Author: Jean-Paul Rodrigue

Tried to articulate the possible levels of transport automation for both vehicles and terminal facilities such as ports and distribution centers. While the different levels of vehicle automation is well known, I have so far seen no attempt to build a corresponding categorization for terminals and distribution centers. This is

Port Technology International has published a short piece where I resume my take on the wider context of port automation. Although automation is a factor of port efficiency improvements it may on the long run be a driver of decline in the demand for shipping.

Will be delivering a seminar this week (May 17) at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics on the topic of city logistics. http://ctl.mit.edu/events/thu-05172018-1200/freight-landscape-city-logistics

I updated the page about the configuration of a port container terminal to reflect the emerging paradigm brought by automation. Many terminals are adopting to perpendicular block stacks serviced by automated wide span gantries. Conventional and Emerging Container Terminal Configurations

This is a very interesting distribution of ridership demand, underlining that ride sharing services are both competing and complementary to public transit. Weekly Distribution of Transit Scheduled Trips and Uber Pickups, Los Angeles

The Specialization Index and the Location Coefficient

A short synthesis of the potential operational and infrastructure impacts. Climate Change and its Potential Impacts on Transportation

Tourism and Transport

As of today, any attempt to call a page on the old web site (people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/) will automatically redirect to the new site, most of the time to the corresponding page.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey