Added a page about the World Trade Bridge border crossing complex, the most important on the US-Mexico border, handling more than 50% of its value. With the logistics activities in proximity, it acts as one of North America’s most important inland ports. The Laredo Commercial Vehicle Border Crossing (World Trade
Continue readingE-Commerce Retail Sales as a Percent of Total Sales, United States
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
Continue readingLandlocked countries (update)
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)
Continue readingTransportation and its bottlenecks (new section)
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
Continue readingNew section covering City Logistics
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
Continue readingDomains of Maritime Circulation (update)
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
Continue readingLogistics of Global Food Systems (update)
B.14 – The Logistics of Global Food Systems | The Geography of Transport Systems (transportgeography.org)
Continue readingRepresentations of the Effects of Distance
Representations of the Effects of Distance | The Geography of Transport Systems (transportgeography.org)
Continue readingClassic Great Circle Path: The Lindberg Transatlantic Flight of 1927
Lindbergh Great Circle Path, First Transatlantic Flight, 1927 | The Geography of Transport Systems (transportgeography.org)
Continue readingTransportation and Pandemics (updated)
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)
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