting in a temporary surge in online sales, the trend resumed normalcy after two years. E-Commerce Retail Sales

Updated the page depicting the distance to the nearest oceanic mass and landlocked countries. Although inland transportation systems have become much more effective in terms of capacity and efficiency, geographical and jurisdictional factors still substantially matter. Landlocked Countries | The Geography of Transport Systems (transportgeography.org)

Added a new section discussing the main forms of transportation bottlenecks. Bottlenecks impose delays and restrictions in the normal flow of transportation and can be related to infrastructure, regulations, or operations. A specific case study about landbridges is also provided. B.5 – Transportation and its Bottlenecks | The Geography of

The Geography of Transport Systems now has a new section covering a wide variety of issues related to city logistics. This is a consolidation and migration of the website “City Logistics: Concepts, Policy and Practice”, which will be shut down. The section covers the foundations of urban freight distribution, distribution

Since this is the season of constrained bottlenecks/chokepoints (Panama and Bab el-Mandeb), the map aggregating commercial shipping density has been updated with a dataset covering a large sample of ship moves between 2015 and 2021. The shipping density and maritime routes remained similar through the years. The notable exception is

B.14 – The Logistics of Global Food Systems | The Geography of Transport Systems (transportgeography.org)

Representations of the Effects of Distance | The Geography of Transport Systems (transportgeography.org)

Lindbergh Great Circle Path, First Transatlantic Flight, 1927 | The Geography of Transport Systems (transportgeography.org)

Updated the section covering transportation and pandemics to include the substantial evidence derived from the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly regarding mobility and supply chains. B.19 – Transportation and Pandemics | The Geography of Transport Systems (transportgeography.org)

Significant increase in work-from-home “trips”, which are a form of mobility substitution. Decline in the share of public transit and carpooling. Home-to-Work Trips Modes, United States, 1985-2021 | The Geography of Transport Systems (transportgeography.org)