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The most common pre-industrial transportation modes had the following characteristics:

Source: adapted from R. Gilbert and A. Perl (2007) Transport Revolutions: Moving people and freight without oil, London: Earthscan / James & James.

The time frame in which globalization emerged is subject to different interpretations since it could be argued that human history is in itself a process leading to globalization. The three main perspectives related to the genesis of globalization are:

The concepts and methods of transport geography can be used in a wide range of applications and case studies that can be articulated around their social and economic impacts, the role that freight transportation plays, and the complex environmental and planning issues. Socioeconomic Issues Freight Issues Planning and Environmental Issues

Author: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue Transportation imposes an organization on activities and a spatial structure. Inversely, the spatial structure influences transportation. 1. The Spatial Organization of Transportation The spatial organization relies on two dimensions that underline that uniformity rarely exists. The first relates to spatial differentiation, where attributes such as location,

Author: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue Global transportation systems emerged in the 20th century, particularly with the internal combustion engine, the jet plane, and the container. 1. Transportation in the Fordist Era (1920-1970) The adoption of the assembly line epitomized the Fordist era as the dominant form of industrial production, an innovation

Author: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue Before the Industrial Revolution, even with limited technical capabilities, transportation enabled the setting of empires and trade routes. The Industrial Revolution allowed mechanized transportation systems, expanding mobility at the local and global levels. 1. Transportation in the Pre-Industrial Era (pre-1800s) Transportation is closely linked with the

Author: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue Transport geography has been part of the curriculum of many geography programs, providing significant conceptual and methodological contributions to the discipline and transportation studies. 1. Transport Geography Education Transportation geography is not a science, but dominantly a field of application. Many spatial theories are relying on

The purpose of a transportation network is to link locations and thus confer a level of spatial continuity. Networks A and B are servicing the same territory. Still, both have a level of discontinuity (especially network A). If a transfer between those two networks is possible, their combination (network C)

In an absolute context, distance in a network is a fixed attribute that does not change. For instance, the absolute distance between New York and Boston is about 310 km. The location of the nodes of such a network is also absolute and fixed. In a relative context, distance is