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Authors: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Dr. Theo Notteboom Maritime transportation concerns the movement of passengers and freight over water masses, from oceans to rivers. 1. Maritime Geography and Routes From its modest origins as Egyptian coastal and river sailships around 3,200 BCE, maritime transportation has always been the dominant support

Authors: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Dr. Brian Slack Rail transportation refers to the movement of vehicles on guideways. The most common guideways are rails, but recent technological developments have also made available monorails and magnetic levitation trains. 1. Rail Transportation and Rail Lines Although primitive rail systems existed by the

Authors: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Dr. Brian Slack Road transportation involves moving passengers and freight with vehicles over a prepared surface. 1. The Setting of Road Transport Systems Roads and rails are the two major modes that compose the land transport system. Roads were established first, as steam rail technology

Author: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue Transport modes are the means supporting the mobility of passengers and freight. They are mobile transport assets and fall into three basic types; land (road, rail, pipelines), water (shipping), and air. 1. A Diversity of Modes Transport modes are designed to carry passengers or freight, but most

Source: Adapted from World Economic Forum, SIMSystem: Designing Seamless Integrated Mobility. Contemporary mobility systems are supported by physical, digital (information) and regulatory (rules) foundations. While physical (e.g. infrastructures) and regulatory (governance, policies) issues are well understood, the digital dimension has considerably evolved in recent years with the introduction of new information

Source: adapted from ICF International (2008) Long Range Strategic Issues Facing the Transportation Industry, Final Future-focused Research Framework, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Project 20-80, Task 2. Each driver of change for the transportation system plays a role individually and in conjunction. Therefore, it is virtually impossible to establish outcomes

Source: Varialift Airships. Analysis courtesy of Dr. Barry Prentice. Airship technology has been available for more than a century. In the 1930s, large rigid airships were able to cross the Atlantic Ocean at 80 mph, carry up to 70 tons, while maintaining regular passenger schedules. However, due to rapid advances

Three forces among others shape the diffusion and application of ICT over freight transport systems: There is a particular belief that ICT can help break these forces, particularly asymmetry, but it is more likely that ICT will reinforce them. Thus, the outcome will not necessarily be harmonizing ICT systems since

The flying car is one of the most enduring anticipations about future transportation (here depicted as a helicopter-like vehicle) and a pervasive theme in science fiction (e.g. Blade Runner, Back to the Future, etc.). It essentially represents the utmost in terms of personal mobility and freedom that can be conceptualized

Author: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue Transportation is a service generating a substantial amount of information, and the diffusion of information technologies has transformed the mobility of passengers and freight. 1. Information Technologies and the Material Economy Information and telecommunication technologies (ICT) diffusion resulted in several economic and social impacts. Historically, information